I was going to go for a walk tonight, but it is just too damn windy, so I made a Brown Cow Slushy instead. I know. You thought I was going to say I ran on my elliptical instead. Sorry. Brown Cow Slushy trumps elliptical any day.

• 1 1/2 cups fat free half-and-half
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar (I used vanilla sugar)
• 3 12-ounce bottles of quality rootbeer

In medium mixing bowl, use hand mixer on low speed to combine half-and-half and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Stir in root beer. Pour mixture into ice cream machine and let thicken until slushy.

The best part is that one serving is only 218 calories. That’s very reasonable for a ice-cream-like treat!

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