Dreamsicle Cream

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3 (ZReboot) recipe. One of my favorite childhood treats was a Dreamsicle. That’s the orange popsicle with the vanilla ice cream in the middle. This Plan Z version comes pretty darn close. Close your eyes and remember your childhood.

Serves: Serves 3 – 4

Ingredients:

• 16 oz of mascarpone cheese (or cream cheese, full fat*). Mascarpone is a richer, smoother cream-style cheese. It’s the Italian version of cream cheese. Look for it in tubs in the cheese section.
• ½ of a large orange. Cut ALL pith away and just use the orange ‘insides’. This is about a half cup of orange pieces.
• 12-1/2 oz of mandarin oranges segments divided (packed in their own juice — not sugar or syrup). If you cannot get mandarin oranges without syrup just be sure to wash and rinse them before using.
• 1 Tbl of vanilla
• 1 tsp of Truvia (stevia) Natural sweetener. Find it in the sugar section of your store
• mandarin orange segments for garnish

Instructions:

Take the cheese, orange, mandarin orange segments, vanilla and Truvia and put it in a food processor. Pulse until smooth. Put in pretty bowls or glasses and put back into the refrigerator to chill them before serving. Garnish with a few of the orange segments.

*If you use cream cheese for this recipe it’s less expensive but you might also need a bit more vanilla and/or sweetener to adjust it so it has the same yummy creaminess as it has with mascarpone. If you can swing the extra cost the mascarpone is worth it.

Enjoy!

Cheers,