Ice cream day

After venting about Facebook, I decided I should probably go back to writing about happier things.  Happier things to me usually involve dessert :)  As I've said before, hubby is not huge on desserts so I asked him what I could make that he would actually eat. His response was vanilla ice cream.  Really?!?!? vanilla ice cream?!?!? That's it?  Well that's easy enough to do.  I dug out our cuisinart ice cream maker last Saturday and froze the bowl so that Sunday I could go to work on making this frozen goodness.   Emeril Lagasse has a recipe that had my favorite word in it... easy!  This recipe was so simple and good! 

Old Time Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream
2 cups whole milk
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
Pinch salt
Good quality chocolate, for garnish

Directions

Whisk all ingredients together until sugar dissolves. Pour into the bowl of an ice cream machine. Freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. After the ice cream is made, transfer to an airtight container. Cover tightly and freeze until ready to serve. When ready to serve, make chocolate curls using a vegetable peeler. Serve ice cream garnished with curls.

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2003