Our power just turned back on after being out for 16 hours. While that isn’t the end of the world, by any means, it’s just a huuuuge inconvenience. It’s the first time we’ve had to deal with a power outage since Wave’s been born, so it was uncharted terrotory for us. Feeding, bathing, and doing all that fun ‘bedtime routine’ stuff, by candlelight, is interesting…
My husband is what we affectionately call a ‘checker.’ If he hears a noise in the backyard, he immediately grabs the 10 foot long, 100 lb flashlight (ok, it’s just a big Maglite, but it might as well be 100 lbs) he keeps by his bed and goes to scope out who the ‘intruder’ is. One time this backfired on him. He turned the spot light on 2 racoons ‘doing it’ in our backyard. Epic, I pee’d laughing so hard. He was not amused. In addition to him being a checker, he’s also ‘emergency preparedness guy.’ So when the power goes out at 2 in the afternoon, while I decide that mean we MUST nap, he gets all of our candles, batteries, flashlights, and water ready. Just in case we’re invaded by zombies. Because zombies are CLEARLY who made the power go out. It couldn’t have been the insane amounts of wind, noooo, that CAN’T be why the power went out…
While Jon is busy protecting our house from a zombie attack, I’m taking a mental inventory of what food we have in the fridge and freezer. I couldn’t take a physical inventory because I didn’t want to open it to let all the cold air out. As I was mentally going through the contents, I was quite surprised with all the good food we have stored up: Leftover guacamole hummus, frozen chili, quinoa salad, and mashed potatoes.
And of course, ice cream. I almost always have a batch, or two, of homemade ice cream in the freezer. You know, just in case of emergencies. Like zombie attacks, power outages, that sort of thing…
This recipe is crazy easy (no ice cream maker required!) and seriously deeeelicious! The thing is, when something is so delicious that you, by yourself, eat the entire batch in 2 days, this is a sign you MUST share it with others. By ‘share’ I mean share the recipe, not the ice cream. Like I just said, I ate the entire batch, by myself, in 2 days. Which means I had 4 servings of fruit, and over 1600 calories of … moving on…
We know I have a sliiiiight obsession with mason jars, so of course I had to make ice cream in individual sizes using mason jars. The batch makes about 6 cups of ice cream, which means you need 6-8 ounce mason jars, with lids. You don’t need to go out and buy mason jars specifically, just use any spare jars you have (that have lids) laying around the house. So not only is this recipe easy, but it’s environmentally friendly?!?! Because you reuse jars. Environmentally friendly ice cream… that’s a stretch, but whatev, let’s go with it…
The ice cream is super creamy and smooth (except for the small juicy chunks of strawberries) just like ice cream you buy at the store, only better. Because homemade is always better!
Ingredients
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk (lowfat or nonfat work great too!)
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups chopped strawberries (measured out, then finely chop or puree them)
- *If you don’t have strawberries, use any other berry or fruit you like
- Optional: sprinkles
Instructions
In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, whip the heavy cream until it starts to form soft peaks (just until it starts to get a tiny bit stiff). Add in the sweetened condensed milk and continuing whipping for about 1 minute. Fold in chopped/pureed strawberries and pour into freezer containers (mason jars, tubberware, whatever you want).
Freeze for 6-8 hours (or overnight). Remove from the freezer and enjoy!
*If the ice cream is really hard when you remove it from the freezer, just let it sit at room temperature for a few minutes to thaw a bit.
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I'm a wife, mom, runner, recipe developer, freelance writer, early riser, Christ follower, peanut butter lover, frozen yogurt addict. I think the majority of the food I consume should be life giving; healthy, natural raw fruits and veggies. Which allows me to have room to splurge occasionally, and I take full advantage of it. 
What a great recipe! I am definitely making this something this week! So cute in the mason jars, what a great idea! :)
Wannnnt! This is an awesome recipe!
I saw your tweets! I’m so sorry that your power was out for so long! It’s always so much harder to deal with when you have a baby. But I love that this recipe only has 3 ingredients. Fabulous :)
Zombies ha… but the raccoon story was totally better lol. Love it. Around here when we lose power, it’s likely to stay out for a while. If it’s winter we pull the cold stuff out that we know we’ll want and toss in a cooler on the deck to keep cool. In the summer… well, that’s a whole other ball game. Man I want a generator…. and a gallon of this ice cream all to myself. :)
I’m stoked on this! Super doable and easy, because for the life of me I can’t seem to remember to put that damn ice cream freezer bowl in my fridge.
That’s my problem too! And then if I DO remember, where will I put it?
We’re all about homemade ice cream at our place..and we can’t JUST have ice cream or JUST have a cookie/brownie..there has to be something warm with something cold…In any case, we have been hooked on banana ice cream and I think your 3-ingredient strawberry will make a fine accompaniment to all of our baked goods…Your recipe just made me want a banana split reaaaaal bad. :)
I hate power outages…my house was supplied by a really crappy power line when I was a kid and it went out every time the wind blew. I kid you not.
And we were NOT allowed to eat the ice cream out of the freezer! not even to save it from imminent meltage! But now that i have my own apartment, I make the rules. And I say ice cream for all! Love how easy this is!
Ran into your recipes through Pinterest. So glad I didn’t end up giving that up for Lent because now I have an awesome homemade ice cream recipe to try!
Lastly, I LOVE finding homemade options instead of the processed ones at the store, so thanks for sharing! Oh and I’ve had a can of condensed milk that I’ve need to use up before it goes bad! Cheers!
LOOOVE this. I’ve seen sweetened condensed milk in ice cream recipes floating around, but haven’t tried it yet. We love pink ice cream around here so we’ll have to give it a try!
P.S. I have a crush on mason jars, too :)
Awesome recipe. Most of them require eggs for making ice cream. This is super simple, will make it for sure. Thank you.
wow–this looks and sounds amazing. I like the idea of no eggs being used for this recipe… I can’t stand knowing that I’m eating 9 egg yolks in a batch of ice cream! Must give your version a try soon!
I’m with you on keeping ice cream in the freezer in case of emergencies! This looks awesome & so easy!
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lol the raccoon story was so funny and the three step recipe is so simple, im going to try it <3