Blueberry Lemon Sorbet

This is an easy sorbet to create. Some people who tried it also loved to mix it with the coconut vanilla ice cream for an even better dessert experience.

Vegan Coconut Vanilla Ice Cream

This is my standard vanilla "ice cream". Because I cannot have dairy, this is how I get the creaminess that I desire without the dairy. It's also a great base for all sorts of other ice creams.

I've run into several problems along the way, typically with texture. Understanding how to make this ice cream makes it easier to prepare the other vegan ice creams.

Originally I tried using a whisk to make these ice creams, but I often cannot get a smooth texture unless I put in a lot of work (my poor arms...). So I moved to using a blender to mix the ingredients and that worked better.

Sometimes, however, I would get a clumpy texture in the final ice cream. It appeared that the coconut cream had split like a typically dairy-based recipe might. With dairy, splitting cannot be fixed and you must start over. But with coconut cream, splitting means that you need to mix the cream for longer to get the ideal smooth, creamy texture. I detail how to do that in the first step of the instructions, below.