Ice Cream 101

I finally broke down and bought and ice cream maker. Yesterday I made sugar free mango for Carlos. It was okay. Not as creamy as I wanted (probably cuz I used skim milk in stead of whole). Plus I did not make a "custard" first. I did the quick ice cream. This is where you whisk the sugar into your milk, add the cream and vanilla and throw it all in the ice cream maker for 25 minutes or so. I found some frozen mango in the freezer so I threw that in in the last 5 minutes. Although it was good.....I should have pureed up some of the mango to stir in to the ice cream AND I should have cut up the mango chunks smaller. I do not like to chew my ice cream! Plus, as has been stated in other blog posts, I am not a big fan of Splenda (am I allowed to name it in here? Is Splenda going to sue me?) I just do not like that Splenda after taste. This is all trial and error. Next up is cherry chip with real sugar!!!!!