8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar (if using sugar or syrup packed frozen berries, omit the sugar in the recipe)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup fresh pureed strawberry (if using sugar or syrup packed frozen berries, omit the sugar in the recipe)
1 cup half-and-half
Blend all ingredients until smooth. Chill ingredients for about 1 hour, or until cold.
Turn on ice cream machine and set it to chill the freezing/mixing bowl for 5 minutes.
Spoon the cooled mixture into the freezing/mixing bowl of machine. Set the freezing timer to the 30 minute maximum setting. Push start button.
When timer rings, spoon ice cream into dishes and enjoy.
serves 4