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June 07 2025 - Vanilla

Prompt - June 7th celebrates Chocolate Ice Cream Day. What's your favourite way to enjoy ice cream by itself or as a side? Favourite flavour?

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I am lactose intolerant, which means I cannot enjoy ice-cream without consequences or unless it is the lactose free/dairy alternative. In general, I don't think the dairy alternatives are not as nice as regular ice-cream (it tends to taste icy rather than creamy), and most lactose free versions only really come in vanilla - which is nice but limited. So, I guess my favourite is vanilla by default.

I do tend to opt of sorbet when we are out and about - strawberry, raspberry and mango are my favs. Anything fruity! Summer in Australia = ice-cream and they have some amazing ice-creameries with so many different flavours - I have even seen a vegemite flavoured ice-cream Defiantly not for me...

I LOVE vanilla as a flavour. I tend to triple to volume of it in recipes - particularity when I bake brownies. I also like the fact that I can had lots of toppings depending on my fancy that day: chocolate sauce, hundreds and thousands (sprinkles to you Americans), chopping nuts etc... it's basically an ice-cream sundae regardless of whether it is in a cone or bowl.

Vanilla is also one of my favourite scents for candles, oils, and simmer pots. I find it relaxing and homely.