While we still have a British summer and the sun is shining I wanted to share a quick ice cream recipe with you all,which can be adapted for varies other summertime treats
Banana Ice Cream
Its quick and easy to make and great for keeping the children entertained.
this recipe will give you 4 good size portions
4 medium bananas cut into chunks and freeze, I like to do this about 3hrs a head of time
1/4tsp Vanilla extract or essence
3/4tbsp sugar you can adjust this to taste*
150ml Buttermilk or cream if you don't have buttermilk to hand
Place the frozen bananas in a blender with the vanilla,sugar and half of the milk, process until  you get a smooth puree, it will be a really thick mix.
With the blender still running pour in the remaining milk in a steady stream. you will get a soft but smooth ice cream which can be served straight away.
Serve with any fruit syrup or chocolate sauce and sprinkles of your choice.
* I tend to use overly ripe bananas, therefore I don't feel the need to add any sugar or alternatively you can substitute with honey
Any leftover Ice cream can be kept in the freezer til the evening when it can be used to make s'mores by the children or you can use it to make root beer type ice cream floats the following day
You can also you this same recipe to make milkshakes just add about quarter to half pint of milk to thin out the mix so that you can drink it.
Vary the flavour by adding a handful of your choice of fruit i.e strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants
For chocolate milkshake add about 2tbsp of dark chocolate sauce.

And now for the adults
You can use the same recipe as above just don't add the milk until after you have add you choice of alcohol and
add a couple of shots of rum or vodka and peach schnappes
However I like to use the recipe to make adult milkshakes which have the taste of banana cocktails
such as
Top Banana
make milkshakes as above and add the following to your liking, I like to add a shot per person
Vodka
Peach schnappes


Banana Margarita
Lemon juice, lime juice, triple sec, tequila

Daiquiri
light rum, lime juice

Bananas Foster
brown sugar
cinanamon
honey
dark rum
frozen yogurt

You can top the shakes with cherries, whipped cream and strawberries

Happy Drinking