I have tried TONS of different recipes for dairy free ice cream since we cannot have milk or eggs. To be honest, I haven't had much luck. The best tasting thing I have found is to buy a rice ice cream at the health food store. The greatest tasting one that I have to eat almost every day is called Good Karma-Carrot Cake. It's so great! It's an awesome treat and you don't feel like you are missing out on anything. Kids love it also because it's orange! ;)

If you go to allrecipes.com one nice option they have recently is that you can make a request for reader recipes. This was a huge help to me when i was starting out with the egg free-corn free-soy free-milk free-caesin free-gluten free-wheat free-soy free diet. Everyone is very nice and you'd be suprised at how many folks have had the same experiences and are just waiting to find someone to share their findings with.

For a quick 'ice cream' fix, I take a bag of frozen berries like strawberry or blackberries, and throw them in the blender with rice milk and it makes a yummy and really quick 'milk' shake.

Here's a recipe a friend directed me to recently, but I haven't had the chance to try: Make sure you let me know if you try it and if it's any good! ;)

(I don't know where it came from)

Dairy-Free Double-Chocolate Ice Cream

4 cups cold soy milk or rice milk

2 tablespoons arrowroot

½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

¾ cup sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

½ cup vegan dairy-free chocolate or carob chips

Method

Combine ¼ cup of the milk and the arrowroot. Blend well and set aside. Place remaining 3 ¾ cups in a saucepan over medium heat. Add cocoa powder and sugar, and bring up to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add arrowroot mixture, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and starts to bubble, about 5 minutes. Do not allow to boil.

Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour into a bowl and chill in an ice bath. Refrigerate until chilled, then freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions, adding chips at that time.

Makes 1 quart.

There is another option which i've only had the chance to try a few times, it's a product called Dari-Free. It's made from potatoes mostly. You can purchase it at some health food stores, or on Amazon.com. It makes almost cow milk tasting milk, and you can make whip cream with it and coffee creamer. I even made tapioca pudding with it, which turned out great! Oh....did you know you can use Coconut Milk for puddings? Try it!