Friday, June 3, 2011

The Whole Dole


It's warming up outside. It's time for popsicles and ice cream. Time to eat your frozen treats in total abandonment with sticky, grape, orange and cherry stains to match the love fest.

That's why I strip my kids down to their undies to eat such treats. And I hate laundry.

With that said, I'm not so big on pre-made, processed frozen treats. They're okay once in a while, but I much prefer the kiddos getting their treat fix with natural juice pops or whole fruit "ice cream", which they can eat with their clothes on, because apple juice doesn't stain (or make your kids crazy) like red dye 40.


I guess I should teach my kids the word sorbet. Apparently I don't want them to look like junior food snobs when they play with the other four year old kids. (read next sentence in a hoity-toity voice.) "We had a palate cleansing dish of sorbet between our first and second course. What did your mom make?"

So the "whole dole" is like the whole enchilada, or shebang, or...you know what, I don't need to explain. You get it. It's everything. The whole pineapple. (I teach workshops on how to rabbit trail, if you are interested.)

I got this idea this morning. Instead of super sugary sorbet, or super fatty ice cream, why not save my fleeting waistline and feed my kids some extra fiber, by blending an entire pineapple, freezing it in the ice cream maker and calling it the "whole dole" sorbet?

Earth-shaking, I know.

Side note on the whole fiber thing. I LOVE chomping on the core of the pineapple. It's fibrous texture and juicy, watery content satisfies that need-to-gnaw-on-something/puppy dog nature of mine.
 
Well, I believe one could, if one was so inclined, could give oneself diarrhea by chewing and consuming one too many pineapple cores. It's merely heresay. I may know a girl who did that, once.


The Whole Dole Sorbet


1 whole, fresh, ripe pineapple

Take off it's jacket, remove core, chew on the core, lop the flesh it into chunks and whiz away into oblivion in the food processor. Pour into ice cream maker and freeze. It comes out almost fluffy. I think air gets whipped into it in the food processor. Interesting texture.

Word on the sorbet firmness...I'm weird about making homemade sorbet. It must be eaten immediately after it's made. I find that homemade sorbet, when frozen in the freezer after its jaunt in the ice cream maker is, well, solid as a rock. It looses it slushy texture. So while we are all eating our dinner, I have the sorbet churning away. It's a great incentive for slow and picky eaters, to hurry up and eat. The soft and gentle whirring sound of the ice cream maker as it goes round and round is like kid-brainwashing that sends this message: "Eat your food, child. Eat!"

We are going to be eating a lot more sorbet around here.

Love Ya, Friends.

12 comments:

  1. Oooh! That sounds simple and refreshing! I personally love seeing ice cream and popsicle stains around a kid's mouth; I think it's one of summer's most charming sights! Of course, that's probably because I'm childless and don't have to do their laundry.

    Hope you and your crew are having a fabulous start to your summer!

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  2. Great way to fill up that replacement of the Food Pyramid, My Plate, with another fruit!!! Way to go, Mom!

    Love the photo of the half-undressed pineapple.

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  3. ohmygod! I love the picture of you gnawing on pinapple detrius!

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  4. Oh yum! Pure genius really! One ingredient sweet treat? I'm in!

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  5. Magnificent idea! Kate @ Kateiscooking

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  6. "The Whole Dole." I'm so gonna use that. I've yet to eat a pineapple this summer...you've put me in the mood.

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  7. Simple. Refreshing. Just perfect. You and your blog always make me smile wide. I love the font you are using too! So good! Thank you for sharing sweet woman. You are one talented mama!

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  8. Yum! I'm glad I found you, your writing style is awesome, I love it :D And the sorbet looks beautiful!

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  9. What kind of ice cream maker do you have or recommend?

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  10. Hey Rebecca, well, I have the Cuisinart 1 1/2 quart ice cream maker. Its around $50. Here's the link on Amazon for you so you can check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-20-Automatic-2-Quart-Ice-Cream/dp/B00000JGRT/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1309781316&sr=8-3

    I got it at William Sonoma one year at an after-Christmas sale. The one I got came with 2 of the bowls you put in the freezer. It's really great if you want to make two flavors. But most of their ice cream makers come with just one. I'm sure you can purchase an extra on it's own. But honestly, I've been in maybe one situation where I needed 2.

    It works really well. I feel like I'm getting a great bargain with this maker because it does the job but doesn't cost an arm and a leg. It's very fast and is pretty sturdy.

    My biggest suggestion is keep the ice cream bowl in the freezer at all times that way when you are ready to make ice cream or sorbet you are ready to go. It has to chill 24 hours before it's ready. Since I am sorta a fly by my pants kinda girl, keeping it in the freezer all the time helps me out.

    Hope this is helpful. Thanks so much for visiting!

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  11. Yes! I want to make this right now.
    I absolutely adore the pineapple soft serve they have at the Dole plantation here and I have a suspicion that this tastes very similar. I'm putting the ice cream bowl in the freezer. Only 23 hours and 59 minutes to wait.

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