100 Scoops

We bought an ice cream maker. And I'm in love.

We did it in an effort to save money. Yes, really. We recognized how much we were spending on treats and especially late night desserts, and we knew it had to stop. Or at least be minimized.

Plus, Matt was positively hooked on Ben & Jerry's and I'm absolutely beside myself that they use corn syrup in their ice creams. As soon as I realized this about my own favorite flavors, I switched to the much more simply made Haagen Dasz varieties - my favorite being the coffee and/or java chip... But even so - at $4/pint, it adds up. (As do the calorires.) And I still couldn't get my junkie to jones for anything other than "everything but the..." and all it's corn-syrup-laden sweetness.

With our own ice cream maker, we justified, we could control the ingredients, the cost and the calories. So we did it.

Thus launches a completely ridiculous (and potentially fattening) project: 100 Scoops. I'm on a mission to make 100 different flavors. In theory, this could happen in about a year. Or I might get totally bored with it in, say, a week. Either way, no pressure, but stay tuned.