Ways of Enjoying your Ice Cream this Lent

Banana split with vanilla, lemon, joghurt ice cream. Photo by SDeluz

The sun is finally shining! From 5 deg C to staggering 25 deg C. Not  bad. What is traumatizing is the pollen ridden air. No rain the whole month which is so unlike the April weather we have here in Bonn. Now, eating out is troublesome due to mottled faces, itchy eyes and blocked nose. A small problem easily solved by taking cetrizin (anti-histamine medication) early in the morning. So now I can breathe while enjoying my ice cream even though my face is doubling up due to hay fever. A cheaper way of doing this is stacking up on different flavors of ice cream. wafer sticks, marshmallow, banana, colored candies and nuts.Then you can do your own sundae, banana split or decorated scooped ice cream right in the comfort of your own patio.

Banana Split

Making your own banana split is easy as 1-2-3. Just pick a platter where the length of a banana will fit in. With this, of course you will need at least 3 different flavored ice cream, banana, choco syrup, nuts, marshmallow. Cut the banana lengthwise. Place them on each side and position the three scoops of different flavored ice cream in the middle. Drop in some nuts. Marshmallow is delish also if preferred. Then lavish on choco syrup. Stick in a wafer if desired. Vavoom! Your very own banana split.

4 scoops of different flavored ice cream: blue, vanilla, cookies and chocolate. Photo by SDeluz

Some kids like making an ice cream soup though. They maybe messy and disgusting for people our age, but hey, they are kids! Kids like experimenting. Messy foods are part of their job. They prefer scoops of different flavored ice cream in a bowl. Eat some spoonful of it then just mash everything until its a browny mushy goo which they slurp with gusto. Credit them for being not picky.

Dolphin Ice Cream using blue ice cream, wafers and smarties. Photo by SDeluz

Some kids prefer a much colorful ice cream than others. A good way to entice them is presentation. But hey, its ice cream! Who needs enticing? If you have a fun plate to use like a dolphin shaped one as shown above, scoop up their fave flavor, add some rounded wafers and smarties and you have yourself a dolphin ice cream.

Nutty ice cream using vanilla and walnut flavored ice cream. Photo by SDeluz

   For nut lovers or just plain nutty, use a nut flavored ice cream, nutty chocolate (in this case a Giotto) and drizzle with chocolate syrup and more bits of nuts.