
Strawberry and banana nice cream
Ceri and I constantly get questions about how we put together the blog. Actually, that’s not true. I constantly get questions relating to what I used to do. When people find out that I worked at a magazine as a beauty director all they really want to know is what they should do about their skin and can I recommend a good moisturizer–No one actually tracks me down to find out where I get my kale. However, I’m going to tell you how we put the blog together any way. But, since you probably wanted to ask, in regards to your skin, never ever leave the house without sunscreen (no, I’m dead serious), don’t pick your damn zits, drink lots of water, use products appropriate to your skin type (don’t worry if they don’t cost 10 million dollars because it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re better) and I swear by Dermalogica moisturizers.
Photos by Maya Visnyei
Since we’re magazine girls, Ceri and I like to begin our work with what’s called an edit plan. Basically, it’s a schedule of themes for each week of a three month period. After we go off on our own and decide what fantastically delicious dishes we want to prepare, we start testing. We test again and again and again. Then we spend one day in our photographer Maya Visnyei’s studio shooting about 4 weeks worth of posts (recipes). One dish after the next until we’ve filled our bellies, completely trashed her kitchen, and are punch drunk from cooking non-stop. On one of these recent occasions, my parent’s, who were in town for a visit, decided to tag along with Scarlett.
I was worried it was going to be a nightmare but it was actually quite fun. After I got over the fact that my dad was going to talk Maya’s ear off while she worked, I loved watching their reaction to how much of a little professional Scarlett is on set. I also enjoyed having them see how the photos come together. In our tech-savvy world of downloadable filters making the most amateur of photos look edgy, it is still humbling to watch a true artist at work. My parents couldn’t believe how my ho-hum peaches and cream muffins (ok, there’s nothing ho-hum about their taste, you got me?!) looked once Maya had them in the sights of her camera lens.
One of the dishes we shot that day was this Strawberry Banana Nice Cream. The recipe is from Whole Foods but I did change it to accommodate the strawberries in my freezer. For some reason, I just didn’t want to use raspberries. What I loved about this recipe was the name, Nice Cream. It really says it all since this frozen wonder doesn’t call for heavy cream and is, basically, as close to a healthy ice cream as you can come. With Scarlett in the studio, we decided to shoot this super yummy cool treat exactly the way you’d expect to see it, being eaten by a happy little kid. While there is all of the usual Maya magic at work here, this Nice Cream is as good as it looks.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups frozen strawberries
- 1 frozen banana
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
Method
Place strawberries, banana, milk and almond butter into a blender. Whiz until smooth
Pour into a medium bowl and pop into the freezer for one hour. Scoop and enjoy.
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