No machine? No problem! Check out the best ice cream recipes from some talented local bloggers.
- Recchiuti Confections’ watermelon granita (above) tastes a bit like an adult snow cone: light and satisfying. It’s much better than a snow cone, though – you can’t lick the flavor off!
- Berkeley-based Yummy Supper’s nectarine sherbet has a flavor fitting any time of year, not just the hottest. Freezer space permitting, it would make an excellent Thanksgiving dessert.
- Oakland’s Community Foods Market’s fruity yogurt pops come out a little undersweet, tasting remarkably like cheesecake! The recipe is about as customizable, too – it’d be fun to experiment with, say, bananas and peanut butter, strawberries and marshmallow fluff, chocolate and anything…
Note: I am lactose and gluten intolerant. When you see a recipe on Stay Home, assume that I modified it along these lines – and that it still came out perfectly!