Homemade Ice Cream....YUM!

Can you tell I'm on a homemade kick at the moment?
Your kids will enjoy making, and eating, this ice cream made in a ziplock bag.

INGREDIENTS:
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar (or to taste)
• 6 tablespoons salt

PREPARATION:
Put milk, vanilla and sugar into a pint or quart-sized freezer bag. Seal well.
Fill a large, gallon-sized freezer bag with ice. Add the salt. (We used rock salt.)
Put the smaller bag into the larger bag and seal.
Shake and mix until the ice cream thickens, about 10 minutes. You can also let the kids gently throw the bag back and forth to help mix the ice cream. The bag gets very cold, so you might want to use towels to hold it. Makes 1 serving.

From Barbara Whiting, a stay-at-home parent with three sons. She runs a

website

that has some great ideas called Homeparents.

Courtesy USA Today.

- LT