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Homemade Real Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

By //  by Candace Sampson

So today I'm going to share my recipe for real mint chocolate chip ice cream with you, but before I do, I'm going to spend at least 500 words just telling you a story. I WISH I could just share the recipe and move the eff on with my day but the Google gods insist that I blather on endlessly about my mundane life in order to get this ice cream for "real mint chocolate chip ice cream" (keyword alert) into the search engine. I don't make the rules people, I just follow them. So here we go. …

Filed Under: Desserts, Food & Drink, Freezer Friendly, Recipes Tagged With: desserts made with mint, homemade custard for ice cream, mint, mint and chocolate, mint chocolate chip ice cream, recipes made with mint

Tangerine Green Tea

By //  by Candace Sampson

I'm trying to lose a couple of pounds. Actually, if we're going to get technical, I'm trying to lose seven pounds. Seven stinkin' pounds that grew on my body after forty. Prior to that I never worried about my weight. Ever. Damn forties. Obviously I'm doing all the things you're supposed to do when trying to re-capture your youth. Eating healthy, exercising, getting lots of rest.......zzzzzzzzz......sorry, where was I? Oh right, boring myself to death. The point of this whole post is to …

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Recipes, Thirst Quenchers Tagged With: Green Tea, Healthy Drinks, Life in Pleasantville, mint, Tangerine

Mint Iced Tea

By //  by Candace Sampson

Oh lawd, it's hot! It's so hot that I'm channeling my inner Southern Belle (because secretly I'd love to be a Southern lady). I'm longing to sit on a porch sipping iced tea and fanning myself all day. The reality though, is that I don't have a porch and even if I did, I wouldn't have time to sit there. I do however, have iced tea. This Mint Iced Tea is in my refrigerator from June 1 to September 1 every summer. It's incredibly refreshing, and it's perfect with spirits or alone. Finally, …

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