3-Ingredient Avocado Ice Cream

It is the hottest season of the year and so we are craving for ice cream. Sharing with you how to make a 3-ingredient ice cream with avocados. Super good for all of us – healthy, not too much sugar and easy to make. You can prepare this in just a few minutes.
 

Thankful that there are available avocados even during ECQ

Here are the three ingredients that I use: 

1. Avocado – the star of the show! Avocados have a smooth and naturally creamy texture that makes it such a perfect candidate to throw in smoothies and even make into ice cream.  
2. Fresh Milk – you may use coconut or almond milk if you want if you prefer a low-calorie alternative
3. Condensed Milk – you may use stevia or honey as a healthier option

Because we are under Enhanced Community Quarantine, these are the only ingredients available in our kitchen. Others may prefer more cream (add Nestle Cream) or top it with almonds or nuts. One tip though, add lemon juice to prevent the avocados from turning brown.

The smooth and consistent mixture we need to achieve

Here are the steps:

1. Slice the avocado and put all the ingredients in a NutriBullet Blender. Adjust the proportions based on your preference. You may also use an ice cream maker to achieve the same texture or whip it up manually.
2. Blend all the ingredients together. Afterwards, it will look like a super thick vibrant green smoothie, and that is exactly what we’re looking for!
3. When the mixture is smooth and consistent, transfer it from the blender to a loaf pan, put a tightly-wrapped plastic or clean wrap on the ice cream’s surface to avoid discoloration and freeze for a minimum of four hours. I did mine overnight.

Afterwards, you’ve got homemade avocado ice cream! Enjoy this refreshing treat with your loved ones. Stay healthy and stay home.

It’s time for a little summer treat while staying home. #StayHomeSaveLives

Jewelry Containing My Preserved Breastmilk

Women tend to become sentimental the moment they experience pregnancy, giving birth, and overcoming the struggles of breastfeeding. These moments are worth celebrating and remembering. 

For most moms, there’s nothing that signifies motherhood more than breastfeeding. There’s no better feeling than cradling their little ones and looking into their eyes while they nurse. So aside from capturing a million photos of breastfeeding moments, how can moms capture this special point in their lives when they are the only ones that their babies need — and that they served as a 24/7 buffet for their babies? The answer: preserve it of course with breastmilk jewelry.

Breastmilk jewelry is personalized jewelry that gives moms an opportunity to turn their liquid gold into wearable keepsakes. 

My breastfeeding journey lasted for 3 years and 2 months (April 2015 to June 2018). This includes all the struggles and triumphs of nursing and pumping. The weaning stage was a bittersweet moment because back then, I knew that the day would come that it will all end.  Breastfeeding moments will be over. The day would come that I shall nurse no more.

To my surprise, my husband surprised me with a reminder of my breastfeeding journey. Knowing that I always have pumped milk in the freezer, he gave me a pendant that contains my preserved breastmilk. I have never been a jewelry lover, but with the sight of a breastfeeding keepsake, I was so happy. 

My breastfeeding keepsake is a pendant containing my preserved breastmilk.

This is what it looks like when worn.

The necklace pendant was made by Pumped With Love, a jewelry store that offer customized jewelry made of breastmilk, hair, cut nails, umbilical cord, baby tooth, and even cremation ashes. 

My son has stopped breastfeeding for more than a year already. But every time I wear my breastmilk jewelry, I still have the moments close to my heart.