
By Bill Curreri
I mixed one packet of your Junket Vanilla ice cream plus 1 3/4 cups of fat-free/lactose free Half & Half as my go-to vanilla ice cream base (my favorite flavor), and then added two teaspoons of pistachio pudding for the pistachio ice cream, 1/2 can of sliced peaches for the peach ice cream, and 4 teaspoons of chopped-up Oreo Mini cookies for the Oreo ice cream. I mixed all three using a Toastmaster hand held aerator mixer and then froze all three Ninja canisters overnight.
Next day I mixed each canister in my Ninja Creami Deluxe ice cream maker (using the Lite Ice Cream setting) and served. If you serve these dishes immediately after mixing with the Ninja you have more of a soft serve type ice cream. However, if you wait another 24 hours and then serve, you have a much more traditional hard ice cream taste, texture and feel.

The peach and pistachio ice creams were both first time experiment recipes. On my next effort I probably will cut back on the canned peach slices to give that dish a creamier texture. (My grandkids love peaches and that’s why I used them as much as I did.) And I would also like to try cutting back on the Oreo Mini cookies to give that recipe a more vanilla/Cookies N’ Cream look, flavor and texture. (However, I will admit that my favorite recipe is your Junket Vanilla Ice Cream served using the above vanilla base recipe.)
I have found that the advantage to using your Junket Vanilla Ice Cream mix together with the Ninja Creami Deluxe is that you only have to mix the ice cream in the Ninja Creami Deluxe the very first time you prepare it. Essentially, most ice cream recipes for the Ninja Creami Deluxe require you to re-spin the ice cream mix everytime you serve it. Not so when using any of your Junket Ice Cream mixes. With Junket, you just take the ice cream out of the freezer and serve! No additional fuss or mess. And less wear and tear on the Ninja Creami Deluxe mixer as well. This plus the texture, taste and mouthfeel pairing your Junket Ice Cream mixes with fat-free half & half and a Ninja Creami Deluxe really does create an outstanding and rich tasting ice cream product.
My grand daughters went crazy over all three dishes! My daughter also has the Ninja Creami Deluxe ice cream maker and is constantly looking to create healthier ice cream dishes for my grandkids. So everyone was impressed by how using your vanilla flavor ice cream mix in the above recipes led to a richer/creamier ice cream taste and texture.