Let's talk ice cream — The MacBell Clan

It’s only appropriate that I start off with an ice cream post because I have an obsession with ice cream. Although our site is all about being healthy and eating right, anything in moderation is healthy and anything cold and sugar coated just makes me happy. Ice cream once a week is a happy middle ground, it’s the time I go to our local ice cream parlours and find a new flavour to try out.

I started this tradition a few years ago at our local ice cream parlor called Molly Moons. Since that time I’ve been searching the Seattle area for more ice cream and I’ve found quite a few favourites. From The Fainting Goat, Snoqualmie Ice Cream, and Mora I’ve found my way around Seattle and discovered great new flavours.

In the end it wasn’t about the ice cream it was about the adventure I took while finding it. My ice cream obsession turned from a love of sugar into a new way of approaching desserts and foods. You see, I used to think ice cream and sugar were the worst things for me, I would avoid it by all means and as a result I’d eventually binge on it and eat too much in one sitting. Having ice cream once a week taught me that it’s okay to eat the sugars and fats, and do so in moderation. It became a tradition.

The Snoqualmie Ice Cream company is magical because it is in the middle of Snoqualmie which is very rural and quiet. They have a large range of flavours including alcohol flavours (the first I have ever seen of alcoholic ice cream - that you have to be 21 to order!) and a large outdoor area to sit at. One time we sat out side with our double scoops and Joe rescued a baby bunny. See? Such a magical place.

Last but definitely not least, where it all began, at Molly Moon’s. They made ice cream fun for me. I always get two scoops of ice cream in a waffle cone and love trying out the different toppings. Here we have the chocolate fudge topping with earl gray and cookie dough flavours. Since ice cream makes me happy, you will be seeing more posts on ice cream because as a result of ice cream I have so many adventures in the books.