Where do you get edible lavender for honey lavender ice cream?!

Don't know if you can make "real" ice cream without and ice cream maker. You could use a blender for more of a slush or smoothie. I have lavender growing in my yard, and don't use garden chemicals so it's organic. Would suggest you go to a health food store, here in CA we have Whole Foods Market, but most communities have health food stores. Tell them you want organic lavender for cooking. Or use Lavender oil that does not say not for internal use. Essential oils are very strong so be careful. Add lavender extract or oil, to suit your taste buds, very little at a time. Start with a recipe from the internet for honey vanilla and go from there.

Here's One: this one has eggs not all vanilla ice cream base needs eggs a matter of choice

Ingredients

* 2 cups milk
* 1 (7 inch) vanilla bean, split lengthwise
* 6 egg yolks
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 3 tablespoons honey
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 2 cups heavy cream

Or Here's a recipe using Lavender flowers. Many Gadening stores sell the plants or you can order or buy lavender flowers online or locally

Ingredients

* 2 cups heavy cream
* 1 cup half-and-half
* 2/3 cup mild honey
* 2 tablespoons dried edible lavender flowers*
* 2 large eggs
* 1/8 teaspoon salt

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/v…

- Health food stores or specialty stores. I buy mine at Bosch Kitchen Center, which carries exotic stuff (including rose water, carob chips, etc)

- You need an ice cream maker to make ice cream (the mix must be stirred constantly at temperatures below 32-F, which is why you add salt to the water in the outer tub)

- I used lavender as one of a group of herbs that I rub turkey with before baking. And I add it (in moderation) to my Madeleine cake dough before backing. Otherwise, I don't care for it for culinary use.

Lavender is a strong flavor. I get lavender buds at a local health foods store and boil them to make lavender jelly. I love it. Some of my friends love it while others can't stand it. It's a flavor about which no one is ambivalent.

If you want the lavender jelly recipe, email me. Click on my avatar for an email link. Be sure to tell me which recipe you want, as I offer different ones to different people and can't keep them all straight.

whole foods or other natural grocery stores have the buds, you won't like it though, sounds better than it tastes and it's alot of trouble, I've tried it, only once, maybe a shoppe with multiple flavors will have it and you can taste it. My uncles made Jasmine sorbet, that was ok, in Florida, I found a icecream maker at goodwill stores, cheap for all the use of it, I've never used it once.

the health food store or you could grow your own