With so many cows running around the farm these days, we have plenty of milk for things like a weekly batch of Parmesan cheese, butter, and occasionally some ice cream. Nevertheless, we were more than happy to receive a special ice cream delivery from Susan at Halo Top Creamery. “Why, yes, of course, we’d be happy to taste-test ice cream made with a gamut of organic ingredients, cage-free eggs, and hormone-free dairy.” Hmmm, but we have all this milk of our own and … wait a minute, this sounds like a recipe for 4th of July MILKSHAKES!
It’s been a little warm around here and our crew is pretty awesome and we have an important holiday to celebrate this week and we’re swimming in fresh strawberries and milk …
Saralou was the first to take the taste test and … it’s good!! Like, really, really, really good.

Karina was wide-eyed with amazement. At only 80 calories for one 4 ounce serving of ice cream, it’s as healthy as it is delicious!

Happy 4th of July from all of us at MaryJanesFarm!
QUICK N’ EASY MILKSHAKES
1 cup Halo Top Ice Cream
1/4 cup organic milk plus things like chocolate chunks, fresh plucked strawberries, apricots …
Mmmmmm, fresh made butter from your girls?? It looks so beautiful all wrapped in papers! I bet it is very creamy and delicious on a hot scone!
Ah, butter!
Oh, memories of Gramma’s house in the 70s…she churned every couple of days and stored the butter in the freezer. Grew up eating that butter on buckwheat pancakes with dark honey. Yum. I have the wooden bowl, paddle, and mold she used. Hope to use them myself some day…