There's nothing quite like homemade ice cream, and I'm planning to dust off my ice cream maker, as my friend Lori just did. She shares her recipe for Toasted Hazelnut Ice Cream (pictured) on her blog, Stuff to Eat. After research (for the record, I'm totally on board with any type of ice cream research), she found an ingredient combo that gave the texture she was looking for.

After the hazelnut success, she tweaked Epi's Blueberry Ice Cream recipe. "I used locally grown blueberries that were amazingly sweet, plump, and juicy," she reports. She was aiming for a frozen treat close to her favorite Ben and Jerry's flavor, Maine Blueberry: "My version had much more intense flavor and color, and even though my son complained about 'too much blueberry skin,' it didnt stop him from practically devouring the entire container." Are you a home ice cream maker? What's your favorite recipe?