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Nir
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Posted: 9 March 2007 07:23 pm |
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Ok, this is either genious or madness  .
Ingredients:
tomatos
artificial sweetner
Method:
1. wash tomatos and store in the freezer (for at least a few hours)
2. Take frozen tomatos out of freezer (I used 4 medium ones - weighed 240g)
3. If they are very hard and you have a 'normal' food processor (not a Vita-Mix) then put them in the microwave on full power for 30 seconds - so they're not so rock-hard
4. put in food processor, with the steel blade. If you have two settings, use the lower one.
5. have patience - this takes a few minutes
6. The mixture should turn colour from red to foaming white (with a pink tinge)
7. Fish out any large hard lumps of tomato - consider microwaving them for a few seconds before putting them back into the food processor.
8. If using a tablet-based artificial sweetner, boil some water, dissolve in water and pour into food processor [I used 4 tablets]. Or you could use a powder-type artificial sweetner.
9. Briefly mix using food processor
Tip: if your tomatos refuse to mix, they're either too hard (put them in the microwave for a few more seconds). alternatively if you are getting lots of shreds that won't "cream", consider adding a small quantity of water into the mix. The main thing is to have patience though, and the ice-cream will come.
Tomato ice-cream is just 17 calories per 100 grams! (5 calories per Oz, 10 calories per meidum tomato)Last edited on 9 March 2007 08:07 pm by Nir
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 13 March 2007 08:56 am |
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Genius if you like it! 
Peter
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clarinetgurl
Distinguished Member
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Posted: 11 June 2007 06:10 am |
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We don't have a food processor...sounds very interesting though! I vote genius...and definitely easier on the calorie budget than a hot fudge sundae like the one I had this afternoon.  
CG
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 11 June 2007 09:37 am |
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I suppose it sounds so unappealing to me because it's labeled ice cream.
For an evening snack before dinner I love a cold glass of V-8 juice, which can't be that much different.
Peter
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 11 June 2007 01:31 pm |
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Peter wrote: it sounds so unappealing to me because it's labeled ice cream.
Would it make a difference if I called it a sorbet? Either way, I stole the basic principle from ETL's Dr. Fuhrman!
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morbidlemon
Distinguished Member
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Posted: 15 June 2007 12:38 pm |
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So... have you tried this?
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 15 June 2007 07:17 pm |
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| If directed at me, the answer is: obviously!
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morbidlemon
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Posted: 15 June 2007 09:08 pm |
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Haha. Sorry. I was in a roundabout way wanting to know more about the taste/experience, my first impression is that it is madness, so I need you to convince me.
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 15 June 2007 11:42 pm |
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| I think that my artificial sweetner can cover a multitude of sins. I wouldn't dream of making this without it.
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Theresa
Senior Member
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Posted: 20 September 2007 01:42 pm |
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Sounds totally gross
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 20 September 2007 02:31 pm |
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Just had it last night (this time made with cherry tomatos and vanilla whey - very creamy. You should try it before you dismiss it.
[but if you are already vegan then I guess I wouldn't feel comfortable drawing you back into dairy - this is a concession I am making!]
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Theresa
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Posted: 20 September 2007 02:52 pm |
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Still sounds too gross! Although my Ouma(grandmother) used to make the most divine tomato jam (I think you guys call it jello?) so maybe not as gross as it sounds.
 Actually I wonder if you can help? I can't seem to find any whey powder here in Uganda, what would be the most suitable and closest replacement?
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Theresa
Senior Member
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Posted: 20 September 2007 02:53 pm |
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Oh, by the way I'm definately not a vegan. Us South Africans are almost carnivores!
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 20 September 2007 02:56 pm |
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From the point of view of nutrition, probably Soy Protein Isolate powder.
From the point of view of making creamy smoothies, either skimmed milk or skimmed milk powder will do the trick.
The place to buy Whey powder is usually not a regular supermarket, but either a "health shop" (the place you would perhaps go to buy vitamins, supplements, nuts and seeds) or a gym or a shop catering for body builders.
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Theresa
Senior Member
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Posted: 20 September 2007 03:12 pm |
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Thanks Nir! However we have one teeny weeny shopping centre in the whole of Uganda (that is 1st world I mean) and the gyms are all hotel gyms(all four or so of them) so I don't really thing I would find it in a gym.
I will however do some hunting around in case there is a health shop hiding somewhere. Do you think it would be in an Indian food shop? We do have a few of those here. Otherwise I will try the soy powder.
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Nir
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Posted: 20 September 2007 03:30 pm |
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I doubt it will be in an Indian food store (well never seen it in such a store in the UK).
What I said was that the Soy Isolate Powder was similiar nutritionally - if you are planning smoothies please beware that my success with it has been limited - it makes for a smoothie that tastes of flour and it does not create the 'creamy' effect - you have been warned 
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Theresa
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Posted: 20 September 2007 03:47 pm |
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Thanks anyway, I'l get someone to bring in from SA hopefully next time one of our bosses fly in. I shouldn't complain though, the fruit here is the sweetest I have ever tasted and there are lots of beans and veggies. I must just learn to stay away from the bakeries. Amazing how those are so easy to find!
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Theresa
Senior Member
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Posted: 29 October 2007 01:44 pm |
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| Try the icecream with bananas and cocoa powder instead of tomato. I still don't get whey powder and use a little soya powder and it still tastes great. A yummy chocolate banana ice-cream and I use skim milk as well.
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 29 October 2007 01:54 pm |
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yesterday I made all my smoothies with strawbery-flavour Whey powder. Each smoothie featured just one type of fruit, and the whey powder. Different smoothies featured the following frozen fruit
1) apples
2) oranges
3) plums
4) nectarines
5) peaches
I sprinkled some dried TVP on a few of the smoothies.
I also added roasted peanuts to my final smoothie of the day (apples and whey powder). They were salted but I washed the salt off before adding them to the smoothie.
I haven't made the tomato variety for a while - but then, I've not had any tomatos for a while, and on the other hand I have fruit "coming out of my ears", so to speak 
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 8 March 2008 12:48 am |
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Tomato Ice Cream in pictures (5 medium-small tomatos 273g; 4.48g of banana-flavour whey powder; 4 artifical sweetners)
This bowl has total capacity of 2.6 litres (2600ml). I would say it is full with at least one litre (1000ml) of this ice-cream or smoothie.
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morbidlemon
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Posted: 8 March 2008 10:35 am |
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Haha. I'm really sorry Nir but those photographs really don't swing it for me! :) Although, I have some frozen fruit still to be used, I should probably start making use of my smoothie blender again. Hmm. Are they any other options for the liquid in smoothies other than milk and fruit juice?
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Nir
Senior Administrator
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Posted: 8 March 2008 01:31 pm |
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| check out lots of pictures at http://www.caloriesperhour.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=953&forum_id=31&jump_to=65483#p65483 where I just use various frozen combinations (with a dash of whey protein powder) and no liquid. The less liquid you use, the more of a solid "ice-cream" texture you get. Wors for me, anyway!
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kalypso
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Posted: 10 March 2008 03:55 pm |
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tomato ice cream?? who would have thunk?
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heidiv
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Posted: 28 July 2008 05:09 am |
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| Nir, this actually sounds good to me...do you need to peel the tomatos??
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Nir
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Posted: 28 July 2008 08:49 am |
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No need to peel the tomatos, everything is taken care off by the food processor.
Yesterday I made this with cherry tomatos, has anyone ever tried peeling those? is anything left whilst you peel them? 
Having been away for a week at hospital (away from the luxuaries of a freezer and a food processor) it was nice to be back home where I can make this!
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heidiv
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Posted: 29 July 2008 09:28 pm |
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| I am pumped to try this!
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heidiv
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Posted: 1 August 2008 01:24 am |
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This is yummy if you like tomatoes! Very good.
I did take the peel off, my food processor is really old school and I didn't want the peel in there. It came right off after the tomato was frozen.
THANKS NIR
Heidi
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Nir
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Posted: 1 August 2008 01:51 am |
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| you're welcome, out of interest how much artificial sweetner did you use?
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