My kiddos have the best aunts and uncles.  Our siblings love our kids, are involved in our kids lives, and would give up most anything to spend time with our babies.  We are super, super thankful for them in our lives.  Every Monday, my bro-in-law, Joe, comes over to hang with us, and eat dinner.  He stays for hours, plays ball, writes with chalk, has tea parties, reads books, etc.  Whatever the kids want him to do, he is willing to play.  Setting aside that time in his busy schedule is priceless to us.  Kids love spending time with him, and it is great for Ehren and I to hang with him too.  I hope my kids will be great friends as adults, like we are with our siblings.  Every Monday, I make Joe this ice cream.  I think this ice cream seals the deal – as long as there is ice cream, he will be here.  Can’t beat that. Kids and ice cream.  Hope you guys enjoy it as well.  Oh, and if you eat dairy, we have a couple of ice cream recipes on here using cow’s milk – strawberry, whiskey, + chocolate chip.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk (we use So Delicious)
• 1/2 cup raw honey
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 can full fat coconut milk (we use Natural Value Coconut Milk)
  
• 1 vanilla bean (or 1 tablespoon 100% pure vanilla extract)
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (we use Enjoy Life)

METHOD:

1. Pour canned coconut milk into a large bowl.  Cut vanilla bean lengthwise, scrape out seeds, and add seeds as well as bean into coconut milk and allow to soak.  Place a strainer on top of it.  Set aside.
2. Combine 1 1/2 cups coconut milk and honey in a saucepan and warm over medium heat for 2 minutes.
3. Place 5 egg yolks in a bowl, set aside.  I usually save egg whites and throw them in with scrambled eggs.  Or you could make coconut macaroons with them.
4. SLOWLY pour warm milk mixture into separate bowl containing egg yolks, stirring constantly.  Continue until all the coconut milk mixture is added to the eggs.  This is called tempering your eggs.
5. Scrape egg/coconut milk mixture back into saucepan and cook over medium heat until custard begins to form, again stirring constantly.  It’s fairly obvious to tell when the mixture is thick enough…. the back of your spatula will be coated with the mixture when it’s ready.  Don’t over cook this, or you’ll end up scrambling your eggs.
6. Pour egg/coconut milk mixture through the strainer and into the full fat coconut milk and vanilla.  The strainer should catch any egg that cooked…. I usually end up with a tablespoon or so of egg in my strainer.
7. Stir, cover, and chill the mixture in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.  Then, discard vanilla bean and make the ice cream according to your machines’ instruction.  Both Evan and I have this ice cream maker.  We love it.  
8. Just before ice cream solidifies, add chocolate chunks to the ice cream maker so that it mixes evenly throughout.

*Use organic ingredients whenever possible.

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