I Want to Ride My Bicycle

Wm has been lukewarm about bike riding since we live on a fairly intense incline - it was too hard for him to ride uphill for long and going downhill scared him.  So yesterday we took him to the bike path at the end of our street with his bike and he LOVED it.  LOOOOOOOVED it.  So much in fact, that he insisted we do it again today.  And he says we're going for a bike ride every day.  We went to Target to get his school supplies and decided to upgrade to a bigger helmet since he has grown out of the last one we bought him when we started carting him around in the bike trailer. It's awesome.  You can't see it well in the pictures, but it is a shark head - and even has a fin on the top.  It got lots of comments on the bike path.  Wm is a bike ridin' demon!  Hell on wheels!

I also discovered a wonderful, wonderful treat tonight: homemade no-churn butter pecan ice cream.  Stop reading this RIGHT NOW and go make some.  It was...amazing.  AMAZING.  First, this will lure you in:

Now that I have your attention, here is how to do it (SO easy!)

Melt 3 Tbsp butter in a skillet

Add 1/2 c. sugar

Throw a cup of chopped pecans in there

Stir constantly until sugar is browned and melted (it will take a 7-10 minutes)

Pour out onto greased cookie sheet and let cool

While the buttered candy pecans are cooling, make the ice cream:

Add 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp powdered sugar to a mixing bowl

Pour in 2.5 cups heavy whipping cream

Add 1 tsp vanilla

Whip on high with hand or kitchenaid mixer until soft peaks form

Pour into freezer safe container.  Now the pecan goodness should be cool.  Break into bits with your hands and sprinkle into container with ice cream.  Put in the freezer for 2 hours.  Then, pull it out and mix it up to make sure pecans are evenly distributed.  Put back into the freezer for at least another 2 hours.  DONE!  The possibilities are endless if you don't like pecans - strawberries, chocolate chips...whatever you like!  But, if you don't like pecans...I don't even want to know you, man.