Early Birthday Gift

My birthday is this week. Yes!!!! About two weeks ago, I informed my husband that I had already taken care of my gift for this year. In July, I'm planning on attending the six day Summer Stitch-In offered by Pat Wys and our Silver Thimble Club. (More about that later) I've already paid for the stitch-in. This is usually ok with him. We usually "hint" or make a list for gift-giving. Imagine my surprise when he handed me a big gift-wrapped box yesterday afternoon. We're now the proud owners of a Cuisinart Ice Cream maker. Well, folks, we love ice cream at our house. We made a batch yesterday. The inner bowl probably wasn't in the freezer long enough. There was room for improvement. Today, I mixed up the recipe in the booklet for plain "wonderful" Vanilla Ice Cream. Much better! Oh course, I used whole milk and heavy cream. I'd love to experiment to find a lower fat recipe or sherbet. If you have a good homemade ice cream recipe especially one that has a lower fat content or low sugar, please let me know! With the heat this Summer, we're gonna wear this little baby out :)