Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

(Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream)

Joe asked what I wanted for Christmas. I said an ice cream freezer. He thought I was out of my mind. He thought if I want an ice cream freezer, I should buy an ice cream freezer. That's just not the way I work. In my mind, it's something I can do without so I'm not apt to go get one. So I finally convinced him that I was telling the truth.

So part of my '09 Christmas gift was my latest toy. You can find it HERE. I love it! It is SO easy to use! Thanks to all of my friends who gave input on ice cream freezers.

I've been trying different recipes and wanted to share my favorite. It's Strawberry Cheesecake. Yum! Wish I could have some for breakfast.......

If you look at the recipe you'll notice it says 15 minutes preparation time + cooling + freezing. I would like to say the preparation time took about 45 minutes, not 15. By the time the milk gets hot, then you follow the next step and the next step it takes longer then the time they mention.

But....it is well worth the time! Not an overpowering ice cream. Just a light flavor of strawberries and cream cheese.

And maybe my lengthy preparation time had something to do with my 'help'. Seems like I'm blessed with an abundance of kitchen helpers. The counter top has more space filled with my kidders then with the food I'm working on.

Sometimes my 'help' gets bored as you can see.

I give the CuisinArt Ice Cream Freezer 5 stars. It was exactly what I wanted. It does exactly what I need it to do. And it doesn't take a lot of work.

Do you have a favorite ice cream recipe???? I'd love to have some new ones to try. Feel free to share your favorite recipe or leave a link to your favorite one.

A New Toy in My Kitchen

New Toys. Oh what fun. I could spend a lot of money buying gadgets and fun stuff for my kitchen. I try to control myself. :)

My family loves quesadillas. Chicken quesadillas. Salmon quesadillas. Breakfast/brunch quesadillas. The options are endless.

The last time I made quesadillas Joe and I got to talking about how much better they would be if I had a quesadilla maker or a toaster oven. I guess I was looking to get more of a restaurant style quesadilla.

Last week I spotted a deal at Kohls online that was a must have. A quesadilla maker. Woo-hoo. I just got it and haven't had the chance to use it yet but I'll be sure to share the results when I do.

Here's the link. The regular price is $39.99 (and we all know how inflated regular retail prices are) but I was able to get it with shipping for a total of $8.59. Not sure why they had them priced so low that week because it looks like they still have them in stock and they are now priced at $35.99.

I'm quite excited to try my new quesadilla maker. Help me from having to learn from trial and error.

What do you put in your quesadillas?

What killer recipe have you come up with?

What are the secrets to making top notch quesadillas?