Chocolate Soy "Ice Cream"

I'm making some chocolate soy ice cream. I used to buy "So Good Soy Ice Cream" at Safeway but they discontinued carrying it. They still have the milk but not ice cream. They do carry a brand of soy ice cream but it's $10.00 per litre. Too steep for me! So Good was only $5.00 per litre.

So I decided to make my own!

I'm using a conventional chocolate ice cream recipe and instead of using regular milk and cream I'm using "So Good Chocolate" milk. This is the first time I've tried it so I added in 1/2 cup of heavy cream. The recipe called for 2 cups.

Not sure how I'll react to the cream, but I'll see. Next time I'll try reducing it even more to a 1/4 cup and see how it turns out. Hopefully I'll be able to eliminate it entirely and still retain that creaminess that you find in ice cream.

I'll let you know how it turns out. I made the base and it's chilling in the fridge. I'll make the actual ice cream tomorrow.

Do you have a Trader Joe's near you? They stock lots of soy ice cream.

Don't know. I've never heard of it though.

Besides, it's fun and much cheaper to make it yourself. I've had an ice cream maker for years and finally dug it out. It even makes frozen yogurt and sorbet.

Soy's bad for you if you are hypothyroid - my thyroid doctor said to stay far away from it. And there are no Trader Joe's in Canada, alas...

Oh I love soy icecream! yummo much lighter and more flavorful than high-test cow's milk variety, imo...Good luck making it, I know it can be more expensive sometimes buying it, I only buy when on sale

(p.s. have you ever tried coconut milk ice cream? it's SO good and creamy, I'll try to find brands I've tried and liked before, maybe you could find them somewhere around you..)

Originally Posted by SwampWitch

Soy's bad for you if you are hypothyroid - my thyroid doctor said to stay far away from it. .

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I didn't know that.

Technically I'm not hypothyroid based on my blood tests. My TSH is normal but my T4, while normal, is on the low side of normal. In Canada that is considered absolutely normal and no need for any medication intervention. However, in the USA those results would indicate a borderline hypothyroid problem and the need to start on low dose synthoid.

My doctor is very progressive and when I told him that I would prefer to go the USA value route, he started me on 0.25 mg of Synthoid, which made me feel like I had a normal energy level again. So there is some thyroid dysfunction.

I don't eat or drink a lot of soy. I typically stick with lactaid milk. The chocolate recipe I used called for milk and cream, but I substituted chocolate soy milk for the regular milk and much of the cream.

Other than the soy ice cream and the very rare purchase of chocolate soy beverage, I don't eat soy. But now that I know it conflicts with my thyroid issue, I'll avoid it once I'm finished this batch of ice cream.

I did know soy is a problem when you are taking Coumadin (Warfarin).

you can make a fairly decent low-lactose ice cream w/either bananas or avocados as a base - check out this recipes!
banana ice cream
avocado ice cream

Ok, well that was a complete bust!

First, I should have reaquainted myself with the assembly and directions before starting off.

I put the paddle inside, poured in the cold mixture, put on the lid and then sat there looking through the instructions to find out how often I needed to turn the handle. By the time I found it in the booklet, I couldn't turn the handle at all! It was completely frozen! I took the paddle out and tried scraping the sides with a spatula only to find that I couldn't get the paddle back in again. So I had to keep scraping the inside of the container manually. I ended up with frozen lumpy ice cream!

Second, the chocolate soy milk was too sweet to use for the recipe. The recipe called for 1/3 cup cocoa powder and 1 cup of sugar. I used about 3/4 cup Splenda.

Well, the combination of the sweet soy, combined with the bitterness of the cocoa and the after taste of the Splenda made for a very nauseating experience! Two bites and I nearly vomited! *blech*

I'll try the recipe again tomorrow using 2% lactaid milk instead of soy and cream. And this time I'll turn the handle right after putting in the mixture!!!

according to the Food Network, you should start cranking prior to pouring in the mix... at least, that's what they all seem to do. of course, they're working w/electric crank machines.

Originally Posted by laureen227

according to the Food Network, you should start cranking prior to pouring in the mix... at least, that's what they all seem to do. of course, they're working w/electric crank machines.

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After my ice cream fiasco, I decided to order an electric ice cream machine.

http://www.deni.com/index.cfm?fuseac...&product_id=11

I've been wanting one for eons which is why this manual one has been sitting on top of the cupboards! I've used it a great deal years ago, but got tired of having to manually crank the handle. However, when I did use it and followed the recipes and instructions exactly, it worked great. I've made some great ice cream in it.

The instructions said to let it sit in the container for 2 minutes before turning the handle. Unfortunately it sat longer (about double that) and the sides and bottom froze so much that I couldn't turn the handle. Plus I think part of the problem was the high water content of the soy milk.

I ordered the white one from our shopping channel website. With tax and delivery it's under $90.00. I'll be billed in 2 easy installments. They had 2 others available. One was $149.00 and the other $349.00. I watched the video for the Deni one and it is similar to what I have now where you freeze the ice cream container, only this machine is electric. From the video the container looks exactly like the one I have with my Donvier. If that is the case, I'll be able to use 2 containers.

Here is a picture of the Donvier that I currently have.

Aw, it's too bad your ice cream didn't work out. I had one of those Donvier ice cream makers but donated it since it took up so much space you really have to have a big freezer to keep that thing in it...

Cascadia Farm used to have fantastic sorbets (can't get them in Canada) that were fruit-only sweetened, and SO GOOD! They completely satisfied my cravings for sweet & cold food.

I can't eat ice cream, even just once a week, unless I want to gain 8 pounds FAST then spend the next 4 months watching every bite to lose it again.