541624 Wed Jul 23 12:03:52 -0700 2008 8 31 Home Cooking 0 3894754 I'm looking for recipes for really low-fat homemade ice cream for a very diet conscious crowd. I have a recipe from Epicurious for cream cheese ice cream where I can use low-fat cream cheese, and skim milk but I'm afraid if I sub evaporated milk or fat-free half and half for the heavy cream it may not actually have the consistency of ice cream. Any ideas, recipes, or tips you can share? Oh, and the other part of the challenge is I don't want to use eggs or have to cook the concoction first. Thanks! Wed Jul 23 12:03:54 -0700 2008 110897 City Kid 1 3894809 Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream is fantastic and is only 3.5% fat. I think I found it on epicurious.com Wed Jul 23 12:21:47 -0700 2008 3894754 162977 sarah galvin 1 3894826 If frozen yogurt is an option, I made some yesterday following David Leibovitz's recipe and it was really really good not to mention fat free. It'd be realy great with fresh berries. Wed Jul 23 12:26:15 -0700 2008 3894754 82243 ArikaDawn 2 3895904 I second this idea! Here is the link (you will need to scroll down a bit) http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2006/04/may_day_market.html And one chowhound made her own variation for strawberry balsamic frozen yogurt here: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/285937 Wed Jul 23 18:13:54 -0700 2008 3894826 150115 Mellicita 1 3894827 Check out the Champion juicer recipes for ice creams. We have made Cantaloupe, peach and mango lately using 2% Horizon milk. Heavenly.... Wed Jul 23 12:27:33 -0700 2008 3894754 119411 paul balbin 1 3895994 Any reason you are not making sorbet? Really delicious fruit sorbets that are basically fruit juice, with a bit of sugar added as needed... Wed Jul 23 18:54:44 -0700 2008 3894754 14063 Anne H 1 3896261 You are all wonderful -- I plan to try all these suggestions. Thanks for saving me!!! Wed Jul 23 20:54:48 -0700 2008 3894754 110897 City Kid 1 3897166 Check out Bittman from the NY Times... last summer he ran a recipe for cornstarch ice cream. It works great; the cornstarch acts as a thickener, making the ice cream creamier without all the yolks. This helps the cholesterol problem; the calorie problem I don't know... eat less exercise more? When I made it I liked it better with less of the cornstarch than he uses. Thu Jul 24 07:54:50 -0700 2008 3894754 12037 Ida Red 2 3897331 I was going to suggest a variation I had on Bittman's cornstarch ice cream, except that the OP wasn't interested in anything that requires cooking. Here's the banana cornstarch ice cream I made that was quite good. http://www.chowhound.com/topics/473398#3448955 ~TDQ Thu Jul 24 08:43:39 -0700 2008 3897166 12005 The Dairy Queen