In my (slowly-progressing) plan to rid our family's diet of preservatives I purchased an ice-cream maker. Have you read what they put in store-bought ice cream these days? Half of them aren't even actually ice cream, rather "frozen dessert". If something needs quotation marks around it, I'm not sure … [Read more...]
HOW MANY PASSPORTS??
Well we finally forked out the dough, filled in all the paperwork and got passports for all the children! It was high time considering a good friend of ours lives across the Border and always has to come to Ontario to meet up with us. This weekend that all changed and the fun began! Okay when … [Read more...]
Mini Bliss
I'm not a big ice cream eater.But I might become one. I found these little gems in Metro yesterday. Am I the only one who has never seen these before??I grabbed a couple just because I thought they were so darn adorable. Everything is more appealing when it's little, am I … [Read more...]
This is NOT Food.
About a week or so ago, I was barrelling down the last aisle of my grocery store, in a rush because I had about twelve minutes left to get through the check-out, and boogie about six blocks to the preschool to collect my Little. It's always a bit of a mad dash.Anyway, I passed the freezer section … [Read more...]
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream
July was National Ice Cream month, and in honour of that most delicious of summertime treats, I set out to eat my way through the month do some hardnosed investigative research to find the best new ice cream selections available.For a Girls Night InWe all enjoy our Girls Nights Out (GNO is … [Read more...]
Ice Cream and Hockey Players
So what do hockey players and ice cream cartons have in common? Better when they're cold? Favourite guilty pleasures? Best when their top's off? I'll leave the punchline to you, but last week I was treated to a combination of both at the launch of Ben & Jerry's newest flavour. Jerry … [Read more...]
Breyers Double Churn
Summer's here, and that means that ice cream season is in full swing! Recently the Go2Girlz paired up with Breyers to give fifty lucky members a Breyers Double Churn sharing kit, so they could experience Breyers' three decadent new flavours with a few friends and loved ones. Our testers … [Read more...]
Curdled Custard Ice Cream, Anyone?
Last year I spent a lot of time baking goodies to give away as Christmas gifts, and I plan to do the same again this season. I love doing it for a number of reasons: ONE: It satisfies my baking-ache, without having dozens and dozens of goodies sitting around our house, tempting us to eat them all. … [Read more...]