#but also with my non-halo peeps

[ageless-aislynn]

"Under Cover of Night" (Martin O'Donnell - Michael Salvatori, Halo: Combat Evolved)

[monitorchakas]

Why are you and Zita and everyone else beside mokuknight so old? Like, both of you are 30-sum, no think poisonheadcrabsalesman is 28? So yeah, old. Why. Or why am I so young, anyway. Also what's your favorite (non-Spark centric) Halo novel?

Yeah I grew up with halo but its nice that younger peeps get into halo too keep the (mostly dead) series going

Im between fall of reach and contact harvest

Leaning towards contact harvest

Those were my faves before the forerunner stuff came out lolol

[freedomseeker91]

Love At First.... Scent?

Currently working on my latest Bella update. In the meantime, here’s a little one shot I wrote loosely based off a scene from the movie Daredevil. I might write more on this one, maybe turn it into a series of one shots. Until then, have fun with this while I work on Bella 😊

“How many more of these pro bono music events are we planning on taking on? I mean I’m all for being the good guy Bec, but I also got bills to pay,” Jesse queried as he poured hot sauce into her coffee cup.

Beca just shook her head and then focused forward, seemingly oblivious to her best friend and partners actions. One waitress passing by noticed and scoffed at his antics making Jesse shrink under the scrutiny but remain silent non the less.

“Jess, you know how important the arts are in schools and how shitty the funding is. There are a lot of kids out there who need these programmes and can’t afford after school lessons. That’s why people like us, with the means and funds to create money spinners, are needed to step in. And quit talking like you’re out of pocket, you live in a penthouse bachelor pad on the upper east side.”

Jesse tipped his head from side to side at Beca’s comment and proceeded to dig into his eggs and bacon. Beca sat listening to the going’s on around her. The sound of two elderly gentlemen sitting at the counter debating the pros and cons of the modern game of baseball.

A couple of ladies at a table near the back of the diner, on lunch from the corporate building around the corner, spewing the latest office gossip. The couple to her left making plans for dinner and arranging a baby sitter.

Suddenly from behind her, she heard the tell tale sign of the bell above the door ringing to indicate a new arrival, followed by a waft of perfume so sweet but yet so gentle, she had to angle her head towards it to get more of its scent.

Jesse, who had been devouring the food on his plate, looked up, his mouth hanging open at the sight before him as he lowered the fork back down, unable to properly chew.

“Damn,” he mumbled, peaking Beca’s interest even further and Jesse quickly decided now was the best time to mess with her. Beca couldn’t withhold the question on the tip of her tongue.

“That good huh?” She asked and he kept staring ahead at the beauty standing in the doorway of the diner scoping out somewhere to sit.

The sun shining in through the open doorway created a halo effect around her, illuminating the glorious ginger hair that cascaded down over her shoulders, bright blue eyes as clear as the Tenerife sea scanning the area around her.

She was wearing a blue blouse that matched her eyes tucked neatly into a pair of boot leg jeans, peep toe wedge sandals adding a couple of inches to her clearly athletic legs. She was beauty personified, and Jesse knew it.

“Nah she’s hideous, looks like she walked right out of a car wreck,” he replied, his tone even as he tracked the redheads movements to the counter to pick up a coffee and then towards the couch across the way.

Beca didn’t say anything, just waited until she heard the distinct sound of Jesse’s voice changing direction away from her and following after the person who had just walked in. In that moment, she picked up her cup and switched it with his.

Then she reached down to the seat next to her and picked up her cane, unfolding it and snapping into place before setting it down in front of her and manoeuvring it around to assess the area around her before taking her first stride forward.

She guided her way towards the steps that would lead down to the counter, following the scent of the perfume that had captured her attention. She carefully descended the steps, her cane tapping against the ground as it alerted her to any obstacles or hurdles that may be in her way.

Eventually she closed in on the scent and rounded the front of the coffee table that sat in front of the couch where the redhead had taken up residence as she devoured the contents of the magazine in her hands.

Jesse watched on, wondering how this would play out. He could tell by the vibe the woman was giving off that she wasn’t exactly looking to be approached so he was more than eager to see what would happen for his own amusement.

Once her cane tapped against the edge of the table Beca stopped, standing her cane up and resting her hands on top of it. She inhaled the scent again and couldn’t help but be overwhelmed by it. She was drawn to it, and the woman responsible for it.

“Uh, excuse me, could you help me out? I’m looking for some sugar,” Beca asked politely, hoping to ignite conversation.

The redhead couldn’t help but snort at the comment, it sounded like the beginning of one of those cheesy chat up lines guys and girls used to try and butter her up.

“It’s right in front of you,” she replied, her gaze never looking up from her magazine. Beca clucked her tongue, clearly the woman wasn’t going to make this easy for her.

“Could you be more specific?” Beca asked and the woman’s patience seemed to run out at that point.

“What are you bl.....” the redhead began to say before trailing off as she gazed up at the woman before her taking note of the cane and the sunglasses, the last word dying on her tongue as her eyes widened in mortification. Beca seized the opportunity and with a grin on her lips she finished the sentence for her.

“Blind? Yeah I kinda am.”

The woman quickly shuffled the magazine off her lap and scrambled for the sugar, raising it up towards Beca who reached out her hand, waiting for it to be guided to where it needed to be, giggling slightly as the redhead spewed out her apologies.

“Oh my God, I am so sorry. I can’t believe I just did that, I didn’t realise,” she said, as she placed the sugar into Beca’s hand. The brunette just shrugged her shoulders.

“It’s okay, it happens more often than you’d think. I’m Beca,” she said, hoping to at least get the woman’s name out of this interaction. The redhead stood up, grabbing her bag and slinging it over her shoulder.

“Chloe,” she replied and Beca could tell by the swift rush of air that passed her that movement was happening around her, the woman was preparing to leave.

“Hey, you couldn’t help me could you? I’ve never been to this diner before so I’m not quite sure where I am. The record label I work for is somewhere nearby but I need to meet an associate near the park to catch up with a client about an event they’re trying to promote there, but for obvious reasons, I’m not exactly sure where I’m supposed to be going or how to get there. I would ask my partner but he’s got a recording session to get to.”

That was a lie, Beca knew exactly where to go. In fact she knew the city off by heart. Being born blind meant getting to know NYC in the dark. She could navigate the city better than any taxi driver ever could, better than Google maps even.

Chloe glanced at her watch and noted the time, she really had to be somewhere but, considering the mortifying blunder she had just made, the least she could do was help out.

“Sure, yeah no problem,” she replied and Beca thanked her. Jesse watched the whole thing enraptured by what he saw. He picked up his coffee cup and took a sip, instantly spitting the contents out across the table. The waitress from earlier laughing at him.

Chloe turned her head and looked up, spotting Jesse and his coffee stained tie from a mile away, briefly catching his attention being aimed their way.

“That your partner?” She asked with a chuckle and a shake of her head, figuring Beca would’ve heard the commotion from the short distance that separated them. Beca just gave her a half grin and a small shake of the head in return.

“Never seen him before in my life.”

Chloe grinned at this, noting that Beca was obviously comfortable and confident with her disability. It somehow made her earlier mistake seen a little less embarrassing.

“Do you need me to guide you back to your table?” She asked and Beca accepted the offer, angling her arm so that Chloe could link it and use it to help manoeuvre her in whatever direction she needed to go in.

Chloe slowly guided Beca back to where she had originally been sat and gave Jesse a brief wave, the man smiling at her. When Beca leaned down to grab her shoulder bag from the ground, he leaned down to help pick it and mumbled into her ear.

“You sly motherfucker. Pulling the disability card should be beneath you Mitchell.”

Beca just smirked at him and stood back up, slinging the bag over her shoulder and then turning slightly back towards Chloe who placed a hand on her forearm to indicate where she was.

Before they made to leave, Beca pulled her wallet from her bag and opened it up, pulling a folded $20 from it and dropping it on the table. Chloe couldn’t help but notice there were several different notes in the wallet, and how they were all folded in different manners to help distinguish which was which based on value.

“Are you ready to go?” She asked, and Beca nodded her head, allowing Chloe to guide her out of the diner and into the street. She wasn’t sure why she was so drawn to this woman she had only just met, but one thing was for sure, she was determined to know everything she could about her.

[shesobscure]

our | story (2017)

....so then that happened, june 26 2017 we became a couple. A couple who's very platonic, and unideal. Yung couple na hindi mo aasahang magkakasundo, but we did. Believe it or not, we really worked hard, para lang mag adjust sa isa't isa on the first months of us dating.

there were times where, gusto ko magkaroon ng night outs, which ayaw nya pumayag. and matigas ulo ko non, sobra. Kahit ayaw nya, ipipilit ko talaga. So what he'll do, is tatawag sya every after 5 mins habang nasa inuman ako, just for me to update him, eventhough magkatext naman na kami. He also gave me a curfew, 12am tops. And no hubadera outfits. Pinakang payag na sya na suot ko is palda kasi mukha raw akong babaeng babae talaga. Hindi din siya napapakali everytime nalalate ako magreply, kahit 2mins lang. Eh ako pa naman yung tipo ng tao na hindi talaga mabilis magreply. So nung mga unang buwan namin, yun talaga madalas pinag tatalunan namin. Also, meron akong attitude where i like to call certain peeps "bro" "boi" "pre" etc, yun bang salitang pangtambay, and kahit ayun, gusto niya alisin ko sakin. And all of those shits i've mentioned? Lahat yun walang naging problema sakin na alisin, baguhin o iimprove, kasi ganon ko siya kamahal, at ganon ko gustong patatagin relasyon namin. Which is nangyari din naman, at dalawang taon na pamula nung nagsimula kaming bumuo ng mga memories namin....

-JULY 23, 2017- His 19th birthday. Pinakilala niya ako sa family niya, first girlfriend na dinala niya sakanila by the way. Unang pagkikita rin namin since we became a couple. His family accepted me wholeheartedly and sobrang saya nung gabi na yun. Had the chance to meet his pamangkins & cousins and half of the amat family, na sobrang mahal ko. His mom, ate and i also had the chance to have a girl talk nung napprepare na kami sa pagtulog. Sobrang masaya.

-JULY 26, 2017- Hindi man kami magkasama, eh sinalubong namin yung 1st monthsarry namin kasi yun ang gusto nya. We talked over the phone magdamag and ramdam ko yung saya niya na umabot kami ng isang bwan despite of the complications kahit bago lang kami. And miski ako, masaya ako na kahit babago palang eh nakasurvive na kami sa unang bwan, kasi akala ko talaga merong sumpa na binigay sakin kasi mostly yung past flings ko, hindi naman tumatagal ng isang bwan or whatsoever. Masaya, sobrang masaya ako nun, sobrang masaya kami.

-AUGUST 19, 2017- Second time na nagkita kami, magkaaway kami nung time na 'to kasi i kept on mentioning his ex kaya ang nangyari, hindi kami nag usap halos the whole day, tapos it turned out na inimbita ako ng pinsan niya sa isang event nila, then nung nandoon na ako, sakin siya hinahanap ng mga kamag-anak niya tapos sabi ko lang eh hindi ko alam kasi mag kaaway kami at hindi magkausap. tapos little did i know, tinawagan pala nila siya para ipaalam na andon ako and kung anong oras sya pupunta. Ang sagot niya raw is hindi siya pupunta kasi nga magkaaway kami, and that was actually okay lang para sakin kesa naman sa personal pa kami magbangayan, at mag away. Pero siguro wala pang 20mins nakakalipas, nag iinom na kami ng mga pinsan niya that time, nagtinginan sila sakin at sa likod ko, tapos mga nakangiti. Paglingon ko, andun siya, tapos lumapit sakin at nagsosorry sa inasal niya. Unexpected shit, bago pa siya umuwi non we had our moment under the full moon and that moment is something i won't forget, hinug niya ako ng sobrang higpit nun to the point na naisip ko "aba ayaw na ata ako bitawan neto hahahaha" napakasaya.

-AUGUST 10, 2017- i was at home, scrolling thru my facebook habang kausap ko siya tapos sabi nya icheck ko raw profile niya, i was shocked sa cover photo niya kasi picture namin yun from the last night we were together. That was the very first time na nagcover photo siya or kahit nag upload, nang babaeng dinedate nya. First time na inilabas niya ako from his facebook account na para bang proud na proud siya with me. I can't, i just can't contain my happiness.

-AUGUST 26, 2019- 2nd monthsary. Sinama niya ako pag-uwi niya sa Tiaong, Quezon. This was the very first time na nagsama kami na kami lang dalawa. We went to his auntie's house, pinakilala niya ako, naggala kami sa tiaong kung saan kami unang nagkita. then we had his cousin na sunduin kami, pabalik ng san pablo, but we had our stop over muna sa isang fastfood place, and we ate. Then pagdating namin ng san pablo, naisipan namin dumaan sa bahay ng bestfriend ko para maipakilala ko na siya, and nung nagkakilala na sila sabi niya eh "sa wakas, may maaasahan na akong magbabantay sayo dito sa san pablo" hahahahaha korni, pero masaya.

-SEPTEMBER 2017- i was hospitalized this month, and hindi siya makapunta o makadalaw sakin kasi daddy ko yung bantay kaya i told him wag na lang magpunta. Pero nung mga oras na yon, never niya pinaramdam sakin na i was alone fighting my battle, always kami magkausap, always nya ako iniintindi, na kahit sobrang sungit at taray ko sakanya non dala narin ng mga iniinom kong gamot, iniintindi niya talaga. Nagtampo pa siya non kasi sabi ko sakanya eh crush ko yung nurse na nag aalaga sakin, kaya sa kakatantrums niya, i had to request a nurse exchange, na gawing babae nalang nurse ko. Haha. He made sure that time na i was recovering smoothly and kahit malayo siya, ramdam ko yung pag aalaga niya sakin. Siya pa nga 'tong nag papaala sakin na inumin ko mga meds ko everytime limot ko. Haha. Was a rough battle being hospitalized, pero he still made me happy.

-OCTOBER 4, 2017- I was fully okay na this time, naka recover na at nakapag palakas narin ng maayos, kaya nagdecide ako bumisita sakanila. This was the first time na nakita niya ako paglabas ko ng hospt. kaya nagulat siya sa malaking changes ko haha. We went sa fiestahan nun, tapos naiirita sya sa suot ko, kasi i was wearing an off shoulder na crop top at leggings at the same time. So ibinababa niya tapos maiirita kasi nalabas cleavage kaya itinataas, tapos nakikita pusod kaya ibinababa ulit, natatawa nalang ako sakanya nung time na yon. Pero later on naman, sabi nya mag pose daw ako at pipicturan niya ako. Sabi pa ng mga pinsan at tito niya that time "inis inis kapa kanina sa suot, ipino photoshoot mo naman ngayon" hAHahaha gagawin lahat for my happiness, damn.

-NOVEMBER 2, 2017- Umuwi kami ng Tiaong Quezon kasama family niya, kakatapos lang ng birthday ng mommy niya non, tapos bumisita kami ng tiaong. Ayun yata yung first time na nakilala ko yung lola niya na siya ang favorite apo. Binisita namin that time si kuya mino, yung tao na dahilan kung ba't kami nagkaroon ng connection, yung barkada namin na namatay at naging dahilan para magkita kami. Then we spend the whole day lang yun sa bahay ng tita niya, kumain, nagsaya and everything. Nung gabi nagpicture taking pa kami kasama mga pinsan at tito niya. Nung pauwi na kami, sa pick up kami nakasakay, ayaw niya pa ako payagan na sa labas umupo, gusto niya sa loob kasi masireno na raw, pero syempre makulit ako kaya pinilit niya nalang ako suotin yung saklob niya na bigay ko na favorite niya haha.

-NOVEMBER 4, 2017- This was the time na pupunta kami sa debut ng isa sa pamangkin niya, sa victoria laguna. Tuwang tuwa siya sa suot ko non, kasi nakapalda ako. Yun lang kasi yung payag siya na isuot ko na medj hubadera, ganon, sabi niya babaeng babae ako. Tapos siya pa nagdecide non ng style ng buhok ko hahaha first time ko sumakay ng bus non na hindi mommy ko kasama ko, or na fieldtrip, tas sabi niya masaya siya kasi siya ang kasama ko sa mga first times ko sa buhay at isa na yon. Tapos pagdating namin sa venue non, tinginan samin mga tao, di namin alam kung bakit kaya nagtawanan nalang kami. HAHA. tapos nasira sandals ko non, dinala niya muna ako sa bahay ng tito niya, tapos bumili siya ng shoe glue tas akala ko ipapaayos niya sakin, pero kinuha niya paa ko, hinubad sandals ko at siya ang umayos. Pagbalik namin ng venue, kasama na namin mga pamangkin niya, tapos maya maya tumatawag yung lola ko, asking me to go home kasi di daw ako pwede mag overnight, pati may event din sa bahay nun. Tapos takas lang ako that time na di ako uuwi, kaya nagalit siya sakin nun hahaha umalis kami sa event kahit kakasimula lang, hinatid niya ako. Pinagalitan ako sa bahay, pero mas pinagalitan niya ako sa ginawa ko. Cute niya nun. HAHA

-DECEMBER 2017- 06-07, pageant niya nung time na yon and sabi niya na kailangan ko sumuporta kasi hindi siya rarampa kung hindi niya ako makikita doon. i was there afternoon palang, so nagdate muna kami, then iniwan niya na ako sakanila para umuna sa pag gaganapan ng pageant since need pa siya iorient at ayusan. So ang kasama ko pagpunta dun nung magsstart na is mom niya, pamangkin, at pinsan. Nung nakita niya kami, para siyang nakahinga ng maluwag. Then nagstart na yung event, malapit kami ng mom at pamangkin niya sa dressing room niya kaya kada magpapalit sila ng attire, syempre picturan muna ganon, tapos samin siya nalapit. Kada nasa stage din siya, samin siya madalas tumitingin tapos ngingiti sakin. Hindi man siya nanalo that time, hakot awards naman siya. At sobrang proud ako sakanya, kasi hindi naman siya sasali dun kung hindi ko siya pinilit e. at worth it ang pagkukumbinsi namin ng family niya sakanya, hahaha.

The next day, we spent half of the day together lang sakanila bago ako umuwi. Umakyat kami sa kubo nila, nag bond, nagkulitan, tapos don nabuo yung kasunduan namin na after 2 years, we'll elope. Para patunayan sa isa't isa kung gaano kami kasigurado na kami talaga hanggang huli.

26, we celebrated Christmas together, pati narin 6th monthsary namin, kasama din kuya niya at asawa nito. Bale double date, pareho pa naka couple shirts haha we ate at namasyal sa mall, then afterwards, humiwalay na kami sa kuya niya. manonood sana ng cine kaso sold out, kaya dinala niya nalang ako don sa lugar na gusto kong puntahan kasi dinadayo ng mga tao. As usual, pinotoshoot na naman ako ng koya mo don hahahhaa

2017- All in all, our 2017 was full of ups and downs. Hindi ganon ka smooth, madalas man kami mag-away tapos break up yung lagi kong inilalaban sakanya kada nag aaway kami, siya yung nagturo sakin na hindi laging break up ang solusyon kada mag aaway kasi dapat mag -aaway lang pero hindi maghihiwalay.

He also had the chance to meet my father, hindi man personally, pero alteast he got the chance. Siya yung unang taong ipinaglaban ko sa tatay ko, and happy ako na pumabor naman siya.

Yung takbo ng relationship namin is literal na ups and downs, madaming gusto sumira, humadlang, at makisawsaw pero atleast we made it hanggang 2018 na matatag kami, kasi mas pinatatag kami ng mga pinagdaanan namin. Madami akong bagay na natutunan sakanya, at madami siyang bagay na natutunan sakin. Binago niya ako, at binago ko rin siya. 2017 was a hell of a ride, and i'm glad he became my ride or die. Madaming lesson at pagsubok ang binigay samin ng taon na iyon, at lahat yon worth it.

Mas hell of a ride ang 2018 journey namin, pero syempre sa next entry na yon. : )

(JUNE 26. 2019- 2ND Annivesary. To the man whom i loved the most sa buong buhay ko, today, we are celebrating yung ikadalawang taon pamula ng minahal kita, at minahal mo ako. Things might not be alright between us right now, pero if heaven's kind and still kind after years, maybe makukuha na natin kung ano yung gusto natin. Nagpapasalamat ako sayo sa lahat ng nagawa mo para saakin sa loob ng dalawang taon, at sa patuloy na paglaban kahit sobrang hirap ng sitwasyon nung mga nakaraang panahon natin. Salamat sa lahat lahat, the best ka parin para sakin hanggang ngayon. Hinding hindi magbabago ang pagmamahal ko sayo, aking irog. 2 years, dalawang taon na kitang mahal.)

[womenandfilm5]

For my Interventions report, the films I watched the following films: A House Divided by Alice Guy-Blache, 1913), Three Films by Alice Guy-Blache which included Falling Leaves (1912), Mabel’s Blunder (Mabel Normand, 1914), The Curse of Quon Gwon (Marion E Wong, 1917) and The Ocean Waif (Alice Guy-Blache, 1916)  [Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers, on Netflix streaming]. . I will begin with The Curse of Quon Gwon: When The East Mingles with the West by Marion E Wong. Wong was a Chinese-American director, costume designer and president of her own film company called Mandarin films which is credited with being the first Asian-American film company in the United States. Wong lived and worked in Oakland, California. The Curse of Quon Gwon was the first and only film shot for Mandarin films and is known as the first film by a Chinese-American film company to feature an all Chinese -American cast. Wong stars in the film as it’s villain and her real-life sister in-law Violet Wong played the lead actress. Other family members were included in the film such as Wong’s mother. It was also financed by a family member who was Wong’s uncle. . As the title suggests, the film is about what happens when the East which is China in this case meets with the West which is America in this case. It is a silent black and white film The story is told through a Chinese -American newlywed couple. On the day of their wedding, Violet Wong’s character is expected to do her hair in a more elaborate way than she usually does, and the closeup of her in the mirror looking at herself while her hair is done by a maid or helper shows that she doesn’t want to change her hair. On the same day of the wedding, Violet Wong and her husband (played by Harvey Soo Hoo) receive a wedding gift of what appears to be an idol, but is later found to be the curse of Quon Gwon. . While living with her new family, Violet Wong is constantly abused by her mother and sister in law. There is an element of foreshadowing to abuse in an earlier scene when Violet falls asleep and dreams that she is in chains. The chains could symbolize her loss of freedom in her new family. . When Violet bears a child, her mother and sister in-laws treatment of her worsens. They want to take her child away and give her a knife, presumably so that she can commit suicide. Violet begs her in-laws for mercy, and there is a closeup of her face with a type of halo around it to emphasize her desperation. Fade in and fade out is also used to show scenes that have ended . Since she refuses to kill herself, Violet is kicked out of the house and the doors are locked.  . The setting changes to outdoors where Violet is shown lost and wandering around. She finds a lamb which also seems to be lost which could symbolize the ‘lost sheep’ story in the bible. Violet hugs the lamb, which to her could stand in for her child that she misses. . When Violet’s husband returns to find her missing, his mother and wife fight. Closeup is used in this scene to show the tension between the two characters. Violet finds her way home and her husband finds her. Meanwhile, the sister-in-law kills herself, presumably because she can’t live with the guilt of what she has done to Violet. . In the last scene of the film, Violet and her husband pose with their child who has grown, which shows the passage of the time. The couple are wearing Western clothing which means that they have either rejected their heritage or assimilated into Americans society. They are smiling, which could mean that the curse has been lifted, although in the final shot, there is a close-up of the idol. Does this mean there is more strife awaiting the couple in their future? . Unlike the other films that I viewed for the interventions report, The Curse of Quon Gwon did not feature title cards or written captions. This is because the film had to be restored when it was found as some of the reels were missing which most likely contained the title cards. The absence of title cards made it difficult to deduce some parts of the plot, specifically the significance of the idol. In the typical silent films, actors would exaggerate their facial and bodily movements so that the audience could tell what they were trying to portray, but in Wong’s film, the actors appear more natural, so it was not easy to deduce their thoughts. For instance, in the scene where the mother and daughter are fighting, that confused me because up until that point, Violet’s mother and daughter-in-law seemed to be united in getting rid of Violet. That’s a scene where a title card could have aided in the narrative. There is also no surviving script of the film and few interviews exist with the film-maker about the film, so the official plot was mentioned in a July issue of the Motion Picture magazine which stated according to deepfocusproductions.com “deals with the curse of a Chinese god that follows his people because of the influence of western civilization. The first part is taken in California, showing the intrigues of the Chinese who are living in this country in behalf of the Chinese monarchical government, and those who are working for the revolutionists in favor of a Chinese republic. A love story begins here and is carried through the rest of the production.” . In comparison to the other films I watched, The Curse of Quon Gwon was the only one that wasn’t released or distributed because Wong couldn’t find any distributors willing to purchase the film. This is apparently because distributors believed that American audiences were at the time not interested in viewing non-stereotypical images of Asian Americans.   . As the film was a financial failure, Wong shut down the Mandarin company and instead became a successful restaurateur.  Her film was thought to be lost until Chinese-American director Arthur Dong found it while doing research for his 2007 documentary Hollywood Chinese. . In 2006, The Curse of Quon Gwon was added to the National Film Registry. Wong never lived long enough to see that happen and it is sad that she wasn’t able to produce anymore films in her lifetime as she could have been a prolific film-maker who had a niche in producing films that featured Chinese-American stories which were different from other films that were being released in the same time period. . Since The Curse of Quon Gwon, there have been a few Hollywood films that have featured all Asian casts. The most recent example was Crazy Rich Asians (2018) which is a romantic comedy based off a trilogy of books by Kevin Kwan. Prior to that, The Joy Luck Club (1993) had that honor. This clearly shows that there is still a need for stories about Chinese-Americans in Hollywood, and the financial success of Crazy Rich Asians in particular shows that audiences are ready for this kind of content. I also think it is interesting that the plot of Wong’s film is similar to that of Crazy Rich Asians in that in the latter film, Rachel Chu is not accepted by her boyfriend’s family who are more traditional than hers and they find ways of keeping her and her boyfriend apart.    . Mabel’s Blunder is a black and white film by Mabel Normand. Normand was an actress and director under Keystone films. She is credited as the first major female film comedy star in American motion pictures by the Library of Congress.  . In Mabel’s Blunder, the title card tells us right away that Mabel is secretly engaged to the son of the owner of the company where she works as a stenographer. The owner is also interested in her romantically. . All seems to be well between the engaged couple until a woman that Mabel doesn’t know appears at the office. Suspenseful music plays which gives an indication that something exciting is about to happen. Mabel decides to investigate what is going on between the lady and her fiance. She peeps into the keyhole and the camera gives us a subjective shot as we see through her eyes that her fiance and the woman embrace several times.  . Mabel’s brother visits her at the office. The title card tells us he is her brother. However, it deliberately does not provide a title card for the woman seen with Harry (Mabel’s fiance) because the director wants the audience to wait longer for a resolution. Mabel gets the idea to switch clothing with her brother so that she can go and spy on Harry and the lady. While Mabel is coming up with her scheme, the music changes again. . According to Brent E Walker who wrote a film essay on Mabel for the  Library of Congress,“ Besides trading on the comedy staples of mistaken identities and misunderstood intentions, Mabel’s Blunder also features a double-dose of another standard of farce: gender-impersonation, with Mabel disguising herself as a man, and the unidentified young actor playing Normand’s brother donning drag to impersonate his sibling” (Walker). According to the same writer, Mabel had first worn drag two years prior in Mabel’s stratagem (1912). The use of drag as opposed to Mabel asking her brother to spy on her fiance is for comedic effect. . Other themes in the film include jealousy, suspicion of infidelity, a love triangle (between Mabel, her fiance and fiance’s father) and gender reveal (Harry’s father finding out that he is embracing a man).   . In the end, Mabel is discovered at the gathering she attends to spy on her fiance, where he tells her that the woman is his sister. The couple reconcile and we assume that they will live happily ever after. . Mabel’s Blunder isn’t distinctive from many of the other Keystone film’s released at the time as her directorial control was monitored by the founder of Keystone, Sennett .Mabel was not credited on every film she directed with Keystone and was underpaid, earning $175 a week. On the other hand, she was one of the first female actors to have her name listed as part of the title of a film. Her other self titled films included Mabel’s Lovers (1912), Mabel’s Married Life (1914), Mabel’s Strange Predicament (1914).    . Mabel eventually founded her own film company with Sennett called Mabel Normand Feature Film Company and produced her most successful film called Mickey (1918) which was the highest grossing film of that year.  . A series of scandals negatively affected her career such as rumors of alcoholism and the death of a female actress who had been last seen at the residence of an actor she was working with among others.  . Despite those scandals, Mabel has still had a major influence on comedy. In 2009, Mabel’s Blunder was listed in the National Registry. According to an article published by the Guardian titled ‘Eyes on the Pies; How Mabel Normand: Chaplin’s mentor, changed cinema’ by Jay Mc Carthy, “ Normand became (arguably) the first star to use the screen aside as a comic device, breaking the fourth wall to confide in the audience – a technique that became her trademark. The following year, she had the bright, and then novel, idea of spicing up a scene by chucking a custard pie” (Mc Carthy). 'Pieing’ or throwing a pie on a character’s face has been used since then in countless comedies. Mabel also had an impact on the career of Charlie Chaplin, one of the most notable silent film stars of all time. She served as Chaplin’s mentor when he joined Keystone and some writers say that he copied some of her comedic mannerisms and adopted them into his career. For instance, in Mc Carthy’s article, “A study of her films, made before Chaplin came to this country, shows entire routines, gestures, reactions, expressions, that were later a part of Chaplin’s characteristics” (Mc Carthy). . I watched three of Alice Guy Blache’s films for the intervention report. A House Divided (1913), Falling Leaves (1912) and The Ocean Waif (1916). Alice Guy Blache was a French-American director credited as being the first female director in the world. She began her career as a stenographer in France for Gaumont, a company that supplied film equipment such as cameras. Under Gaumont, she began experimenting with the cameras and began to direct films. Blache moved to the United States after her marriage and founded her own company called Solax Films in 1910, releasing over 300 films over the course of it’s four year existence.   . A House Divided is one of Blache’s most well known films. It is a black and white silent film that deals with subject matter that Alice Guy Blache was known for featuring; domestic issues in a marriage. The plot revolves around a couple who are suspicious of each other and think that their partner is being unfaithful. . The opening scene is an office in a perfume company. A label shows the perfume company as well as a title card provides that information. A perfume salesman sprays perfume on one of the male workers in the office. When he returns home, his wife suspects him of cheating on him. He also suspects his wife of infidelity when a visitor of the couple’s maid leaves his gloves at the couple’s house. The husband and wife visit their lawyer to find a solution.  . The divorce papers are shown on the screen which I assume is a pre-cursor to zoom. The couple agree to live in the same house but to not speak to each other except through notes which we see as the audience. . The plot twist occurs when the couple’s maid is locked outside the house and breaks in through the window. Suspecting a burglar, the wife sends a note to her husband. They both decide to deal with the burglar and the reveal is what breaks the tension and leads the couple to reconcile. One of the most obvious film techniques is intercutting which is to cut back and forth between different scenes.               . In terms of the impact of A House Divided, according to Gwendolyn Audrey Foster who wrote Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary, “A House Divided is a forerunner of the television situation comedy” (Foster, 162).  . In Falling Leaves (1912) ,the main actress is a child named Trixie whose older sister falls ill with consumption. Trixie overhears the doctor mentioning that her sister will die when the last leaves fall.  . Trixie remains the focus of the screen as the other characters move into the other room out of the camera range . She looks outside to see that the leaves are falling fast and her facial expression shows sadness.  . The use of the parlor as a setting is where most of the action takes place. It is where Trixie’s sister is examined by the doctor and it is where Trixie has a view to the leaves on the trees.   . The color changes and becomes lighter in the scene where Trixie is in bed  and has the idea of going outside to tie the leaves that have fallen off the trees back on to them. The camera shifts to feature Trixie in close-up. The doctor sees her tying up the leaves and tells her that he has an idea. The doctor uses his cure that he discovered in the first scene of the film to cure Trixie’s sister. Title cards are used to show the passage of time (3 months) and the doctor returns to visit Trixie’s sister who has been cured. As the film ends, the characters show that they like each other and may begin a romantic relationship. . Falling Leaves was one the films where Alice Guy Blache used a child actor, and she was one of the first directors to do that. The actress who played Trixie acted in 26 films produced by Solax between 1910 and 1913. . The Ocean Waif (1916) tackles the controversial issue of incest. Millie is a girl found in a fishing village and is taken in by a man who becomes her step-father. She is forced to cook for him and he abuses her to the point where she runs away. . Millie finds an abandoned house. When she lights candles, the color of the film also brightens. Unbeknownst  to Millie, Ronald who is a writer looking for inspiration moves into the mansion. . In terms of setting and mis-en-scene, the house can be seen as a separate character. Pictured in the afternoon when Ronald is checking it out, it is large and imposing. His manservant tells him that there is a rumor the house is haunted by the ghost of the owner’s daughter. However, Ronald doesn’t believe his manservant and they move in.    . Millie is eventually discovered by Ronald and over the course of a few days, they fall in love. Millie changes from a young lady to a woman through the use of costume. She changes from her overalls to a dress with a full skirt. Ronald and Millie share a kiss which is interrupted by Ronald’s fiancee’s arrival. In a previous scene, a telegram was shown on camera from her stating that she would be arriving, in response to a letter he had sent when disembarking from the ship he was on. Ronald tells his fiance that there is nothing going on between the two and that he feels paternal towards her. . With nowhere else to go, Millie leaves the mansion and returns home. She is no longer wearing the dress, which could symbolize that she is no longer a 'Cinderella’ or a lady. Her step-father decides he wants to marry her and kisses her without consent. A man who had been stalking Millie from the beginning of the film kills her father. Afraid to deal with the consequences of his actions, he runs away, and the plot twist then occurs. Ronald who also had a similar gun that was used to kill Millie’s father happens to arrive on the scene the same time as the police and locals who accuse him of the killing.    . A trail happens, and Millie defends Ronald who is acquitted. His fiance had left him during the trail, which we find out from a letter shown on screen. Millie and Ronald reconcile at the end of the film, and the last shot shows a boat, which could mean that the couple are going on a voyage across the ocean.  . In terms of the title of the film, we learn that it refers to Millie’s back story being shipwrecked through title cards during her conversation with Ronald at the mansion. The significance of the Ocean also refers to Ronald who used a yacht to get to the town. . It is clear that some parts of the film are missing as still shots are inserted into the film in some scenes. However, the use of title cards is enough to have the audience understand the plot. This is the only film I watched from the list that had different parts (ie part 1, 2, 3 etc) and I believe that this served as a way for the audience to identify a change in scene.    . All three of the above mentioned films by Alice Guy Blache’s are different in their subject matter, which showcases her talent in directing different types of movies. Over the course of her career, she directed Westerns, comedies, romantic films and other genres.  She is also credited for being one of the first directors to use technicolor, synchronized sound and closeups. She is also responsible for the success of Lois Weber who became an acclaimed director. However, many of her films were lost and some films that she directed were miscredited to feature her husband’s name or other male directors. For the most part, she was left out of history books, meaning she was unknown to the general public. However, in 2019, Pamela Green’s documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blache was released which shed more light on Alice and her work, for which she deserves. – MK

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vitamix ice cream recipes|How To Make Ice Cream In A Vitamix (the Healthy Kind)

For me personally icecream drops inside a unique food collection.  The food group that'll forever remain within my paleo food-pyramid.  It will not indicate that I over indulge from the commercially-made sour type.  I create my own, personal paleo friendly icecream in your home and put anything I need indoors. I understand that in regards to making ice cream in your home, the majority folks give up the theory the moment we hear the language 'churn by hands' or 'receive your icecream manufacturer ready' (ps.  I really don't have one).  BUT, maybe not knowing exactly what 'churning' is perhaps not with a icecream manufacturer shouldn't stop you.  For those who get a high heeled blender such as vita-mix, then you can create beautiful, guilt-free icecream very quickly.  Here's the low down! To generate ice cream ice cream such as sausage and sorbet at a vita-mix or some other high heeled blender you want three important ingredients. Inch.  Some thing freezing like frozen peanuts, frozen berries, frozen yogurt, ice, frozen coconut milk and so forth. Some liquid -- perhaps not just a great deal but only enough to find the mixing begun, and to bring a few creaminess. The majority of times that it is likely to soon be some type of milk, cheese or lotion.  Coconut water, routine juice and water is also used. Flavours & Shades -- un-sweetened cacao powder, vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint, sweeteners (eggs, honey, olive oil, brown rice syrup), berries, citrus juice, nut butters, coconut butter, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, sliced nuts, legumes, super-food powders, and sometimes even a few unsalted liqueurs (OMG!) . Vita-mix Ice-cream recipesSave Here I have come up with three simple base recipes for you started.  It's possible to produce your own elaborate or simple tastes based on everything you have from your house or that which fresh fruit may possibly maintain season.  Checkout this up of Top-20 Vita-mix Ice-creams in my own sister website Happy Human Body Formula to get inspiration. Version Inch  -- Plain Creamy Vanilla Icecream 1/2 cup (120 ml) option of lotion -to get primal peeps this is complete cream or half & half, also for milk free variations utilize coconut oil or coconut milk 1/4 cup wanted detergent, depending on how sweet you need it 1 2 tsp vanilla, or other flavouring like olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, Rose-water 2 cups frozen milk cubes (both olive, rice or almond milk, lotion diluted in water to get primal) Makes 2 3 cups Version 2 -- Chocolate Icecream 1 cup (240-250 tsp) low-fat milk of selection or complete water and cream blended 1/2 cup (approximately 3-5 gram) raw Un-sweetened cacao/cocoa powder 1/3 cup wanted natural sweetener 1 tsp vanilla extract 34 cups Ice Makes 3-4 cups Variation 3 -- Banana Nice-cream 2 frozen bananas (pre-sliced bananas can combine simpler) 1/4 cup non-dairy milk like coconut or almond milk 1 tbsp wanted sweetener 1 tsp vanilla (perhaps a little bit of cinnamon) Makes two servings Notice: for every 1 cup of berries or fruit, incorporate 1/3 cup of milk or liquid. vitamix_ice_cream_recipes Put all ingredients in the vita-mix container in the order listed and fasten the lid. Select Variable Inch. Switch the system on and slowly increase rate to Variable 10, and then High -- over 5 7 minutes. Utilize the Stir to press on the components to the blades. In roughly 30-40 moments, the noise of this engine will change and also four mounds should shape. Block the machine and also don't over blend whilst the mix is able to begin to melt down.  Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer for after.  Re-blend after saving in the freezer having a tiny liquid. These guidelines are written for its CSeries vita-mix machines using Variable Speed controller and Conventional 64-ounce container.  You are able to use other high-performance grinder like Blendtec and sometimes even decide to try the Nutribullet, but be certain you make alterations to the Variable Rate, processing period, or component amounts. A heap of spoons using little, stuffed containers of chocolate ice cream Preparing the evaluation So just how would people pick the very best icecream?  By taste, obviously!  (Interesting fact: We taste test most our recipes until they are published.  Test out it.) To assemble a non-biased remark, we chose to run a blind taste test. We all lined replicas of every ice-cream sidebyside, with no sign of packaging, branding or price.  (up-scale brands or trendy packaging may influence people's opinion, though it generally does not always have something to do with flavor)  The ice-creams themselves were on trial. Four candidates carefully clarifying the chocolate ice cream The Warriors We piled up eight icecream fanatics from all over the workplace.  All these people today consider food all day long (they make our books and novels), therefore they've some capable palates. The standards We believed two main faculties: texture and flavor.  All of us were searching for a icecream which needed a rich chocolate flavor and smoothand balanced feel.  It ought to be a thing which people mightn't mind spooning right from the bathtub or mixing to a milk shake. With this criteria in mind we now started tasting one.  Each taste-tester gave each spade a demanding score out of 10 (The greater your score, the greater the spade.) Two judges piling their numbered containers as they keep the flavor evaluation The outcomes Number10: Halo Top Regardless of caution we introduced the group into a low-carb, low-fat icecream.  The strange beige coloring has been that the very first signal that icecream was distinctive from the others. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this ice cream tasted such as a protein shake.  The chocolate flavor was too light to carry a candle to your remainder. Thought: Despite hanging out to the longest period, Ha-Lo Top remained unusually compact and brewed small. Opinions: "Tastes like sodium"  "It is odd it maintained its own contour" Average Rating: 2.4 No9: Purple Cow Purple Cow icecream from Meijer didn't farewell.  The judges dished their blunt remarks. Taste: This icecream had a funny after taste, and folks agreed it tasted "old" Thought: The feel has been off way.  Its consequences was freezing. Comments: "Tastes like Freezer Burn."  "It is fine." Average Rating: 3.2 #8: Market Pantry Our judges' very first comment was "Wow!"  That was then immediately followed closely by, "That is a sugar bomb"  This shovel disappointed lots of our judges and also received exceptional ratings for the flavor and feel. Taste: it is our most sugar-packed spade of this crowd.  Many thought it had been sweet. Thought: A number of these material was shown to be freezing, using a marginally chalk-like top quality. Comments: "Yuck."  "Sugar burst!" Average Rating: 4.2 No7: Dean's Neither the flavor nor feel of this spade thrilled that our judges.  A sort taster indicated that it may work well within a icecream cake as the chocolate flavor was really mild. Taste: Everybody agreed  icecream dropped short.  The flavor was referred to as economical, chalky and lacking from the chocolate section. Thought: The spade needed a strange, freezing texture.  It felt as though the flavor disappeared once it struck your own tongue again.  Moreover, the icecream had held its contour at a almost supernatural way. Remarks: "Tastes chalky."  "No chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 5.4 No6: Kemps The feel of this spade was pleasurable, however, also the flavor got low marks.  Our judges did not linger with the particular brand for long and so were quick to make the journey into the following. Taste: Most noticed  icecream was around the end of this spectrum.  Additionally, the chocolate appeared salty and artificial. Thought: Over the reverse side, this spade was much wider compared to other brands.  The melt quality has been good results.  The icecream had the feel of a softserve. Comments: "Fake."  "Salty."  "much too candy" Average Rating: 5.6 Half-empty containers wrapped haphazardly facing opened cartons of chocolate ice cream No5: HaagenDazs Even though it's certainly one of the very widely used--and pricey--brands, HaagenDazs did not surpass expectations.  Judges thought it had been soso.  The icecream had a markedly lighter look than the remainder, also regrettably it was likewise milder in flavor. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this spade needed a little cinnamon flavor, tasting much like to a Mexican cocoa. Thought: The texture was creamy and nice. Remarks: "The spice carries off from the chocolate flavor"  "nearly sexy!" Average Rating: 6.1 No4: Breyers This ice-cream's flavor was intense, plus some described it to be "delicate"  Not fantastic, but not awful either! Taste: For this spade, the flavor had been hard to discover.  It tasted just like quite a subtle chocolate. Thought: '' There clearly was a chalky feel for the spade, which immediately dry our mouths out.  Water! Remarks: "Bitter after taste."  "a lot like chocolate" Average Rating: 6.4 No3: Cedar Crest Unbeknownst into the testers, this icecream has been from the Wisconsin company.  Taste of Home is located at Milwaukee, therefore we'd to see whether the dairy state would fulfill its reputation!  This spade definitely packaged with creamy flavor, bypassing boundaries over other package. Taste: It was rich, milk chocolate taste.  The judges described there is a small caramel note, too.  For several, this flavor proved to be a fantastic thing, but the others were less enthusiastic. Thought: Cedar Crest remained firm in its own spade.  It had a delicate feel, which melted in the mouth. Remarks: "Certainly milk chocolate"  "had a caramel undertones...I am not fond of all caramel."  "Not chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 8 No2: Blue Bunny This extra-rich ice-cream absolutely impressed our judges.  Even as we assembled round the desk, the smiles climbed with every spoonful.  It only not exactly reached our high choice. Taste: Once comparing to other ice-creams, this spade had a profound chocolate flavor with a small chalky after taste.  My hunch is that it is out of the cherry powder. Thought: The icecream has been creamy and smooth, exactly like good icecream needs to be.  Despite hanging outside from the freezer for a couple of minutes, the spade organized ardently. Remarks: "It is similar to an outdated time-y Dutch chocolate icecream"  "Loaded!" Average Rating: 8.8 Nicole Doster hitting a spoonful into a carton of Edy's chocolate ice cream being hauled out to her No1: Edy's The winner has been clear.  Edy's chocolate pleasure proved to be a stand out one of the crowd.  The flavor and feel proved therefore good some judges moved for seconds. Taste: This ice cream has been rich, creamy and filled with strong, dark chocolate notes.  The intense flavor struck all of the marks on our ginger radar. Idea: The spade remained firm in your own spoon but melted ever-so-softly on orally.  Some predicted it the best ice cream cream simply by far. Remarks: "super-rich with black chocolate notes"  "I loathed everything."  "Really creamy" Average Rating: 8.9 With full bellies, the tasting has been complete.  I frankly couldn't believe just how much icecream we'd swallowed.  Here's a Fast recap: From highest to the lowest measure: Edy's, Blue Bunny, Cedar Crest, Breyers, HaagenDazs, Kemps, Dean's, Market Pantry, Purple Cow and lastly, Ha-Lo Top. Astonished?  So are we.  Listed below are the Main Take Aways: Cost does not require quality. I had been shocked after I realized a pricey icecream such as haagen dazs did not create the most effective three (it ended fifth).  Before this were cheaper brands like Breyers, that will be practically a quarter of the price.  I'll definitely think twice before spending big bucks to get a name. Once it comes to taste, low-carb ice-cream does not consume. A "healthy" ice-cream such as Halo Top came in last place was not a enormous surprise.  As it's low carb, there is hardly any possibility it will have the exact same creamy, flavorful taste as, state, Blue Bunny or even Edy's.  It's really worth noting, however, that Ha-Lo Top clocks init in only 280 calories a watt.  (That is not exactly half of the calories of Edy's!)) For a hostess I wouldn't attempt to function such an icecream for a audience, however, understanding its high-value nutrition reality, I could just throw a scoop or 2 to get myself personally. Everybody's most useful differs. Taste is downright subjective.  Within this very small evaluation set, a few judges did not look after caramel, while some others loved it.  A few preferred a towel that was soft, while some others enjoyed their icecream firm and suspended.  The single method to learn your chosen will be to try on yourself. Desire the icecream?  Ensure it!  In this way it is possible to customize it to your preferences.  Learn the easiest solution to produce great-tasting ice-cream.  No icecream machine necessary. Read the full article

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These Photos Show Why We Need to Preserve the Night Sky

Due to the rapid growth in population, an increasing percentage of the human population lives in cities and suburbs where the night sky is completely obscured by the artificial lights. Skylines littered with lit skyscrapers reach sky high. An endless river of traffic flashing high beams. And the cities are ever-expanding. It is conceivable that most people have lived without having seen the true natural night sky.

Light pollution threatens our planet’s ecosystem by disrupting the light and dark patterns of the natural world. The effects of light pollution are not only on humans but also has a significant impact on wildlife. The impact can be profound if left unchecked. Natural darkness is, of course, renewable! We just have to switch off the lights!

The series of images presented here dwells into the beauty of night sky and emphasizes the importance of preserving darkness by reducing light pollution.

M42 – Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula is one of the most captivating objects in the dark sky. The Orion Nebula spans about 40 light years and is located about 1,500 light-years away in the same spiral arm of our galaxy as the sun. Visible to the naked eye, it appears as soft glow in the Orion constellation. It is mainly composed of young stars, hot gas, and dust. This image was shot from Grand Canyon National park with a total exposure time of 20 minutes.

Geminid Meteor Shower

Arguably the best meteor shower of the year. I was fortunate to have clear skies during the peak activity of the Geminid Meteor Shower in Flagstaff, Arizona. The snow-covered Sunset Crater shimmered with the silver light of the moon just when it was 10 degrees above the horizon. And when it got completely dark, the sky was lit up with meteor shower in all directions. It was non-stop. It was incredible!

Radiant Shield

Night surrounded me as I was traipsing the Devil’s Bridge trail in Sedona. The sound of its name sent shivers down my spine. One look at the sky, all the devilish thoughts abated. Soundless dark and silhouettes of bluffs and cliffs against the star-drenched-sky. Mars came peeping through the Capitol Butte and Jupiter shone like a diamond in the eastern edge of the sky. Most magnificent of it all was the glorious arch of the Milky Way.

Eternal Light

Go to Flagstaff and you will feel like you’re in heaven, they said. It was so true after all. Standing on a cliff at the near edge of the world, in the heart of Coconino national forest surrounded by pine trees, watching the Perseid meteor shower was something I will remember the rest of my life. The night was long and dark, with occasional shooting stars traversing the night sky burning and blazing in green. View of the world like no other!

Musa Galactica

They say Arizona is a paradise for astrophotographers. Flying high on the wings of anticipation, I have never been this sanguine about photographing the Milky Way. It’s like a muse for me… a Musa Galactica, if one were to call it that. At Sedona, I was spellbound at the spectacular sight of the Sky River rising in between Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock. All the stars suddenly appeared closer than ever before. It was like meeting a long due dream.

Vega Nova

Just after sunset, darkness crept over the Death Valley national park and I found myself yet again in the vast wilderness. I had a few hours of complete darkness to experiment something new before the night sky gets washed away with moonlight. I photographed, I laughed, I stretched my arms wide open and embraced the night sky. I am now convinced that Death Valley is a creative madhouse.

This Way to Paradise

I always found Brasstown Bald in North Georgia as the land of enchantment. In the morning hours, dense fog floats over the rolling blue ridge mountains and in the dark, spiral band of the milky way ensemble into what appears like an eye of Agamotto and you fall into a magical land of stars. This was shot on the way downhill from Brasstown Bald, a road known to many but stopped at by few to look where else it could lead!

Cosmic Mysteries

On a fine summer evening, I walked the trails along the southern rim of Grand Canyon. Sun stood still for several hours and went down below the horizon casting orange hues. I stood there for hours embracing the glory of Grand Canyon, something so unparalleled among the wonders of the natural world. Then came the darkness and the lights from the million stars adorned the rocks of the carved earth. I was awestruck!

Dance of Shadows

It was a full moon and everything down the monument valley was bathed in magical silver light. As the moon sunk below the horizon, shadows crept upon the landscape making distinct patterns of the buttes on the ground. Stars were all alight when the moon made the final descent. I watched in awe from the comfort of my tent as the shadows and highlights played hide and seek with occasional meteor showers of the Leonids burst across the night sky.

Divine Radiance

Silence gathered in the deep abyss of the Superstition mountain in Mesa – Arizona, as the last of the sunlight began to fade away. Milky way hid behind the rock, as the night started to get darker and quieter. Few hours into the night, milky-way emerged in colors more bright and brilliant with luminous stars against the blue velvet. The graceful arch of the milky way was as glorious as you’d imagine. The mountains were suddenly lit by the eternal spark!

Passage of Time

Milky Way season is the best time of the year. At night, Earth will be facing the center of the Milky Way galaxy and is ideally visible from early April to late September. You can see the Milky Way with the naked eye, on a clear, moonless night in an area with little to no light pollution. The galactic core lies in the direction of constellation Sagittarius and it appears as the brightest part of the Milky Way.

Journey Into the Night

There’s something humbling about Mogollon Rim in Payson, Arizona that keeps me from going back for more. The other night, I was driving along the edge of the rim until last I came across a wide clearing. I strolled through the trees and made it to the top of the cliff overlooking a pine forest. Milky way streaked across the sky and hundreds of purposeful travelers wandered through the streets of the village.

Milky Way in Shades of Midnight

Fort mountain state park, one of the most scenic places in Chattahoochee national forest in Georgia. It is always thrilling to drive up north on the serpentine mountain roads at dark. In search of light and silence. The night on the scenic highway was unlike any other night. I was standing on the edge of the road, enjoying the spectacular view of our galaxy.

Infinite Wonder

Looking at the footprints on the sand dunes at Mesquite flat, I thought it wouldn’t be an ideal place for photography but I went there anyway. Last rays of sun began to fade and darkness fell swiftly while we were wobbling around leaving our own footprints on the sand dunes. I was hoping to find dunes free of any footprints but they are all over the place. When we started to head back to our tent, the moon rose up painting final touches to the sand dunes after being washed in golden hues of the sun.

City of Angels Veiled in Electric Light

Stars are above ground but the city of Los Angels is so drenched in bright lights that it emits an intense sky glow also known as the bright halo that appears over the urban areas at night due to light pollution. Los Angeles ranks 5th for U.S. cities with the highest percentage of people sleeping less than 7 hours a night. The impact of light pollution is far beyond than just astronomy.

About the author: Prashant Naik is a photographer and information technology professional based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author. You can find more of Naik’s work on his website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Part Deux

So Halo was released in the US in November 15th, 2001, and it was a phenomenal success (commercially, and critically (whatever that actually means)) Connecting XBoxes via Ethernet twisted pair (little pre wireless everything at this point), televisions in separate rooms, feuds lasting throughout high school. All nighters fueled by second rate pizza and red bull, “but the taurine means I can sleep easily” - Rationalist nerd [1]

If you’re into video games, it was a big deal, and a lot of people found the game to be immensely enjoyable. I’m not here to argue society's views on what past-time activities its members finds pleasant - I enjoy dissociatives and self-loathing, pick your poison.

My issue is that in all the post-release reporting, the journalists, the designers, hell, it seemed even Bungie themselves got it totally wrong as to why their game worked. There wasn’t some unanimous agreement from the studio (at least from the public facing perspective) until the info started dribbling out about Halo 3 - it seemed at this point they started to understand their own game; what mechanics made it fun, and what didn’t. Cliff Bleszinski of ​Epic​ fame (Unreal Tournament) got it so wrong in one statement that I dissociated and walked directly into a glass wall. Industry peeps almost unilaterally failed to understand why ​Halo​ represented the next logical step in action games.

There’s a big question here - what makes a game fun to play? Hard to touch; what’s the current start of the art of the aesthetics of video games? I’m not that smart. Instead, I’m going to go granular here, throw in some diagrams, and explain why the vehicles did almost nothing (apart from being highly marketable tech for E3 demonstrations)

Bullet point remarks: ● Action games,camera angles aside,had a hierarchy of weapons pre-​Halo.​ In​Quake​, you went for the rocket launcher, ambiguity was non-existent. It was a totally ordered (linear) set.

○ You could hold all weapons at once with zero penalty (weapons here are really the metaphor for how one interacts with the environment, this abstraction is overlooked because action games are universally “kill the other guy” I’ll leave it as an exercise for the reader as how much this was driven by the proportion of males working in the industry. Bonus marks: is this an expression of the unconscious id? Roman gladiators -> deathmatch LAN’s? NB: Gabe Newell of Valve ​did​ make this distinction, but over a decade and no HL3, so, you know man, whatever.

● Halo did not have a hierarchy; weapons differentiated ​mostly ​on distance (bar certain exceptions) - there was an optimal choice ​depending on your distance​ from the target.

○ You could hold only ​two at once​. Game and decision theory has a lot to say about this, highlight it and we’ll return.

● There were two permanently available abilities to your character; the option to throw grenades, and melee attack (slam the butt stock of your rifle into your opponent's

face) - trade-offs existed as a natural consequence of a non-linear ordering of attack method.

Distance

If you asked me to enunciate this process with a higher degree of precision, I’d say it’s an algorithm, the conscious or unconscious mental heuristic being leveraged to optimise your chance of success. In ​Quake,​ it’s binary. Too easily mastered = boring. ​Halo​ had nearly a dozen weapons, with no clear winner. One of these decisions requires more inputs to optimise. If you optimize to correctly to win, surge of dopamine (similar to IQ/G-factor/Induction tests, they’re fun when you have to think ​really​ hard and then get the answer. If you simply have no idea, you give up) NB: I enjoyed doing these as a child, so take the ‘enjoyment’ part with a grain of salt. What you need is not something so overwhelmingly difficult the player gives up (here’s a textbook on quantum mechanics, gl hf) but to hit an adaptive edge where the player is forced to make complex decisions in real time - but not ​too​ complex (this is part of the reason why flight sims are not ​that ​popular - five hundred different buttons mapped to a standard western keyboard? ​No​) but not so simple it becomes a mental drudgery. Also see: flow state.

Part 3, soon.

[1] Not actually incorrect; this is why sleep after espresso/coffee is so difficult (coffee = unbuffered caffeine, tea = additional theanine (think increased GABA activity, like a whisper of a benzo) and red bull = added taurine (inhibitory neurotransmitter, cleverly added in to disguise the physical side effects of excess caffeine consumption; blood pressure, heartbeat irregularities, ​death​)

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For me personally icecream drops inside a unique food collection.  The food group that'll forever remain within my paleo food-pyramid.  It will not indicate that I over indulge from the commercially-made sour type.  I create my own, personal paleo friendly icecream in your home and put anything I need indoors. I understand that in regards to making ice cream in your home, the majority folks give up the theory the moment we hear the language 'churn by hands' or 'receive your icecream manufacturer ready' (ps.  I really don't have one).  BUT, maybe not knowing exactly what 'churning' is perhaps not with a icecream manufacturer shouldn't stop you.  For those who get a high heeled blender such as vita-mix, then you can create beautiful, guilt-free icecream very quickly.  Here's the low down! To generate ice cream ice cream such as sausage and sorbet at a vita-mix or some other high heeled blender you want three important ingredients. Inch.  Some thing freezing like frozen peanuts, frozen berries, frozen yogurt, ice, frozen coconut milk and so forth. Some liquid -- perhaps not just a great deal but only enough to find the mixing begun, and to bring a few creaminess. The majority of times that it is likely to soon be some type of milk, cheese or lotion.  Coconut water, routine juice and water is also used. Flavours & Shades -- un-sweetened cacao powder, vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint, sweeteners (eggs, honey, olive oil, brown rice syrup), berries, citrus juice, nut butters, coconut butter, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, sliced nuts, legumes, super-food powders, and sometimes even a few unsalted liqueurs (OMG!) . Vita-mix Ice-cream recipesSave Here I have come up with three simple base recipes for you started.  It's possible to produce your own elaborate or simple tastes based on everything you have from your house or that which fresh fruit may possibly maintain season.  Checkout this up of Top-20 Vita-mix Ice-creams in my own sister website Happy Human Body Formula to get inspiration. Version Inch  -- Plain Creamy Vanilla Icecream 1/2 cup (120 ml) option of lotion -to get primal peeps this is complete cream or half & half, also for milk free variations utilize coconut oil or coconut milk 1/4 cup wanted detergent, depending on how sweet you need it 1 2 tsp vanilla, or other flavouring like olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, Rose-water 2 cups frozen milk cubes (both olive, rice or almond milk, lotion diluted in water to get primal) Makes 2 3 cups Version 2 -- Chocolate Icecream 1 cup (240-250 tsp) low-fat milk of selection or complete water and cream blended 1/2 cup (approximately 3-5 gram) raw Un-sweetened cacao/cocoa powder 1/3 cup wanted natural sweetener 1 tsp vanilla extract 34 cups Ice Makes 3-4 cups Variation 3 -- Banana Nice-cream 2 frozen bananas (pre-sliced bananas can combine simpler) 1/4 cup non-dairy milk like coconut or almond milk 1 tbsp wanted sweetener 1 tsp vanilla (perhaps a little bit of cinnamon) Makes two servings Notice: for every 1 cup of berries or fruit, incorporate 1/3 cup of milk or liquid. vitamix_ice_cream_recipes Put all ingredients in the vita-mix container in the order listed and fasten the lid. Select Variable Inch. Switch the system on and slowly increase rate to Variable 10, and then High -- over 5 7 minutes. Utilize the Stir to press on the components to the blades. In roughly 30-40 moments, the noise of this engine will change and also four mounds should shape. Block the machine and also don't over blend whilst the mix is able to begin to melt down.  Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer for after.  Re-blend after saving in the freezer having a tiny liquid. These guidelines are written for its CSeries vita-mix machines using Variable Speed controller and Conventional 64-ounce container.  You are able to use other high-performance grinder like Blendtec and sometimes even decide to try the Nutribullet, but be certain you make alterations to the Variable Rate, processing period, or component amounts. A heap of spoons using little, stuffed containers of chocolate ice cream Preparing the evaluation So just how would people pick the very best icecream?  By taste, obviously!  (Interesting fact: We taste test most our recipes until they are published.  Test out it.) To assemble a non-biased remark, we chose to run a blind taste test. We all lined replicas of every ice-cream sidebyside, with no sign of packaging, branding or price.  (up-scale brands or trendy packaging may influence people's opinion, though it generally does not always have something to do with flavor)  The ice-creams themselves were on trial. Four candidates carefully clarifying the chocolate ice cream The Warriors We piled up eight icecream fanatics from all over the workplace.  All these people today consider food all day long (they make our books and novels), therefore they've some capable palates. The standards We believed two main faculties: texture and flavor.  All of us were searching for a icecream which needed a rich chocolate flavor and smoothand balanced feel.  It ought to be a thing which people mightn't mind spooning right from the bathtub or mixing to a milk shake. With this criteria in mind we now started tasting one.  Each taste-tester gave each spade a demanding score out of 10 (The greater your score, the greater the spade.) Two judges piling their numbered containers as they keep the flavor evaluation The outcomes Number10: Halo Top Regardless of caution we introduced the group into a low-carb, low-fat icecream.  The strange beige coloring has been that the very first signal that icecream was distinctive from the others. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this ice cream tasted such as a protein shake.  The chocolate flavor was too light to carry a candle to your remainder. Thought: Despite hanging out to the longest period, Ha-Lo Top remained unusually compact and brewed small. Opinions: "Tastes like sodium"  "It is odd it maintained its own contour" Average Rating: 2.4 No9: Purple Cow Purple Cow icecream from Meijer didn't farewell.  The judges dished their blunt remarks. Taste: This icecream had a funny after taste, and folks agreed it tasted "old" Thought: The feel has been off way.  Its consequences was freezing. Comments: "Tastes like Freezer Burn."  "It is fine." Average Rating: 3.2 #8: Market Pantry Our judges' very first comment was "Wow!"  That was then immediately followed closely by, "That is a sugar bomb"  This shovel disappointed lots of our judges and also received exceptional ratings for the flavor and feel. Taste: it is our most sugar-packed spade of this crowd.  Many thought it had been sweet. Thought: A number of these material was shown to be freezing, using a marginally chalk-like top quality. Comments: "Yuck."  "Sugar burst!" Average Rating: 4.2 No7: Dean's Neither the flavor nor feel of this spade thrilled that our judges.  A sort taster indicated that it may work well within a icecream cake as the chocolate flavor was really mild. Taste: Everybody agreed  icecream dropped short.  The flavor was referred to as economical, chalky and lacking from the chocolate section. Thought: The spade needed a strange, freezing texture.  It felt as though the flavor disappeared once it struck your own tongue again.  Moreover, the icecream had held its contour at a almost supernatural way. Remarks: "Tastes chalky."  "No chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 5.4 No6: Kemps The feel of this spade was pleasurable, however, also the flavor got low marks.  Our judges did not linger with the particular brand for long and so were quick to make the journey into the following. Taste: Most noticed  icecream was around the end of this spectrum.  Additionally, the chocolate appeared salty and artificial. Thought: Over the reverse side, this spade was much wider compared to other brands.  The melt quality has been good results.  The icecream had the feel of a softserve. Comments: "Fake."  "Salty."  "much too candy" Average Rating: 5.6 Half-empty containers wrapped haphazardly facing opened cartons of chocolate ice cream No5: HaagenDazs Even though it's certainly one of the very widely used--and pricey--brands, HaagenDazs did not surpass expectations.  Judges thought it had been soso.  The icecream had a markedly lighter look than the remainder, also regrettably it was likewise milder in flavor. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this spade needed a little cinnamon flavor, tasting much like to a Mexican cocoa. Thought: The texture was creamy and nice. Remarks: "The spice carries off from the chocolate flavor"  "nearly sexy!" Average Rating: 6.1 No4: Breyers This ice-cream's flavor was intense, plus some described it to be "delicate"  Not fantastic, but not awful either! Taste: For this spade, the flavor had been hard to discover.  It tasted just like quite a subtle chocolate. Thought: '' There clearly was a chalky feel for the spade, which immediately dry our mouths out.  Water! Remarks: "Bitter after taste."  "a lot like chocolate" Average Rating: 6.4 No3: Cedar Crest Unbeknownst into the testers, this icecream has been from the Wisconsin company.  Taste of Home is located at Milwaukee, therefore we'd to see whether the dairy state would fulfill its reputation!  This spade definitely packaged with creamy flavor, bypassing boundaries over other package. Taste: It was rich, milk chocolate taste.  The judges described there is a small caramel note, too.  For several, this flavor proved to be a fantastic thing, but the others were less enthusiastic. Thought: Cedar Crest remained firm in its own spade.  It had a delicate feel, which melted in the mouth. Remarks: "Certainly milk chocolate"  "had a caramel undertones...I am not fond of all caramel."  "Not chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 8 No2: Blue Bunny This extra-rich ice-cream absolutely impressed our judges.  Even as we assembled round the desk, the smiles climbed with every spoonful.  It only not exactly reached our high choice. Taste: Once comparing to other ice-creams, this spade had a profound chocolate flavor with a small chalky after taste.  My hunch is that it is out of the cherry powder. Thought: The icecream has been creamy and smooth, exactly like good icecream needs to be.  Despite hanging outside from the freezer for a couple of minutes, the spade organized ardently. Remarks: "It is similar to an outdated time-y Dutch chocolate icecream"  "Loaded!" Average Rating: 8.8 Nicole Doster hitting a spoonful into a carton of Edy's chocolate ice cream being hauled out to her No1: Edy's The winner has been clear.  Edy's chocolate pleasure proved to be a stand out one of the crowd.  The flavor and feel proved therefore good some judges moved for seconds. Taste: This ice cream has been rich, creamy and filled with strong, dark chocolate notes.  The intense flavor struck all of the marks on our ginger radar. Idea: The spade remained firm in your own spoon but melted ever-so-softly on orally.  Some predicted it the best ice cream cream simply by far. Remarks: "super-rich with black chocolate notes"  "I loathed everything."  "Really creamy" Average Rating: 8.9 With full bellies, the tasting has been complete.  I frankly couldn't believe just how much icecream we'd swallowed.  Here's a Fast recap: From highest to the lowest measure: Edy's, Blue Bunny, Cedar Crest, Breyers, HaagenDazs, Kemps, Dean's, Market Pantry, Purple Cow and lastly, Ha-Lo Top. Astonished?  So are we.  Listed below are the Main Take Aways: Cost does not require quality. I had been shocked after I realized a pricey icecream such as haagen dazs did not create the most effective three (it ended fifth).  Before this were cheaper brands like Breyers, that will be practically a quarter of the price.  I'll definitely think twice before spending big bucks to get a name. Once it comes to taste, low-carb ice-cream does not consume. A "healthy" ice-cream such as Halo Top came in last place was not a enormous surprise.  As it's low carb, there is hardly any possibility it will have the exact same creamy, flavorful taste as, state, Blue Bunny or even Edy's.  It's really worth noting, however, that Ha-Lo Top clocks init in only 280 calories a watt.  (That is not exactly half of the calories of Edy's!)) For a hostess I wouldn't attempt to function such an icecream for a audience, however, understanding its high-value nutrition reality, I could just throw a scoop or 2 to get myself personally. Everybody's most useful differs. Taste is downright subjective.  Within this very small evaluation set, a few judges did not look after caramel, while some others loved it.  A few preferred a towel that was soft, while some others enjoyed their icecream firm and suspended.  The single method to learn your chosen will be to try on yourself. Desire the icecream?  Ensure it!  In this way it is possible to customize it to your preferences.  Learn the easiest solution to produce great-tasting ice-cream.  No icecream machine necessary. Read the full article

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vitamix ice cream recipes|How To Make Ice Cream In A Vitamix (the Healthy Kind)

For me personally icecream drops inside a unique food collection.  The food group that'll forever remain within my paleo food-pyramid.  It will not indicate that I over indulge from the commercially-made sour type.  I create my own, personal paleo friendly icecream in your home and put anything I need indoors. I understand that in regards to making ice cream in your home, the majority folks give up the theory the moment we hear the language 'churn by hands' or 'receive your icecream manufacturer ready' (ps.  I really don't have one).  BUT, maybe not knowing exactly what 'churning' is perhaps not with a icecream manufacturer shouldn't stop you.  For those who get a high heeled blender such as vita-mix, then you can create beautiful, guilt-free icecream very quickly.  Here's the low down! To generate ice cream ice cream such as sausage and sorbet at a vita-mix or some other high heeled blender you want three important ingredients. Inch.  Some thing freezing like frozen peanuts, frozen berries, frozen yogurt, ice, frozen coconut milk and so forth. Some liquid -- perhaps not just a great deal but only enough to find the mixing begun, and to bring a few creaminess. The majority of times that it is likely to soon be some type of milk, cheese or lotion.  Coconut water, routine juice and water is also used. Flavours & Shades -- un-sweetened cacao powder, vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint, sweeteners (eggs, honey, olive oil, brown rice syrup), berries, citrus juice, nut butters, coconut butter, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, sliced nuts, legumes, super-food powders, and sometimes even a few unsalted liqueurs (OMG!) . Vita-mix Ice-cream recipesSave Here I have come up with three simple base recipes for you started.  It's possible to produce your own elaborate or simple tastes based on everything you have from your house or that which fresh fruit may possibly maintain season.  Checkout this up of Top-20 Vita-mix Ice-creams in my own sister website Happy Human Body Formula to get inspiration. Version Inch  -- Plain Creamy Vanilla Icecream 1/2 cup (120 ml) option of lotion -to get primal peeps this is complete cream or half & half, also for milk free variations utilize coconut oil or coconut milk 1/4 cup wanted detergent, depending on how sweet you need it 1 2 tsp vanilla, or other flavouring like olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, Rose-water 2 cups frozen milk cubes (both olive, rice or almond milk, lotion diluted in water to get primal) Makes 2 3 cups Version 2 -- Chocolate Icecream 1 cup (240-250 tsp) low-fat milk of selection or complete water and cream blended 1/2 cup (approximately 3-5 gram) raw Un-sweetened cacao/cocoa powder 1/3 cup wanted natural sweetener 1 tsp vanilla extract 34 cups Ice Makes 3-4 cups Variation 3 -- Banana Nice-cream 2 frozen bananas (pre-sliced bananas can combine simpler) 1/4 cup non-dairy milk like coconut or almond milk 1 tbsp wanted sweetener 1 tsp vanilla (perhaps a little bit of cinnamon) Makes two servings Notice: for every 1 cup of berries or fruit, incorporate 1/3 cup of milk or liquid. vitamix_ice_cream_recipes Put all ingredients in the vita-mix container in the order listed and fasten the lid. Select Variable Inch. Switch the system on and slowly increase rate to Variable 10, and then High -- over 5 7 minutes. Utilize the Stir to press on the components to the blades. In roughly 30-40 moments, the noise of this engine will change and also four mounds should shape. Block the machine and also don't over blend whilst the mix is able to begin to melt down.  Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer for after.  Re-blend after saving in the freezer having a tiny liquid. These guidelines are written for its CSeries vita-mix machines using Variable Speed controller and Conventional 64-ounce container.  You are able to use other high-performance grinder like Blendtec and sometimes even decide to try the Nutribullet, but be certain you make alterations to the Variable Rate, processing period, or component amounts. A heap of spoons using little, stuffed containers of chocolate ice cream Preparing the evaluation So just how would people pick the very best icecream?  By taste, obviously!  (Interesting fact: We taste test most our recipes until they are published.  Test out it.) To assemble a non-biased remark, we chose to run a blind taste test. We all lined replicas of every ice-cream sidebyside, with no sign of packaging, branding or price.  (up-scale brands or trendy packaging may influence people's opinion, though it generally does not always have something to do with flavor)  The ice-creams themselves were on trial. Four candidates carefully clarifying the chocolate ice cream The Warriors We piled up eight icecream fanatics from all over the workplace.  All these people today consider food all day long (they make our books and novels), therefore they've some capable palates. The standards We believed two main faculties: texture and flavor.  All of us were searching for a icecream which needed a rich chocolate flavor and smoothand balanced feel.  It ought to be a thing which people mightn't mind spooning right from the bathtub or mixing to a milk shake. With this criteria in mind we now started tasting one.  Each taste-tester gave each spade a demanding score out of 10 (The greater your score, the greater the spade.) Two judges piling their numbered containers as they keep the flavor evaluation The outcomes Number10: Halo Top Regardless of caution we introduced the group into a low-carb, low-fat icecream.  The strange beige coloring has been that the very first signal that icecream was distinctive from the others. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this ice cream tasted such as a protein shake.  The chocolate flavor was too light to carry a candle to your remainder. Thought: Despite hanging out to the longest period, Ha-Lo Top remained unusually compact and brewed small. Opinions: "Tastes like sodium"  "It is odd it maintained its own contour" Average Rating: 2.4 No9: Purple Cow Purple Cow icecream from Meijer didn't farewell.  The judges dished their blunt remarks. Taste: This icecream had a funny after taste, and folks agreed it tasted "old" Thought: The feel has been off way.  Its consequences was freezing. Comments: "Tastes like Freezer Burn."  "It is fine." Average Rating: 3.2 #8: Market Pantry Our judges' very first comment was "Wow!"  That was then immediately followed closely by, "That is a sugar bomb"  This shovel disappointed lots of our judges and also received exceptional ratings for the flavor and feel. Taste: it is our most sugar-packed spade of this crowd.  Many thought it had been sweet. Thought: A number of these material was shown to be freezing, using a marginally chalk-like top quality. Comments: "Yuck."  "Sugar burst!" Average Rating: 4.2 No7: Dean's Neither the flavor nor feel of this spade thrilled that our judges.  A sort taster indicated that it may work well within a icecream cake as the chocolate flavor was really mild. Taste: Everybody agreed  icecream dropped short.  The flavor was referred to as economical, chalky and lacking from the chocolate section. Thought: The spade needed a strange, freezing texture.  It felt as though the flavor disappeared once it struck your own tongue again.  Moreover, the icecream had held its contour at a almost supernatural way. Remarks: "Tastes chalky."  "No chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 5.4 No6: Kemps The feel of this spade was pleasurable, however, also the flavor got low marks.  Our judges did not linger with the particular brand for long and so were quick to make the journey into the following. Taste: Most noticed  icecream was around the end of this spectrum.  Additionally, the chocolate appeared salty and artificial. Thought: Over the reverse side, this spade was much wider compared to other brands.  The melt quality has been good results.  The icecream had the feel of a softserve. Comments: "Fake."  "Salty."  "much too candy" Average Rating: 5.6 Half-empty containers wrapped haphazardly facing opened cartons of chocolate ice cream No5: HaagenDazs Even though it's certainly one of the very widely used--and pricey--brands, HaagenDazs did not surpass expectations.  Judges thought it had been soso.  The icecream had a markedly lighter look than the remainder, also regrettably it was likewise milder in flavor. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this spade needed a little cinnamon flavor, tasting much like to a Mexican cocoa. Thought: The texture was creamy and nice. Remarks: "The spice carries off from the chocolate flavor"  "nearly sexy!" Average Rating: 6.1 No4: Breyers This ice-cream's flavor was intense, plus some described it to be "delicate"  Not fantastic, but not awful either! Taste: For this spade, the flavor had been hard to discover.  It tasted just like quite a subtle chocolate. Thought: '' There clearly was a chalky feel for the spade, which immediately dry our mouths out.  Water! Remarks: "Bitter after taste."  "a lot like chocolate" Average Rating: 6.4 No3: Cedar Crest Unbeknownst into the testers, this icecream has been from the Wisconsin company.  Taste of Home is located at Milwaukee, therefore we'd to see whether the dairy state would fulfill its reputation!  This spade definitely packaged with creamy flavor, bypassing boundaries over other package. Taste: It was rich, milk chocolate taste.  The judges described there is a small caramel note, too.  For several, this flavor proved to be a fantastic thing, but the others were less enthusiastic. Thought: Cedar Crest remained firm in its own spade.  It had a delicate feel, which melted in the mouth. Remarks: "Certainly milk chocolate"  "had a caramel undertones...I am not fond of all caramel."  "Not chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 8 No2: Blue Bunny This extra-rich ice-cream absolutely impressed our judges.  Even as we assembled round the desk, the smiles climbed with every spoonful.  It only not exactly reached our high choice. Taste: Once comparing to other ice-creams, this spade had a profound chocolate flavor with a small chalky after taste.  My hunch is that it is out of the cherry powder. Thought: The icecream has been creamy and smooth, exactly like good icecream needs to be.  Despite hanging outside from the freezer for a couple of minutes, the spade organized ardently. Remarks: "It is similar to an outdated time-y Dutch chocolate icecream"  "Loaded!" Average Rating: 8.8 Nicole Doster hitting a spoonful into a carton of Edy's chocolate ice cream being hauled out to her No1: Edy's The winner has been clear.  Edy's chocolate pleasure proved to be a stand out one of the crowd.  The flavor and feel proved therefore good some judges moved for seconds. Taste: This ice cream has been rich, creamy and filled with strong, dark chocolate notes.  The intense flavor struck all of the marks on our ginger radar. Idea: The spade remained firm in your own spoon but melted ever-so-softly on orally.  Some predicted it the best ice cream cream simply by far. Remarks: "super-rich with black chocolate notes"  "I loathed everything."  "Really creamy" Average Rating: 8.9 With full bellies, the tasting has been complete.  I frankly couldn't believe just how much icecream we'd swallowed.  Here's a Fast recap: From highest to the lowest measure: Edy's, Blue Bunny, Cedar Crest, Breyers, HaagenDazs, Kemps, Dean's, Market Pantry, Purple Cow and lastly, Ha-Lo Top. Astonished?  So are we.  Listed below are the Main Take Aways: Cost does not require quality. I had been shocked after I realized a pricey icecream such as haagen dazs did not create the most effective three (it ended fifth).  Before this were cheaper brands like Breyers, that will be practically a quarter of the price.  I'll definitely think twice before spending big bucks to get a name. Once it comes to taste, low-carb ice-cream does not consume. A "healthy" ice-cream such as Halo Top came in last place was not a enormous surprise.  As it's low carb, there is hardly any possibility it will have the exact same creamy, flavorful taste as, state, Blue Bunny or even Edy's.  It's really worth noting, however, that Ha-Lo Top clocks init in only 280 calories a watt.  (That is not exactly half of the calories of Edy's!)) For a hostess I wouldn't attempt to function such an icecream for a audience, however, understanding its high-value nutrition reality, I could just throw a scoop or 2 to get myself personally. Everybody's most useful differs. Taste is downright subjective.  Within this very small evaluation set, a few judges did not look after caramel, while some others loved it.  A few preferred a towel that was soft, while some others enjoyed their icecream firm and suspended.  The single method to learn your chosen will be to try on yourself. Desire the icecream?  Ensure it!  In this way it is possible to customize it to your preferences.  Learn the easiest solution to produce great-tasting ice-cream.  No icecream machine necessary. Read the full article

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vitamix ice cream recipes|How To Make Ice Cream In A Vitamix (the Healthy Kind)

For me personally icecream drops inside a unique food collection.  The food group that'll forever remain within my paleo food-pyramid.  It will not indicate that I over indulge from the commercially-made sour type.  I create my own, personal paleo friendly icecream in your home and put anything I need indoors. I understand that in regards to making ice cream in your home, the majority folks give up the theory the moment we hear the language 'churn by hands' or 'receive your icecream manufacturer ready' (ps.  I really don't have one).  BUT, maybe not knowing exactly what 'churning' is perhaps not with a icecream manufacturer shouldn't stop you.  For those who get a high heeled blender such as vita-mix, then you can create beautiful, guilt-free icecream very quickly.  Here's the low down! To generate ice cream ice cream such as sausage and sorbet at a vita-mix or some other high heeled blender you want three important ingredients. Inch.  Some thing freezing like frozen peanuts, frozen berries, frozen yogurt, ice, frozen coconut milk and so forth. Some liquid -- perhaps not just a great deal but only enough to find the mixing begun, and to bring a few creaminess. The majority of times that it is likely to soon be some type of milk, cheese or lotion.  Coconut water, routine juice and water is also used. Flavours & Shades -- un-sweetened cacao powder, vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint, sweeteners (eggs, honey, olive oil, brown rice syrup), berries, citrus juice, nut butters, coconut butter, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, sliced nuts, legumes, super-food powders, and sometimes even a few unsalted liqueurs (OMG!) . Vita-mix Ice-cream recipesSave Here I have come up with three simple base recipes for you started.  It's possible to produce your own elaborate or simple tastes based on everything you have from your house or that which fresh fruit may possibly maintain season.  Checkout this up of Top-20 Vita-mix Ice-creams in my own sister website Happy Human Body Formula to get inspiration. Version Inch  -- Plain Creamy Vanilla Icecream 1/2 cup (120 ml) option of lotion -to get primal peeps this is complete cream or half & half, also for milk free variations utilize coconut oil or coconut milk 1/4 cup wanted detergent, depending on how sweet you need it 1 2 tsp vanilla, or other flavouring like olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, Rose-water 2 cups frozen milk cubes (both olive, rice or almond milk, lotion diluted in water to get primal) Makes 2 3 cups Version 2 -- Chocolate Icecream 1 cup (240-250 tsp) low-fat milk of selection or complete water and cream blended 1/2 cup (approximately 3-5 gram) raw Un-sweetened cacao/cocoa powder 1/3 cup wanted natural sweetener 1 tsp vanilla extract 34 cups Ice Makes 3-4 cups Variation 3 -- Banana Nice-cream 2 frozen bananas (pre-sliced bananas can combine simpler) 1/4 cup non-dairy milk like coconut or almond milk 1 tbsp wanted sweetener 1 tsp vanilla (perhaps a little bit of cinnamon) Makes two servings Notice: for every 1 cup of berries or fruit, incorporate 1/3 cup of milk or liquid. vitamix_ice_cream_recipes Put all ingredients in the vita-mix container in the order listed and fasten the lid. Select Variable Inch. Switch the system on and slowly increase rate to Variable 10, and then High -- over 5 7 minutes. Utilize the Stir to press on the components to the blades. In roughly 30-40 moments, the noise of this engine will change and also four mounds should shape. Block the machine and also don't over blend whilst the mix is able to begin to melt down.  Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer for after.  Re-blend after saving in the freezer having a tiny liquid. These guidelines are written for its CSeries vita-mix machines using Variable Speed controller and Conventional 64-ounce container.  You are able to use other high-performance grinder like Blendtec and sometimes even decide to try the Nutribullet, but be certain you make alterations to the Variable Rate, processing period, or component amounts. A heap of spoons using little, stuffed containers of chocolate ice cream Preparing the evaluation So just how would people pick the very best icecream?  By taste, obviously!  (Interesting fact: We taste test most our recipes until they are published.  Test out it.) To assemble a non-biased remark, we chose to run a blind taste test. We all lined replicas of every ice-cream sidebyside, with no sign of packaging, branding or price.  (up-scale brands or trendy packaging may influence people's opinion, though it generally does not always have something to do with flavor)  The ice-creams themselves were on trial. Four candidates carefully clarifying the chocolate ice cream The Warriors We piled up eight icecream fanatics from all over the workplace.  All these people today consider food all day long (they make our books and novels), therefore they've some capable palates. The standards We believed two main faculties: texture and flavor.  All of us were searching for a icecream which needed a rich chocolate flavor and smoothand balanced feel.  It ought to be a thing which people mightn't mind spooning right from the bathtub or mixing to a milk shake. With this criteria in mind we now started tasting one.  Each taste-tester gave each spade a demanding score out of 10 (The greater your score, the greater the spade.) Two judges piling their numbered containers as they keep the flavor evaluation The outcomes Number10: Halo Top Regardless of caution we introduced the group into a low-carb, low-fat icecream.  The strange beige coloring has been that the very first signal that icecream was distinctive from the others. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this ice cream tasted such as a protein shake.  The chocolate flavor was too light to carry a candle to your remainder. Thought: Despite hanging out to the longest period, Ha-Lo Top remained unusually compact and brewed small. Opinions: "Tastes like sodium"  "It is odd it maintained its own contour" Average Rating: 2.4 No9: Purple Cow Purple Cow icecream from Meijer didn't farewell.  The judges dished their blunt remarks. Taste: This icecream had a funny after taste, and folks agreed it tasted "old" Thought: The feel has been off way.  Its consequences was freezing. Comments: "Tastes like Freezer Burn."  "It is fine." Average Rating: 3.2 #8: Market Pantry Our judges' very first comment was "Wow!"  That was then immediately followed closely by, "That is a sugar bomb"  This shovel disappointed lots of our judges and also received exceptional ratings for the flavor and feel. Taste: it is our most sugar-packed spade of this crowd.  Many thought it had been sweet. Thought: A number of these material was shown to be freezing, using a marginally chalk-like top quality. Comments: "Yuck."  "Sugar burst!" Average Rating: 4.2 No7: Dean's Neither the flavor nor feel of this spade thrilled that our judges.  A sort taster indicated that it may work well within a icecream cake as the chocolate flavor was really mild. Taste: Everybody agreed  icecream dropped short.  The flavor was referred to as economical, chalky and lacking from the chocolate section. Thought: The spade needed a strange, freezing texture.  It felt as though the flavor disappeared once it struck your own tongue again.  Moreover, the icecream had held its contour at a almost supernatural way. Remarks: "Tastes chalky."  "No chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 5.4 No6: Kemps The feel of this spade was pleasurable, however, also the flavor got low marks.  Our judges did not linger with the particular brand for long and so were quick to make the journey into the following. Taste: Most noticed  icecream was around the end of this spectrum.  Additionally, the chocolate appeared salty and artificial. Thought: Over the reverse side, this spade was much wider compared to other brands.  The melt quality has been good results.  The icecream had the feel of a softserve. Comments: "Fake."  "Salty."  "much too candy" Average Rating: 5.6 Half-empty containers wrapped haphazardly facing opened cartons of chocolate ice cream No5: HaagenDazs Even though it's certainly one of the very widely used--and pricey--brands, HaagenDazs did not surpass expectations.  Judges thought it had been soso.  The icecream had a markedly lighter look than the remainder, also regrettably it was likewise milder in flavor. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this spade needed a little cinnamon flavor, tasting much like to a Mexican cocoa. Thought: The texture was creamy and nice. Remarks: "The spice carries off from the chocolate flavor"  "nearly sexy!" Average Rating: 6.1 No4: Breyers This ice-cream's flavor was intense, plus some described it to be "delicate"  Not fantastic, but not awful either! Taste: For this spade, the flavor had been hard to discover.  It tasted just like quite a subtle chocolate. Thought: '' There clearly was a chalky feel for the spade, which immediately dry our mouths out.  Water! Remarks: "Bitter after taste."  "a lot like chocolate" Average Rating: 6.4 No3: Cedar Crest Unbeknownst into the testers, this icecream has been from the Wisconsin company.  Taste of Home is located at Milwaukee, therefore we'd to see whether the dairy state would fulfill its reputation!  This spade definitely packaged with creamy flavor, bypassing boundaries over other package. Taste: It was rich, milk chocolate taste.  The judges described there is a small caramel note, too.  For several, this flavor proved to be a fantastic thing, but the others were less enthusiastic. Thought: Cedar Crest remained firm in its own spade.  It had a delicate feel, which melted in the mouth. Remarks: "Certainly milk chocolate"  "had a caramel undertones...I am not fond of all caramel."  "Not chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 8 No2: Blue Bunny This extra-rich ice-cream absolutely impressed our judges.  Even as we assembled round the desk, the smiles climbed with every spoonful.  It only not exactly reached our high choice. Taste: Once comparing to other ice-creams, this spade had a profound chocolate flavor with a small chalky after taste.  My hunch is that it is out of the cherry powder. Thought: The icecream has been creamy and smooth, exactly like good icecream needs to be.  Despite hanging outside from the freezer for a couple of minutes, the spade organized ardently. Remarks: "It is similar to an outdated time-y Dutch chocolate icecream"  "Loaded!" Average Rating: 8.8 Nicole Doster hitting a spoonful into a carton of Edy's chocolate ice cream being hauled out to her No1: Edy's The winner has been clear.  Edy's chocolate pleasure proved to be a stand out one of the crowd.  The flavor and feel proved therefore good some judges moved for seconds. Taste: This ice cream has been rich, creamy and filled with strong, dark chocolate notes.  The intense flavor struck all of the marks on our ginger radar. Idea: The spade remained firm in your own spoon but melted ever-so-softly on orally.  Some predicted it the best ice cream cream simply by far. Remarks: "super-rich with black chocolate notes"  "I loathed everything."  "Really creamy" Average Rating: 8.9 With full bellies, the tasting has been complete.  I frankly couldn't believe just how much icecream we'd swallowed.  Here's a Fast recap: From highest to the lowest measure: Edy's, Blue Bunny, Cedar Crest, Breyers, HaagenDazs, Kemps, Dean's, Market Pantry, Purple Cow and lastly, Ha-Lo Top. Astonished?  So are we.  Listed below are the Main Take Aways: Cost does not require quality. I had been shocked after I realized a pricey icecream such as haagen dazs did not create the most effective three (it ended fifth).  Before this were cheaper brands like Breyers, that will be practically a quarter of the price.  I'll definitely think twice before spending big bucks to get a name. Once it comes to taste, low-carb ice-cream does not consume. A "healthy" ice-cream such as Halo Top came in last place was not a enormous surprise.  As it's low carb, there is hardly any possibility it will have the exact same creamy, flavorful taste as, state, Blue Bunny or even Edy's.  It's really worth noting, however, that Ha-Lo Top clocks init in only 280 calories a watt.  (That is not exactly half of the calories of Edy's!)) For a hostess I wouldn't attempt to function such an icecream for a audience, however, understanding its high-value nutrition reality, I could just throw a scoop or 2 to get myself personally. Everybody's most useful differs. Taste is downright subjective.  Within this very small evaluation set, a few judges did not look after caramel, while some others loved it.  A few preferred a towel that was soft, while some others enjoyed their icecream firm and suspended.  The single method to learn your chosen will be to try on yourself. Desire the icecream?  Ensure it!  In this way it is possible to customize it to your preferences.  Learn the easiest solution to produce great-tasting ice-cream.  No icecream machine necessary. Read the full article

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vitamix ice cream recipes|How To Make Ice Cream In A Vitamix (the Healthy Kind)

For me personally icecream drops inside a unique food collection.  The food group that'll forever remain within my paleo food-pyramid.  It will not indicate that I over indulge from the commercially-made sour type.  I create my own, personal paleo friendly icecream in your home and put anything I need indoors. I understand that in regards to making ice cream in your home, the majority folks give up the theory the moment we hear the language 'churn by hands' or 'receive your icecream manufacturer ready' (ps.  I really don't have one).  BUT, maybe not knowing exactly what 'churning' is perhaps not with a icecream manufacturer shouldn't stop you.  For those who get a high heeled blender such as vita-mix, then you can create beautiful, guilt-free icecream very quickly.  Here's the low down! To generate ice cream ice cream such as sausage and sorbet at a vita-mix or some other high heeled blender you want three important ingredients. Inch.  Some thing freezing like frozen peanuts, frozen berries, frozen yogurt, ice, frozen coconut milk and so forth. Some liquid -- perhaps not just a great deal but only enough to find the mixing begun, and to bring a few creaminess. The majority of times that it is likely to soon be some type of milk, cheese or lotion.  Coconut water, routine juice and water is also used. Flavours & Shades -- un-sweetened cacao powder, vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint, sweeteners (eggs, honey, olive oil, brown rice syrup), berries, citrus juice, nut butters, coconut butter, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, sliced nuts, legumes, super-food powders, and sometimes even a few unsalted liqueurs (OMG!) . Vita-mix Ice-cream recipesSave Here I have come up with three simple base recipes for you started.  It's possible to produce your own elaborate or simple tastes based on everything you have from your house or that which fresh fruit may possibly maintain season.  Checkout this up of Top-20 Vita-mix Ice-creams in my own sister website Happy Human Body Formula to get inspiration. Version Inch  -- Plain Creamy Vanilla Icecream 1/2 cup (120 ml) option of lotion -to get primal peeps this is complete cream or half & half, also for milk free variations utilize coconut oil or coconut milk 1/4 cup wanted detergent, depending on how sweet you need it 1 2 tsp vanilla, or other flavouring like olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, Rose-water 2 cups frozen milk cubes (both olive, rice or almond milk, lotion diluted in water to get primal) Makes 2 3 cups Version 2 -- Chocolate Icecream 1 cup (240-250 tsp) low-fat milk of selection or complete water and cream blended 1/2 cup (approximately 3-5 gram) raw Un-sweetened cacao/cocoa powder 1/3 cup wanted natural sweetener 1 tsp vanilla extract 34 cups Ice Makes 3-4 cups Variation 3 -- Banana Nice-cream 2 frozen bananas (pre-sliced bananas can combine simpler) 1/4 cup non-dairy milk like coconut or almond milk 1 tbsp wanted sweetener 1 tsp vanilla (perhaps a little bit of cinnamon) Makes two servings Notice: for every 1 cup of berries or fruit, incorporate 1/3 cup of milk or liquid. vitamix_ice_cream_recipes Put all ingredients in the vita-mix container in the order listed and fasten the lid. Select Variable Inch. Switch the system on and slowly increase rate to Variable 10, and then High -- over 5 7 minutes. Utilize the Stir to press on the components to the blades. In roughly 30-40 moments, the noise of this engine will change and also four mounds should shape. Block the machine and also don't over blend whilst the mix is able to begin to melt down.  Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer for after.  Re-blend after saving in the freezer having a tiny liquid. These guidelines are written for its CSeries vita-mix machines using Variable Speed controller and Conventional 64-ounce container.  You are able to use other high-performance grinder like Blendtec and sometimes even decide to try the Nutribullet, but be certain you make alterations to the Variable Rate, processing period, or component amounts. A heap of spoons using little, stuffed containers of chocolate ice cream Preparing the evaluation So just how would people pick the very best icecream?  By taste, obviously!  (Interesting fact: We taste test most our recipes until they are published.  Test out it.) To assemble a non-biased remark, we chose to run a blind taste test. We all lined replicas of every ice-cream sidebyside, with no sign of packaging, branding or price.  (up-scale brands or trendy packaging may influence people's opinion, though it generally does not always have something to do with flavor)  The ice-creams themselves were on trial. Four candidates carefully clarifying the chocolate ice cream The Warriors We piled up eight icecream fanatics from all over the workplace.  All these people today consider food all day long (they make our books and novels), therefore they've some capable palates. The standards We believed two main faculties: texture and flavor.  All of us were searching for a icecream which needed a rich chocolate flavor and smoothand balanced feel.  It ought to be a thing which people mightn't mind spooning right from the bathtub or mixing to a milk shake. With this criteria in mind we now started tasting one.  Each taste-tester gave each spade a demanding score out of 10 (The greater your score, the greater the spade.) Two judges piling their numbered containers as they keep the flavor evaluation The outcomes Number10: Halo Top Regardless of caution we introduced the group into a low-carb, low-fat icecream.  The strange beige coloring has been that the very first signal that icecream was distinctive from the others. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this ice cream tasted such as a protein shake.  The chocolate flavor was too light to carry a candle to your remainder. Thought: Despite hanging out to the longest period, Ha-Lo Top remained unusually compact and brewed small. Opinions: "Tastes like sodium"  "It is odd it maintained its own contour" Average Rating: 2.4 No9: Purple Cow Purple Cow icecream from Meijer didn't farewell.  The judges dished their blunt remarks. Taste: This icecream had a funny after taste, and folks agreed it tasted "old" Thought: The feel has been off way.  Its consequences was freezing. Comments: "Tastes like Freezer Burn."  "It is fine." Average Rating: 3.2 #8: Market Pantry Our judges' very first comment was "Wow!"  That was then immediately followed closely by, "That is a sugar bomb"  This shovel disappointed lots of our judges and also received exceptional ratings for the flavor and feel. Taste: it is our most sugar-packed spade of this crowd.  Many thought it had been sweet. Thought: A number of these material was shown to be freezing, using a marginally chalk-like top quality. Comments: "Yuck."  "Sugar burst!" Average Rating: 4.2 No7: Dean's Neither the flavor nor feel of this spade thrilled that our judges.  A sort taster indicated that it may work well within a icecream cake as the chocolate flavor was really mild. Taste: Everybody agreed  icecream dropped short.  The flavor was referred to as economical, chalky and lacking from the chocolate section. Thought: The spade needed a strange, freezing texture.  It felt as though the flavor disappeared once it struck your own tongue again.  Moreover, the icecream had held its contour at a almost supernatural way. Remarks: "Tastes chalky."  "No chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 5.4 No6: Kemps The feel of this spade was pleasurable, however, also the flavor got low marks.  Our judges did not linger with the particular brand for long and so were quick to make the journey into the following. Taste: Most noticed  icecream was around the end of this spectrum.  Additionally, the chocolate appeared salty and artificial. Thought: Over the reverse side, this spade was much wider compared to other brands.  The melt quality has been good results.  The icecream had the feel of a softserve. Comments: "Fake."  "Salty."  "much too candy" Average Rating: 5.6 Half-empty containers wrapped haphazardly facing opened cartons of chocolate ice cream No5: HaagenDazs Even though it's certainly one of the very widely used--and pricey--brands, HaagenDazs did not surpass expectations.  Judges thought it had been soso.  The icecream had a markedly lighter look than the remainder, also regrettably it was likewise milder in flavor. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this spade needed a little cinnamon flavor, tasting much like to a Mexican cocoa. Thought: The texture was creamy and nice. Remarks: "The spice carries off from the chocolate flavor"  "nearly sexy!" Average Rating: 6.1 No4: Breyers This ice-cream's flavor was intense, plus some described it to be "delicate"  Not fantastic, but not awful either! Taste: For this spade, the flavor had been hard to discover.  It tasted just like quite a subtle chocolate. Thought: '' There clearly was a chalky feel for the spade, which immediately dry our mouths out.  Water! Remarks: "Bitter after taste."  "a lot like chocolate" Average Rating: 6.4 No3: Cedar Crest Unbeknownst into the testers, this icecream has been from the Wisconsin company.  Taste of Home is located at Milwaukee, therefore we'd to see whether the dairy state would fulfill its reputation!  This spade definitely packaged with creamy flavor, bypassing boundaries over other package. Taste: It was rich, milk chocolate taste.  The judges described there is a small caramel note, too.  For several, this flavor proved to be a fantastic thing, but the others were less enthusiastic. Thought: Cedar Crest remained firm in its own spade.  It had a delicate feel, which melted in the mouth. Remarks: "Certainly milk chocolate"  "had a caramel undertones...I am not fond of all caramel."  "Not chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 8 No2: Blue Bunny This extra-rich ice-cream absolutely impressed our judges.  Even as we assembled round the desk, the smiles climbed with every spoonful.  It only not exactly reached our high choice. Taste: Once comparing to other ice-creams, this spade had a profound chocolate flavor with a small chalky after taste.  My hunch is that it is out of the cherry powder. Thought: The icecream has been creamy and smooth, exactly like good icecream needs to be.  Despite hanging outside from the freezer for a couple of minutes, the spade organized ardently. Remarks: "It is similar to an outdated time-y Dutch chocolate icecream"  "Loaded!" Average Rating: 8.8 Nicole Doster hitting a spoonful into a carton of Edy's chocolate ice cream being hauled out to her No1: Edy's The winner has been clear.  Edy's chocolate pleasure proved to be a stand out one of the crowd.  The flavor and feel proved therefore good some judges moved for seconds. Taste: This ice cream has been rich, creamy and filled with strong, dark chocolate notes.  The intense flavor struck all of the marks on our ginger radar. Idea: The spade remained firm in your own spoon but melted ever-so-softly on orally.  Some predicted it the best ice cream cream simply by far. Remarks: "super-rich with black chocolate notes"  "I loathed everything."  "Really creamy" Average Rating: 8.9 With full bellies, the tasting has been complete.  I frankly couldn't believe just how much icecream we'd swallowed.  Here's a Fast recap: From highest to the lowest measure: Edy's, Blue Bunny, Cedar Crest, Breyers, HaagenDazs, Kemps, Dean's, Market Pantry, Purple Cow and lastly, Ha-Lo Top. Astonished?  So are we.  Listed below are the Main Take Aways: Cost does not require quality. I had been shocked after I realized a pricey icecream such as haagen dazs did not create the most effective three (it ended fifth).  Before this were cheaper brands like Breyers, that will be practically a quarter of the price.  I'll definitely think twice before spending big bucks to get a name. Once it comes to taste, low-carb ice-cream does not consume. A "healthy" ice-cream such as Halo Top came in last place was not a enormous surprise.  As it's low carb, there is hardly any possibility it will have the exact same creamy, flavorful taste as, state, Blue Bunny or even Edy's.  It's really worth noting, however, that Ha-Lo Top clocks init in only 280 calories a watt.  (That is not exactly half of the calories of Edy's!)) For a hostess I wouldn't attempt to function such an icecream for a audience, however, understanding its high-value nutrition reality, I could just throw a scoop or 2 to get myself personally. Everybody's most useful differs. Taste is downright subjective.  Within this very small evaluation set, a few judges did not look after caramel, while some others loved it.  A few preferred a towel that was soft, while some others enjoyed their icecream firm and suspended.  The single method to learn your chosen will be to try on yourself. Desire the icecream?  Ensure it!  In this way it is possible to customize it to your preferences.  Learn the easiest solution to produce great-tasting ice-cream.  No icecream machine necessary. Read the full article

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vitamix ice cream recipes|How To Make Ice Cream In A Vitamix (the Healthy Kind)

For me personally icecream drops inside a unique food collection.  The food group that'll forever remain within my paleo food-pyramid.  It will not indicate that I over indulge from the commercially-made sour type.  I create my own, personal paleo friendly icecream in your home and put anything I need indoors. I understand that in regards to making ice cream in your home, the majority folks give up the theory the moment we hear the language 'churn by hands' or 'receive your icecream manufacturer ready' (ps.  I really don't have one).  BUT, maybe not knowing exactly what 'churning' is perhaps not with a icecream manufacturer shouldn't stop you.  For those who get a high heeled blender such as vita-mix, then you can create beautiful, guilt-free icecream very quickly.  Here's the low down! To generate ice cream ice cream such as sausage and sorbet at a vita-mix or some other high heeled blender you want three important ingredients. Inch.  Some thing freezing like frozen peanuts, frozen berries, frozen yogurt, ice, frozen coconut milk and so forth. Some liquid -- perhaps not just a great deal but only enough to find the mixing begun, and to bring a few creaminess. The majority of times that it is likely to soon be some type of milk, cheese or lotion.  Coconut water, routine juice and water is also used. Flavours & Shades -- un-sweetened cacao powder, vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint, sweeteners (eggs, honey, olive oil, brown rice syrup), berries, citrus juice, nut butters, coconut butter, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, sliced nuts, legumes, super-food powders, and sometimes even a few unsalted liqueurs (OMG!) . Vita-mix Ice-cream recipesSave Here I have come up with three simple base recipes for you started.  It's possible to produce your own elaborate or simple tastes based on everything you have from your house or that which fresh fruit may possibly maintain season.  Checkout this up of Top-20 Vita-mix Ice-creams in my own sister website Happy Human Body Formula to get inspiration. Version Inch  -- Plain Creamy Vanilla Icecream 1/2 cup (120 ml) option of lotion -to get primal peeps this is complete cream or half & half, also for milk free variations utilize coconut oil or coconut milk 1/4 cup wanted detergent, depending on how sweet you need it 1 2 tsp vanilla, or other flavouring like olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, Rose-water 2 cups frozen milk cubes (both olive, rice or almond milk, lotion diluted in water to get primal) Makes 2 3 cups Version 2 -- Chocolate Icecream 1 cup (240-250 tsp) low-fat milk of selection or complete water and cream blended 1/2 cup (approximately 3-5 gram) raw Un-sweetened cacao/cocoa powder 1/3 cup wanted natural sweetener 1 tsp vanilla extract 34 cups Ice Makes 3-4 cups Variation 3 -- Banana Nice-cream 2 frozen bananas (pre-sliced bananas can combine simpler) 1/4 cup non-dairy milk like coconut or almond milk 1 tbsp wanted sweetener 1 tsp vanilla (perhaps a little bit of cinnamon) Makes two servings Notice: for every 1 cup of berries or fruit, incorporate 1/3 cup of milk or liquid. vitamix_ice_cream_recipes Put all ingredients in the vita-mix container in the order listed and fasten the lid. Select Variable Inch. Switch the system on and slowly increase rate to Variable 10, and then High -- over 5 7 minutes. Utilize the Stir to press on the components to the blades. In roughly 30-40 moments, the noise of this engine will change and also four mounds should shape. Block the machine and also don't over blend whilst the mix is able to begin to melt down.  Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer for after.  Re-blend after saving in the freezer having a tiny liquid. These guidelines are written for its CSeries vita-mix machines using Variable Speed controller and Conventional 64-ounce container.  You are able to use other high-performance grinder like Blendtec and sometimes even decide to try the Nutribullet, but be certain you make alterations to the Variable Rate, processing period, or component amounts. A heap of spoons using little, stuffed containers of chocolate ice cream Preparing the evaluation So just how would people pick the very best icecream?  By taste, obviously!  (Interesting fact: We taste test most our recipes until they are published.  Test out it.) To assemble a non-biased remark, we chose to run a blind taste test. We all lined replicas of every ice-cream sidebyside, with no sign of packaging, branding or price.  (up-scale brands or trendy packaging may influence people's opinion, though it generally does not always have something to do with flavor)  The ice-creams themselves were on trial. Four candidates carefully clarifying the chocolate ice cream The Warriors We piled up eight icecream fanatics from all over the workplace.  All these people today consider food all day long (they make our books and novels), therefore they've some capable palates. The standards We believed two main faculties: texture and flavor.  All of us were searching for a icecream which needed a rich chocolate flavor and smoothand balanced feel.  It ought to be a thing which people mightn't mind spooning right from the bathtub or mixing to a milk shake. With this criteria in mind we now started tasting one.  Each taste-tester gave each spade a demanding score out of 10 (The greater your score, the greater the spade.) Two judges piling their numbered containers as they keep the flavor evaluation The outcomes Number10: Halo Top Regardless of caution we introduced the group into a low-carb, low-fat icecream.  The strange beige coloring has been that the very first signal that icecream was distinctive from the others. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this ice cream tasted such as a protein shake.  The chocolate flavor was too light to carry a candle to your remainder. Thought: Despite hanging out to the longest period, Ha-Lo Top remained unusually compact and brewed small. Opinions: "Tastes like sodium"  "It is odd it maintained its own contour" Average Rating: 2.4 No9: Purple Cow Purple Cow icecream from Meijer didn't farewell.  The judges dished their blunt remarks. Taste: This icecream had a funny after taste, and folks agreed it tasted "old" Thought: The feel has been off way.  Its consequences was freezing. Comments: "Tastes like Freezer Burn."  "It is fine." Average Rating: 3.2 #8: Market Pantry Our judges' very first comment was "Wow!"  That was then immediately followed closely by, "That is a sugar bomb"  This shovel disappointed lots of our judges and also received exceptional ratings for the flavor and feel. Taste: it is our most sugar-packed spade of this crowd.  Many thought it had been sweet. Thought: A number of these material was shown to be freezing, using a marginally chalk-like top quality. Comments: "Yuck."  "Sugar burst!" Average Rating: 4.2 No7: Dean's Neither the flavor nor feel of this spade thrilled that our judges.  A sort taster indicated that it may work well within a icecream cake as the chocolate flavor was really mild. Taste: Everybody agreed�� icecream dropped short.  The flavor was referred to as economical, chalky and lacking from the chocolate section. Thought: The spade needed a strange, freezing texture.  It felt as though the flavor disappeared once it struck your own tongue again.  Moreover, the icecream had held its contour at a almost supernatural way. Remarks: "Tastes chalky."  "No chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 5.4 No6: Kemps The feel of this spade was pleasurable, however, also the flavor got low marks.  Our judges did not linger with the particular brand for long and so were quick to make the journey into the following. Taste: Most noticed  icecream was around the end of this spectrum.  Additionally, the chocolate appeared salty and artificial. Thought: Over the reverse side, this spade was much wider compared to other brands.  The melt quality has been good results.  The icecream had the feel of a softserve. Comments: "Fake."  "Salty."  "much too candy" Average Rating: 5.6 Half-empty containers wrapped haphazardly facing opened cartons of chocolate ice cream No5: HaagenDazs Even though it's certainly one of the very widely used--and pricey--brands, HaagenDazs did not surpass expectations.  Judges thought it had been soso.  The icecream had a markedly lighter look than the remainder, also regrettably it was likewise milder in flavor. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this spade needed a little cinnamon flavor, tasting much like to a Mexican cocoa. Thought: The texture was creamy and nice. Remarks: "The spice carries off from the chocolate flavor"  "nearly sexy!" Average Rating: 6.1 No4: Breyers This ice-cream's flavor was intense, plus some described it to be "delicate"  Not fantastic, but not awful either! Taste: For this spade, the flavor had been hard to discover.  It tasted just like quite a subtle chocolate. Thought: '' There clearly was a chalky feel for the spade, which immediately dry our mouths out.  Water! Remarks: "Bitter after taste."  "a lot like chocolate" Average Rating: 6.4 No3: Cedar Crest Unbeknownst into the testers, this icecream has been from the Wisconsin company.  Taste of Home is located at Milwaukee, therefore we'd to see whether the dairy state would fulfill its reputation!  This spade definitely packaged with creamy flavor, bypassing boundaries over other package. Taste: It was rich, milk chocolate taste.  The judges described there is a small caramel note, too.  For several, this flavor proved to be a fantastic thing, but the others were less enthusiastic. Thought: Cedar Crest remained firm in its own spade.  It had a delicate feel, which melted in the mouth. Remarks: "Certainly milk chocolate"  "had a caramel undertones...I am not fond of all caramel."  "Not chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 8 No2: Blue Bunny This extra-rich ice-cream absolutely impressed our judges.  Even as we assembled round the desk, the smiles climbed with every spoonful.  It only not exactly reached our high choice. Taste: Once comparing to other ice-creams, this spade had a profound chocolate flavor with a small chalky after taste.  My hunch is that it is out of the cherry powder. Thought: The icecream has been creamy and smooth, exactly like good icecream needs to be.  Despite hanging outside from the freezer for a couple of minutes, the spade organized ardently. Remarks: "It is similar to an outdated time-y Dutch chocolate icecream"  "Loaded!" Average Rating: 8.8 Nicole Doster hitting a spoonful into a carton of Edy's chocolate ice cream being hauled out to her No1: Edy's The winner has been clear.  Edy's chocolate pleasure proved to be a stand out one of the crowd.  The flavor and feel proved therefore good some judges moved for seconds. Taste: This ice cream has been rich, creamy and filled with strong, dark chocolate notes.  The intense flavor struck all of the marks on our ginger radar. Idea: The spade remained firm in your own spoon but melted ever-so-softly on orally.  Some predicted it the best ice cream cream simply by far. Remarks: "super-rich with black chocolate notes"  "I loathed everything."  "Really creamy" Average Rating: 8.9 With full bellies, the tasting has been complete.  I frankly couldn't believe just how much icecream we'd swallowed.  Here's a Fast recap: From highest to the lowest measure: Edy's, Blue Bunny, Cedar Crest, Breyers, HaagenDazs, Kemps, Dean's, Market Pantry, Purple Cow and lastly, Ha-Lo Top. Astonished?  So are we.  Listed below are the Main Take Aways: Cost does not require quality. I had been shocked after I realized a pricey icecream such as haagen dazs did not create the most effective three (it ended fifth).  Before this were cheaper brands like Breyers, that will be practically a quarter of the price.  I'll definitely think twice before spending big bucks to get a name. Once it comes to taste, low-carb ice-cream does not consume. A "healthy" ice-cream such as Halo Top came in last place was not a enormous surprise.  As it's low carb, there is hardly any possibility it will have the exact same creamy, flavorful taste as, state, Blue Bunny or even Edy's.  It's really worth noting, however, that Ha-Lo Top clocks init in only 280 calories a watt.  (That is not exactly half of the calories of Edy's!)) For a hostess I wouldn't attempt to function such an icecream for a audience, however, understanding its high-value nutrition reality, I could just throw a scoop or 2 to get myself personally. Everybody's most useful differs. Taste is downright subjective.  Within this very small evaluation set, a few judges did not look after caramel, while some others loved it.  A few preferred a towel that was soft, while some others enjoyed their icecream firm and suspended.  The single method to learn your chosen will be to try on yourself. Desire the icecream?  Ensure it!  In this way it is possible to customize it to your preferences.  Learn the easiest solution to produce great-tasting ice-cream.  No icecream machine necessary. Read the full article

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vitamix ice cream recipes|How To Make Ice Cream In A Vitamix (the Healthy Kind)

For me personally icecream drops inside a unique food collection.  The food group that'll forever remain within my paleo food-pyramid.  It will not indicate that I over indulge from the commercially-made sour type.  I create my own, personal paleo friendly icecream in your home and put anything I need indoors. I understand that in regards to making ice cream in your home, the majority folks give up the theory the moment we hear the language 'churn by hands' or 'receive your icecream manufacturer ready' (ps.  I really don't have one).  BUT, maybe not knowing exactly what 'churning' is perhaps not with a icecream manufacturer shouldn't stop you.  For those who get a high heeled blender such as vita-mix, then you can create beautiful, guilt-free icecream very quickly.  Here's the low down! To generate ice cream ice cream such as sausage and sorbet at a vita-mix or some other high heeled blender you want three important ingredients. Inch.  Some thing freezing like frozen peanuts, frozen berries, frozen yogurt, ice, frozen coconut milk and so forth. Some liquid -- perhaps not just a great deal but only enough to find the mixing begun, and to bring a few creaminess. The majority of times that it is likely to soon be some type of milk, cheese or lotion.  Coconut water, routine juice and water is also used. Flavours & Shades -- un-sweetened cacao powder, vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint, sweeteners (eggs, honey, olive oil, brown rice syrup), berries, citrus juice, nut butters, coconut butter, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, sliced nuts, legumes, super-food powders, and sometimes even a few unsalted liqueurs (OMG!) . Vita-mix Ice-cream recipesSave Here I have come up with three simple base recipes for you started.  It's possible to produce your own elaborate or simple tastes based on everything you have from your house or that which fresh fruit may possibly maintain season.  Checkout this up of Top-20 Vita-mix Ice-creams in my own sister website Happy Human Body Formula to get inspiration. Version Inch  -- Plain Creamy Vanilla Icecream 1/2 cup (120 ml) option of lotion -to get primal peeps this is complete cream or half & half, also for milk free variations utilize coconut oil or coconut milk 1/4 cup wanted detergent, depending on how sweet you need it 1 2 tsp vanilla, or other flavouring like olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, Rose-water 2 cups frozen milk cubes (both olive, rice or almond milk, lotion diluted in water to get primal) Makes 2 3 cups Version 2 -- Chocolate Icecream 1 cup (240-250 tsp) low-fat milk of selection or complete water and cream blended 1/2 cup (approximately 3-5 gram) raw Un-sweetened cacao/cocoa powder 1/3 cup wanted natural sweetener 1 tsp vanilla extract 34 cups Ice Makes 3-4 cups Variation 3 -- Banana Nice-cream 2 frozen bananas (pre-sliced bananas can combine simpler) 1/4 cup non-dairy milk like coconut or almond milk 1 tbsp wanted sweetener 1 tsp vanilla (perhaps a little bit of cinnamon) Makes two servings Notice: for every 1 cup of berries or fruit, incorporate 1/3 cup of milk or liquid. vitamix_ice_cream_recipes Put all ingredients in the vita-mix container in the order listed and fasten the lid. Select Variable Inch. Switch the system on and slowly increase rate to Variable 10, and then High -- over 5 7 minutes. Utilize the Stir to press on the components to the blades. In roughly 30-40 moments, the noise of this engine will change and also four mounds should shape. Block the machine and also don't over blend whilst the mix is able to begin to melt down.  Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer for after.  Re-blend after saving in the freezer having a tiny liquid. These guidelines are written for its CSeries vita-mix machines using Variable Speed controller and Conventional 64-ounce container.  You are able to use other high-performance grinder like Blendtec and sometimes even decide to try the Nutribullet, but be certain you make alterations to the Variable Rate, processing period, or component amounts. A heap of spoons using little, stuffed containers of chocolate ice cream Preparing the evaluation So just how would people pick the very best icecream?  By taste, obviously!  (Interesting fact: We taste test most our recipes until they are published.  Test out it.) To assemble a non-biased remark, we chose to run a blind taste test. We all lined replicas of every ice-cream sidebyside, with no sign of packaging, branding or price.  (up-scale brands or trendy packaging may influence people's opinion, though it generally does not always have something to do with flavor)  The ice-creams themselves were on trial. Four candidates carefully clarifying the chocolate ice cream The Warriors We piled up eight icecream fanatics from all over the workplace.  All these people today consider food all day long (they make our books and novels), therefore they've some capable palates. The standards We believed two main faculties: texture and flavor.  All of us were searching for a icecream which needed a rich chocolate flavor and smoothand balanced feel.  It ought to be a thing which people mightn't mind spooning right from the bathtub or mixing to a milk shake. With this criteria in mind we now started tasting one.  Each taste-tester gave each spade a demanding score out of 10 (The greater your score, the greater the spade.) Two judges piling their numbered containers as they keep the flavor evaluation The outcomes Number10: Halo Top Regardless of caution we introduced the group into a low-carb, low-fat icecream.  The strange beige coloring has been that the very first signal that icecream was distinctive from the others. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this ice cream tasted such as a protein shake.  The chocolate flavor was too light to carry a candle to your remainder. Thought: Despite hanging out to the longest period, Ha-Lo Top remained unusually compact and brewed small. Opinions: "Tastes like sodium"  "It is odd it maintained its own contour" Average Rating: 2.4 No9: Purple Cow Purple Cow icecream from Meijer didn't farewell.  The judges dished their blunt remarks. Taste: This icecream had a funny after taste, and folks agreed it tasted "old" Thought: The feel has been off way.  Its consequences was freezing. Comments: "Tastes like Freezer Burn."  "It is fine." Average Rating: 3.2 #8: Market Pantry Our judges' very first comment was "Wow!"  That was then immediately followed closely by, "That is a sugar bomb"  This shovel disappointed lots of our judges and also received exceptional ratings for the flavor and feel. Taste: it is our most sugar-packed spade of this crowd.  Many thought it had been sweet. Thought: A number of these material was shown to be freezing, using a marginally chalk-like top quality. Comments: "Yuck."  "Sugar burst!" Average Rating: 4.2 No7: Dean's Neither the flavor nor feel of this spade thrilled that our judges.  A sort taster indicated that it may work well within a icecream cake as the chocolate flavor was really mild. Taste: Everybody agreed  icecream dropped short.  The flavor was referred to as economical, chalky and lacking from the chocolate section. Thought: The spade needed a strange, freezing texture.  It felt as though the flavor disappeared once it struck your own tongue again.  Moreover, the icecream had held its contour at a almost supernatural way. Remarks: "Tastes chalky."  "No chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 5.4 No6: Kemps The feel of this spade was pleasurable, however, also the flavor got low marks.  Our judges did not linger with the particular brand for long and so were quick to make the journey into the following. Taste: Most noticed  icecream was around the end of this spectrum.  Additionally, the chocolate appeared salty and artificial. Thought: Over the reverse side, this spade was much wider compared to other brands.  The melt quality has been good results.  The icecream had the feel of a softserve. Comments: "Fake."  "Salty."  "much too candy" Average Rating: 5.6 Half-empty containers wrapped haphazardly facing opened cartons of chocolate ice cream No5: HaagenDazs Even though it's certainly one of the very widely used--and pricey--brands, HaagenDazs did not surpass expectations.  Judges thought it had been soso.  The icecream had a markedly lighter look than the remainder, also regrettably it was likewise milder in flavor. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this spade needed a little cinnamon flavor, tasting much like to a Mexican cocoa. Thought: The texture was creamy and nice. Remarks: "The spice carries off from the chocolate flavor"  "nearly sexy!" Average Rating: 6.1 No4: Breyers This ice-cream's flavor was intense, plus some described it to be "delicate"  Not fantastic, but not awful either! Taste: For this spade, the flavor had been hard to discover.  It tasted just like quite a subtle chocolate. Thought: '' There clearly was a chalky feel for the spade, which immediately dry our mouths out.  Water! Remarks: "Bitter after taste."  "a lot like chocolate" Average Rating: 6.4 No3: Cedar Crest Unbeknownst into the testers, this icecream has been from the Wisconsin company.  Taste of Home is located at Milwaukee, therefore we'd to see whether the dairy state would fulfill its reputation!  This spade definitely packaged with creamy flavor, bypassing boundaries over other package. Taste: It was rich, milk chocolate taste.  The judges described there is a small caramel note, too.  For several, this flavor proved to be a fantastic thing, but the others were less enthusiastic. Thought: Cedar Crest remained firm in its own spade.  It had a delicate feel, which melted in the mouth. Remarks: "Certainly milk chocolate"  "had a caramel undertones...I am not fond of all caramel."  "Not chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 8 No2: Blue Bunny This extra-rich ice-cream absolutely impressed our judges.  Even as we assembled round the desk, the smiles climbed with every spoonful.  It only not exactly reached our high choice. Taste: Once comparing to other ice-creams, this spade had a profound chocolate flavor with a small chalky after taste.  My hunch is that it is out of the cherry powder. Thought: The icecream has been creamy and smooth, exactly like good icecream needs to be.  Despite hanging outside from the freezer for a couple of minutes, the spade organized ardently. Remarks: "It is similar to an outdated time-y Dutch chocolate icecream"  "Loaded!" Average Rating: 8.8 Nicole Doster hitting a spoonful into a carton of Edy's chocolate ice cream being hauled out to her No1: Edy's The winner has been clear.  Edy's chocolate pleasure proved to be a stand out one of the crowd.  The flavor and feel proved therefore good some judges moved for seconds. Taste: This ice cream has been rich, creamy and filled with strong, dark chocolate notes.  The intense flavor struck all of the marks on our ginger radar. Idea: The spade remained firm in your own spoon but melted ever-so-softly on orally.  Some predicted it the best ice cream cream simply by far. Remarks: "super-rich with black chocolate notes"  "I loathed everything."  "Really creamy" Average Rating: 8.9 With full bellies, the tasting has been complete.  I frankly couldn't believe just how much icecream we'd swallowed.  Here's a Fast recap: From highest to the lowest measure: Edy's, Blue Bunny, Cedar Crest, Breyers, HaagenDazs, Kemps, Dean's, Market Pantry, Purple Cow and lastly, Ha-Lo Top. Astonished?  So are we.  Listed below are the Main Take Aways: Cost does not require quality. I had been shocked after I realized a pricey icecream such as haagen dazs did not create the most effective three (it ended fifth).  Before this were cheaper brands like Breyers, that will be practically a quarter of the price.  I'll definitely think twice before spending big bucks to get a name. Once it comes to taste, low-carb ice-cream does not consume. A "healthy" ice-cream such as Halo Top came in last place was not a enormous surprise.  As it's low carb, there is hardly any possibility it will have the exact same creamy, flavorful taste as, state, Blue Bunny or even Edy's.  It's really worth noting, however, that Ha-Lo Top clocks init in only 280 calories a watt.  (That is not exactly half of the calories of Edy's!)) For a hostess I wouldn't attempt to function such an icecream for a audience, however, understanding its high-value nutrition reality, I could just throw a scoop or 2 to get myself personally. Everybody's most useful differs. Taste is downright subjective.  Within this very small evaluation set, a few judges did not look after caramel, while some others loved it.  A few preferred a towel that was soft, while some others enjoyed their icecream firm and suspended.  The single method to learn your chosen will be to try on yourself. Desire the icecream?  Ensure it!  In this way it is possible to customize it to your preferences.  Learn the easiest solution to produce great-tasting ice-cream.  No icecream machine necessary. Read the full article

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vitamix ice cream recipes|How To Make Ice Cream In A Vitamix (the Healthy Kind)

For me personally icecream drops inside a unique food collection.  The food group that'll forever remain within my paleo food-pyramid.  It will not indicate that I over indulge from the commercially-made sour type.  I create my own, personal paleo friendly icecream in your home and put anything I need indoors. I understand that in regards to making ice cream in your home, the majority folks give up the theory the moment we hear the language 'churn by hands' or 'receive your icecream manufacturer ready' (ps.  I really don't have one).  BUT, maybe not knowing exactly what 'churning' is perhaps not with a icecream manufacturer shouldn't stop you.  For those who get a high heeled blender such as vita-mix, then you can create beautiful, guilt-free icecream very quickly.  Here's the low down! To generate ice cream ice cream such as sausage and sorbet at a vita-mix or some other high heeled blender you want three important ingredients. Inch.  Some thing freezing like frozen peanuts, frozen berries, frozen yogurt, ice, frozen coconut milk and so forth. Some liquid -- perhaps not just a great deal but only enough to find the mixing begun, and to bring a few creaminess. The majority of times that it is likely to soon be some type of milk, cheese or lotion.  Coconut water, routine juice and water is also used. Flavours & Shades -- un-sweetened cacao powder, vanilla, cinnamon, peppermint, sweeteners (eggs, honey, olive oil, brown rice syrup), berries, citrus juice, nut butters, coconut butter, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, sliced nuts, legumes, super-food powders, and sometimes even a few unsalted liqueurs (OMG!) . Vita-mix Ice-cream recipesSave Here I have come up with three simple base recipes for you started.  It's possible to produce your own elaborate or simple tastes based on everything you have from your house or that which fresh fruit may possibly maintain season.  Checkout this up of Top-20 Vita-mix Ice-creams in my own sister website Happy Human Body Formula to get inspiration. Version Inch  -- Plain Creamy Vanilla Icecream 1/2 cup (120 ml) option of lotion -to get primal peeps this is complete cream or half & half, also for milk free variations utilize coconut oil or coconut milk 1/4 cup wanted detergent, depending on how sweet you need it 1 2 tsp vanilla, or other flavouring like olive oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, Rose-water 2 cups frozen milk cubes (both olive, rice or almond milk, lotion diluted in water to get primal) Makes 2 3 cups Version 2 -- Chocolate Icecream 1 cup (240-250 tsp) low-fat milk of selection or complete water and cream blended 1/2 cup (approximately 3-5 gram) raw Un-sweetened cacao/cocoa powder 1/3 cup wanted natural sweetener 1 tsp vanilla extract 34 cups Ice Makes 3-4 cups Variation 3 -- Banana Nice-cream 2 frozen bananas (pre-sliced bananas can combine simpler) 1/4 cup non-dairy milk like coconut or almond milk 1 tbsp wanted sweetener 1 tsp vanilla (perhaps a little bit of cinnamon) Makes two servings Notice: for every 1 cup of berries or fruit, incorporate 1/3 cup of milk or liquid. vitamix_ice_cream_recipes Put all ingredients in the vita-mix container in the order listed and fasten the lid. Select Variable Inch. Switch the system on and slowly increase rate to Variable 10, and then High -- over 5 7 minutes. Utilize the Stir to press on the components to the blades. In roughly 30-40 moments, the noise of this engine will change and also four mounds should shape. Block the machine and also don't over blend whilst the mix is able to begin to melt down.  Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer for after.  Re-blend after saving in the freezer having a tiny liquid. These guidelines are written for its CSeries vita-mix machines using Variable Speed controller and Conventional 64-ounce container.  You are able to use other high-performance grinder like Blendtec and sometimes even decide to try the Nutribullet, but be certain you make alterations to the Variable Rate, processing period, or component amounts. A heap of spoons using little, stuffed containers of chocolate ice cream Preparing the evaluation So just how would people pick the very best icecream?  By taste, obviously!  (Interesting fact: We taste test most our recipes until they are published.  Test out it.) To assemble a non-biased remark, we chose to run a blind taste test. We all lined replicas of every ice-cream sidebyside, with no sign of packaging, branding or price.  (up-scale brands or trendy packaging may influence people's opinion, though it generally does not always have something to do with flavor)  The ice-creams themselves were on trial. Four candidates carefully clarifying the chocolate ice cream The Warriors We piled up eight icecream fanatics from all over the workplace.  All these people today consider food all day long (they make our books and novels), therefore they've some capable palates. The standards We believed two main faculties: texture and flavor.  All of us were searching for a icecream which needed a rich chocolate flavor and smoothand balanced feel.  It ought to be a thing which people mightn't mind spooning right from the bathtub or mixing to a milk shake. With this criteria in mind we now started tasting one.  Each taste-tester gave each spade a demanding score out of 10 (The greater your score, the greater the spade.) Two judges piling their numbered containers as they keep the flavor evaluation The outcomes Number10: Halo Top Regardless of caution we introduced the group into a low-carb, low-fat icecream.  The strange beige coloring has been that the very first signal that icecream was distinctive from the others. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this ice cream tasted such as a protein shake.  The chocolate flavor was too light to carry a candle to your remainder. Thought: Despite hanging out to the longest period, Ha-Lo Top remained unusually compact and brewed small. Opinions: "Tastes like sodium"  "It is odd it maintained its own contour" Average Rating: 2.4 No9: Purple Cow Purple Cow icecream from Meijer didn't farewell.  The judges dished their blunt remarks. Taste: This icecream had a funny after taste, and folks agreed it tasted "old" Thought: The feel has been off way.  Its consequences was freezing. Comments: "Tastes like Freezer Burn."  "It is fine." Average Rating: 3.2 #8: Market Pantry Our judges' very first comment was "Wow!"  That was then immediately followed closely by, "That is a sugar bomb"  This shovel disappointed lots of our judges and also received exceptional ratings for the flavor and feel. Taste: it is our most sugar-packed spade of this crowd.  Many thought it had been sweet. Thought: A number of these material was shown to be freezing, using a marginally chalk-like top quality. Comments: "Yuck."  "Sugar burst!" Average Rating: 4.2 No7: Dean's Neither the flavor nor feel of this spade thrilled that our judges.  A sort taster indicated that it may work well within a icecream cake as the chocolate flavor was really mild. Taste: Everybody agreed  icecream dropped short.  The flavor was referred to as economical, chalky and lacking from the chocolate section. Thought: The spade needed a strange, freezing texture.  It felt as though the flavor disappeared once it struck your own tongue again.  Moreover, the icecream had held its contour at a almost supernatural way. Remarks: "Tastes chalky."  "No chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 5.4 No6: Kemps The feel of this spade was pleasurable, however, also the flavor got low marks.  Our judges did not linger with the particular brand for long and so were quick to make the journey into the following. Taste: Most noticed  icecream was around the end of this spectrum.  Additionally, the chocolate appeared salty and artificial. Thought: Over the reverse side, this spade was much wider compared to other brands.  The melt quality has been good results.  The icecream had the feel of a softserve. Comments: "Fake."  "Salty."  "much too candy" Average Rating: 5.6 Half-empty containers wrapped haphazardly facing opened cartons of chocolate ice cream No5: HaagenDazs Even though it's certainly one of the very widely used--and pricey--brands, HaagenDazs did not surpass expectations.  Judges thought it had been soso.  The icecream had a markedly lighter look than the remainder, also regrettably it was likewise milder in flavor. Taste: In contrast to different brands, this spade needed a little cinnamon flavor, tasting much like to a Mexican cocoa. Thought: The texture was creamy and nice. Remarks: "The spice carries off from the chocolate flavor"  "nearly sexy!" Average Rating: 6.1 No4: Breyers This ice-cream's flavor was intense, plus some described it to be "delicate"  Not fantastic, but not awful either! Taste: For this spade, the flavor had been hard to discover.  It tasted just like quite a subtle chocolate. Thought: '' There clearly was a chalky feel for the spade, which immediately dry our mouths out.  Water! Remarks: "Bitter after taste."  "a lot like chocolate" Average Rating: 6.4 No3: Cedar Crest Unbeknownst into the testers, this icecream has been from the Wisconsin company.  Taste of Home is located at Milwaukee, therefore we'd to see whether the dairy state would fulfill its reputation!  This spade definitely packaged with creamy flavor, bypassing boundaries over other package. Taste: It was rich, milk chocolate taste.  The judges described there is a small caramel note, too.  For several, this flavor proved to be a fantastic thing, but the others were less enthusiastic. Thought: Cedar Crest remained firm in its own spade.  It had a delicate feel, which melted in the mouth. Remarks: "Certainly milk chocolate"  "had a caramel undertones...I am not fond of all caramel."  "Not chocolate flavor" Average Rating: 8 No2: Blue Bunny This extra-rich ice-cream absolutely impressed our judges.  Even as we assembled round the desk, the smiles climbed with every spoonful.  It only not exactly reached our high choice. Taste: Once comparing to other ice-creams, this spade had a profound chocolate flavor with a small chalky after taste.  My hunch is that it is out of the cherry powder. Thought: The icecream has been creamy and smooth, exactly like good icecream needs to be.  Despite hanging outside from the freezer for a couple of minutes, the spade organized ardently. Remarks: "It is similar to an outdated time-y Dutch chocolate icecream"  "Loaded!" Average Rating: 8.8 Nicole Doster hitting a spoonful into a carton of Edy's chocolate ice cream being hauled out to her No1: Edy's The winner has been clear.  Edy's chocolate pleasure proved to be a stand out one of the crowd.  The flavor and feel proved therefore good some judges moved for seconds. Taste: This ice cream has been rich, creamy and filled with strong, dark chocolate notes.  The intense flavor struck all of the marks on our ginger radar. Idea: The spade remained firm in your own spoon but melted ever-so-softly on orally.  Some predicted it the best ice cream cream simply by far. Remarks: "super-rich with black chocolate notes"  "I loathed everything."  "Really creamy" Average Rating: 8.9 With full bellies, the tasting has been complete.  I frankly couldn't believe just how much icecream we'd swallowed.  Here's a Fast recap: From highest to the lowest measure: Edy's, Blue Bunny, Cedar Crest, Breyers, HaagenDazs, Kemps, Dean's, Market Pantry, Purple Cow and lastly, Ha-Lo Top. Astonished?  So are we.  Listed below are the Main Take Aways: Cost does not require quality. I had been shocked after I realized a pricey icecream such as haagen dazs did not create the most effective three (it ended fifth).  Before this were cheaper brands like Breyers, that will be practically a quarter of the price.  I'll definitely think twice before spending big bucks to get a name. Once it comes to taste, low-carb ice-cream does not consume. A "healthy" ice-cream such as Halo Top came in last place was not a enormous surprise.  As it's low carb, there is hardly any possibility it will have the exact same creamy, flavorful taste as, state, Blue Bunny or even Edy's.  It's really worth noting, however, that Ha-Lo Top clocks init in only 280 calories a watt.  (That is not exactly half of the calories of Edy's!)) For a hostess I wouldn't attempt to function such an icecream for a audience, however, understanding its high-value nutrition reality, I could just throw a scoop or 2 to get myself personally. Everybody's most useful differs. Taste is downright subjective.  Within this very small evaluation set, a few judges did not look after caramel, while some others loved it.  A few preferred a towel that was soft, while some others enjoyed their icecream firm and suspended.  The single method to learn your chosen will be to try on yourself. 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