Ice Cream Anyone

Yesterday was National Ice Cream Day - 3rd Sunday in July

From Holiday Insights:

When you get the urge for a snack on a hot, humid summer night, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? That's right....Ice Cream! Therefore, it's only fitting that ice cream be given it's own special day. On this day, we hope you enjoy an ice cream cone, a sundae, or a milk shake. Set the diet aside and splurge a little...have one of each!

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month. He also established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in the month.

Ice cream is nutritious. A little heavy on the sugar and calories, ice cream is otherwise good for you. Its base ingredient is milk, which is loaded with healthy vitamins and minerals.

A note from me:

I took my hubby on a mini-date and we ended up at Coldstone Creamery here in Great Falls, MT. It was the first time visiting for both of us. He had a strawberry cheesecake milkshake and I had a Strawberry Sundae Funnel Cake Creation. Out of this world these desserts were!!!

I just signed up on their online site to receive coupons on birthday notices for the whole family. The kids will be excited when their special times roll around.

Speaking of the kids . . . they were a little flustered when we arrived back home telling them of our outing. The question came up as to why we didn't bring them back anything. I told them with 95+ degrees in temperature out of doors and our van with no air conditioning that everything would have been soupy. Maybe next trip!!!

Blueberry Buckle

Blueberry Buckle

1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsps. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
2 cups fresh blueberries
TOPPING:
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup cold butter
DIRECTIONS:
In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Fold in the blueberries. Pour into greased 9" baking pan (I used round and it worked fine)
This mixture is going to be very thick.
For topping, combine sugars, flour, and cinnamon in a bowl, cut in butter until crumbly (I used a fork and then my hands!) When mixture is crumbly, sprinkle over blueberry mixture. Bake at 375F for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Top with homemade whipped cream.

Gonna have to try this mixture -- someone on Facebook sent it to me.