How to Make Snow Ice Cream with Kids

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Do your kids love snow?
Want to make a snow day even sweeter?

Here's an ice cream recipe in which, to quote my seven year old, "snow is the main ingredient"!
You can make it with sugar, vanilla, and milk or just a drizzle of maple syrup.
Enjoy in moderation.

You can also use snow like play-dough.
Encourage your kids to get creative, make a snow face or a snow cake!

-Nicole Betancourt

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http://www.parentearth.com/recipes/how-to-make-snow-day-snow-ice-cream/

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[leannemint]

@silveressa she just said clean snow might look clean but it still has some mercury and pollution in it

[foodfightnyc]

@Silveressa The film maker is suggesting a strategy for getting kids outside - exercising & having fun in a natural setting. While your concern for children's health is understandable, it assumes that most children have the ability to insulate themselves from tainted air, food, and water - which they don't. The health benefits associated with playing outside, while enjoying a few bites of sugared snow, far outweigh any potential health risks. Makes sense in my book.

[Silveressa]

Snow contains high levels of lead, mercury, various hydro-carbons and particulates in your food not to mention anything real nasty like dioxin, or pesticides from any chemical plants up to 200 miles up wind. Even snow samples taken from the most 'pristine' places in the Arctic and Antarctic contain lead and mercury levels that are not safe for human consumption.

This is just plain stupid advice and shows a lack of common sense, tantamount to making slushies with storm drain water.