Having a Dairy Kinda Moment

I admit it, I'm a dairy girl. Gimmee cheese, ice-cream, butter, cottage cheese, sour cream, etc, and anything made with these items and I am one happy person. I LOVE DAIRY PRODUCTS! I have since I was a little girl. My brother, on the other hand, was lactose-intolerant. Don't know if he still is...

Here are two quick and fun ways to get a dairy fix. I did both of these with my 4-year-old classes when I was a preschool teacher. (Paid to have fun, you bet I took advantage of it!!)

Making Quick and Easy Ice Cream

Ingredients for 2 servings:

½ cup of milk (white, chocolate, strawberry)
1 Tablespoon sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla

Non-edible ingredients:

Ice
Rock salt

Directions:

1) Place all ingredients into a pint sized Freezer baggie and seal.
2) In a gallon size Freezer baggie, fill ½ way with ice and add 6 Tablespoons of rock salt on top of ice.
3) Place pint sized baggie inside gallon sized baggie and SEAL TIGHT!
4) Shake the bags.
5) It will become a solid in about 4 minutes.

Making Quick and Easy Butter

Ingredients:

Cold heavy cream

Non-edible ingredients:

Baby food jar

Lots of energy

Directions:

1) Pour heavy cream into baby food jar, leaving about an inch to half an inch of space at the top.

2) Tighten lid and shake well, and I mean WELL.

3) Eventually the shaking repeatedly of the heavy cream will cause it to start getting thick.

4) You are almost there! Keep shaking.

5) Once there is a big ball in the jar amidst a white thin liquid you can stop - you have BUTTAH!

6) Put on toast or whatever and totally enjoy it!

PS: Use preschoolers for energy factor if you have them. You may need to rein in the attentional factor!