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    About Sarah

    Hi, I’m Sarah Brooks, and welcome to Keep Calm and Eat Ice cream.

    Sarah Brooks smiling.

    I have always, always loved ice cream. I remember going to our local ice cream store in my hometown when I was four. My grandparents would buy me a double scoop on my birthday and I would have to wrap up the second scoop and put it in the freezer to finish later!

    Many, many years later I got some of my wedding photos taken in the same ice cream shop and we gave our guests vouchers to get ice cream while we got our photos taken 🙂

    So, ice cream has been a lifelong obsession for me. Over the years I've been experimenting with making my own ice cream, from my first forays into chocolate coffee ice cream as a Uni student - which was given the rather grand sounding name of mocca a passionado! It made sense to at the time 😀

    As a university student I waitressed to support myself, working alongside commercial kitchens and serving other people a lot of desserts, including ice cream. But I was always going home and getting into the kitchen to make my own creations to enjoy and share with my friends.

    Then at some point I discovered cheesecake and I've never looked bake! (see what I did there ;)).

    Food is one of my great joys in life. Making something truly delicious and then sharing it with other people and having them enjoy my food, well that's hard to beat. Sharing my recipes with the wider world is like an extension of that joy. I love nothing better than when someone makes one of my recipes and tells me how much they loved it and how much their family enjoyed it.

    So if you have made and loved one of my recipes please please please leave me a star rating and a comment. Send me a picture of the food and shout it from the rooftops where you got the recipe from. It really is music to my ears 🙂

    Wanna find out when I post a new recipe? Then you need to follow me on socials. I'm on the usual Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter.

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    My favorite recipes

    For a comprehensive list of all my churned ice cream check out my Cuisinart ice cream maker recipes. Everything from a classic vanilla bean ice cream and easy eggless vanilla ice cream to refreshing mint choc chip ice cream or a decadent ice cream sundae. With topping and sprinkles of course!

    Don't have an ice cream maker? No problem, check out my collection of delicious no-churn ice cream recipes like my colorful rainbow ice cream. Or check out my 3 ingredient ice cream aka no churn vanilla ice cream for a guide on how to make any ice cream recipes without an ice cream maker.

    Apart from ice cream my second, or perhaps first? love is cheesecake. Specifically no bake cheesecake. So much so I sometimes wonder if I should have called my blog Keep Calm and Eat Cheesecake :D. I love them all but you can't go wrong with a timeless classic, Philadelphia no bake cheesecake. The perfect base to add your own flavors. Or if I'm in the mood for something cozy my Biscoff cheesecake. With an easy Biscoff drip it tastes as good as it looks. Or for a full of all my recipes you can check out my no bake cheesecake recipes post, with a sneaky baked cheesecake recipe at the end, shhh!

    In summer you'll find me whipping up a batch of refreshing popsicles for the kids and I. From simple lemonade popsicles with lemons from our tree, to juicy pineapple cherry popsicles for a cool combo guaranteed to beat the heat.

    When I'm not eating ice cream, cheesecake or popsicles you'll find me whipping up some delicious cakes and slices or maybe a delicious dessert sauce, coulis or compote to drizzle over a cheesecake or some ice cream.

    I love the holidays and you'll find me baking up a storm with one of my Christmas recipes, some of which have been handed down for generations in my family.

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    My husband Damian (the handsome bald guy in the pictures) manages technical support for the blog and helps with taste testing.

    You can email me at [email protected] if you have any questions!

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    Sarah and Damian eating ice cream
    Ice cream from my favorite ice cream shop on our wedding - we even gave the guests gift vouchers for ice cream!

    Hi I’m Sarah and welcome to Keep Calm and Eat Ice-cream.

    I’ll be sharing all the things I love about ice-cream, eating it, making it, reviewing it, bathing it in (kidding) and all the things in between. So sit back, grab a scoop and come on a delicious journey with me.

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    My most popular recipes - see what all the fuss is about!

    • Slice of cheesecake on a plate with fresh berries and rest of cake and another slice of cheesecake in the background.
      Philadelphia No Bake Cheesecake
    • Close up caramelized bananas in caramel sauce.
      Caramelized bananas
    • Group of three sundaes, classic, strawberry and caramel, with whipped cream, nuts, sprinkles, wafers and cherry, on a plate with spoons, nuts and sprinkles.
      Ice Cream Sundae
    • Close up stewed pears in a bowl, with fresh pears, cinnamon sticks and a vintage serving spoon on the side.
      Stewed pears

    Starting off making ice cream - Start here!

    • Cuisinart ice cream maker recipes collage, vanilla bean, pistachio, Oreo, choc chip cookie dough, strawberry and birthday cake ice cream, with text overlay.
      Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker Recipes
    • Close up side view of scoop of strawberry ice cream in a beige ramakin, with strawberries in the background.
      Strawberry ice cream
    • Top down view of a bowl of vanilla ice cream, in a grey bowl, with a spring of mint on the side in the bowl, on a beige tea towel and white wooded floor background.
      Easy vanilla ice cream
    • Very close up of scoop of no churn chocolate ice cream in pan.
      No churn chocolate ice cream

    Cheesecake Lover?, Try these creamy favorites

    • Close up slice of cake o a plate with a fork and matcha dusting.
      Matcha Cheesecake
    • Cheesecake on a serving board with serving wear, jar of Biscoff and Biscoff cookies and slice of cake in background.
      Biscoff Cheesecake
    • No Bake Blueberry Cheesecake
    • Baileys cheesecake on a plate with cheesecake and Baileys in the background.
      No Bake Baileys Cheesecake

    How about something else?

    • Close up raspberry popsicles with fresh raspberries and leaves.
      Raspberry popsicles
    • Coffee sauce in a bowl with a spoon and coffee beans on the side.
      Coffee Sauce
    • close up of pile of cinnamon sugar pita chips on a while plate.
      Cinnamon sugar pita chips
    • Glass of homemade cola with ice, lime circle garnish and bottle of cola beside it.
      Homemade cola

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