Breast milk ice cream: the healthy treat?

A specialist ice cream parlour plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat. The breast milk concoction, called the "Baby Gaga," will be available from Friday at the Icecreamists restaurant in London's Covent Garden.

Icecreamists founder Matt O'Connor was confident his take on the "miracle of motherhood" and priced at a hefty £14 ($22) a serving will go down a treat with the paying public. The breast milk was provided by mothers who answered an advertisement on online mothers' forum Mumsnet. Victoria Hiley, 35, from London was one of 15 women who donated milk to the restaurant after seeing the advert.

Hiley works with women who have problems breast-feeding their babies. She said she believes that if adults realised how tasty breast milk actually is, then new mothers would be more willing to breast-feed their own newborns. "What could be more natural than fresh, free-range mother's milk in an ice cream? And for me it's a recession beater too - what's the harm in using my assets for a bit of extra cash," Hiley said in a statement.

"I tried the product for the first time today - it's very nice, it really melts in the mouth."The Baby Gaga recipe blends breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest, which is then churned into ice cream.

O'Connor said the Baby Gaga was just one of a dozen radical new flavors at the shop. "Some people will hear about it and go, 'yuck' but actually it's pure, organic, free-range and totally natural," he said. "I had a Baby Gaga just this morning and I feel great."

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Rich and creamy Oscar goodness

One of the best foods to enjoy while watching the Oscars? Ice cream! No other treat brings on passion, drama and delicious mouth sensation than this cold, tasty dish.

And just in time for the "Golden Guy"'s red carpet entrance this Sunday, the famous Cold Stone Creamery Custom Creations (with locations across North America) has created an exclusive series of recipes for QMI Agency to reflect the year's top movies up for "Best Picture."These cinematic creations were developed by Andrea Hughes, Cold Stone Creamery Canada's resident ice cream expert.

"By mixing nuts, fruits and candy into our smooth and creamy ice cream on a frozen granite stone - called 'the stone' -- we're actually more like ice cream artists," says Hughes. Cold Stone Creamery ice cream is categorized by industry experts as "Super Premium" because it's made fresh every day in every store - putting Cold Stone completely in a class of its own.

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Cold Stone Creamery operates more than 1,450 locations in 12 countries worldwide and Canadians can find them in select Tim Hortons across the country. Check out the company's Facebook page and enjoy these sweet interpretations of the top films up for Oscar:

THE BLACK SWAN - Graceful yet dark, keeps you on your toes: chocolate ice cream with cherries, fudge and dark chocolate shavings. THE FIGHTER - What an athlete would eat to fuel-up before a big fight: banana ice cream, bananas, peanut butter and almonds.

INCEPTION - This film is nuts and out there. It blows your mind: psychedelic green mint ice cream, brownies, almonds and fudge.

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT - Bright blue cotton candy ice cream, sprinkles and gummy bears - every child requests these!

THE KING'S SPEECH - Perfect end to a feast of bangers and mash - middle of the road English fare: French vanilla ice cream, brownie and a hint of decadence, fit for a monarch, with luscious caramel.

127 HOURS - The Sinless Smoothie has healing fruits that also harken the bloody gore of the movie: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, ice, - bright red and chunky!

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - A large take out container of sweet cream ice cream, lots of Oreos and fudge to share with your social network. Who wouldn't "like" this?

TOY STORY 3 - Yummy cake batter ice cream meets fudge, cookie dough and sprinkles.

TRUE GRIT - the White Hat (good guy) inspired creation: French vanilla ice cream, graham cracker pie crust, caramel, white chocolate chips and pecans. The cracker adds some "grit" and pecans and white chocolate chips bring a nice crunch to this light coloured creation.

WINTER'S BONE - a mountain girl is the heroine in this movie, why not a Rocky Road inspired creation? Chocolate ice cream, marshmallows, Snickers bar, fudge.

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Almond Ice Cream Recipe

Ingredients:

1. 500 g almonds (soaked and peeled)

2. 500 ml heavy cream

3. 4 tsp rose essence

4. 2 ½ liters milk

5. 500 g sugar


Almond Ice Cream Recipe Preparation :

1. Grind the soaked almonds into fine paste.

2. Boil milk in a non stick vessel until it is reduced to half.

3. Add the almond mixture, sugar into the boiling milk and keep stirring on simmer for at least half an hour. Allow it to cool completely.

4. Refrigerate the mixture at least for 3 hour and add heavy cream with rose essence

5. Stir all the ingredients and freeze the mixture until solid. Tasty almond ice cream ready to serve.

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Blue Bell Ice Cream coming to Colorado, along with jobs

Blue Bell Ice Cream plans to open a branch and distribution center in Denver, where it will hire up to 20 local drivers and other staff. Blue Bell Ice Cream will be available March 14 in King Soopers, Walmart, Walgreens, Albertsons, Sunflower Market and other grocery stores, drugstores and convenience stores.

The company is building a 15,000- square-foot distribution center with a warehouse, office space and cold-storage facilities at 14258 E. Easter Blvd. in Englewood. Until the building is completed in the late spring or early summer, the company will operate out of leased space at 8001 E. 88th Ave. in Henderson.

The company will serve markets within a 100-mile radius of Denver, including Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. "We get a lot of requests from Colorado, and we're really excited about coming to the state," said Ricky Dickson, vice president of sales and marketing for the 103-year-old Texas company. The brand has a devoted following, making it the No. 3 ice cream in the nation even though it is sold in only 20 states.

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Ice cream fundraiser to benefit girl with cancer

Big Dipper Ice Cream will hold a fundraiser for McLain Thornquist, an 8-year-old girl with a rare form of bone cancer, from noon to 8 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, Monday, Feb. 14. Big Dipper will donate 50 percent of the proceeds to the family of McLain, who is suffering from Ewing sarcoma.

McLain started third grade at Hawthorne Elementary this year with no signs of trouble until a few months into the school year. Her arm started to hurt to the point where she couldn’t attend school. Doctors eventually concluded that a mass on McLain’s arm was cancer.

The cancer isn’t isolated and has moved into in her lungs, but her mother, Cynthia, said doctors in Helena and in Salt Lake City have given McLain a good prognosis. After the surgery to remove the mass on her arm, McLain is expected to have more rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The fundraiser will be at the ice cream shop at 58 N. Last Chance Gulch, on the Walking Mall at the corner of Sixth Avenue.

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