Toffee Pecan Ice Cream and a Panasonic DMC-ZS1 LUMIX

In a family where both husband and wife find it necessary to keep a camera close at hand it was time to decide what second camera we would purchase while still allowing us to keep close tabs on our budget. A camera that easily transports in my purse and still takes quality photo's for using on my blog while my husband uses our semi professional camera on his job sites.

It was a really hard decision.. quite frankly I only wanted to buy "up", but desperate times mean desperate measures and while the Nikon D3 is still on my wish list it will have to wait for another time. We still have our D90 and I love LOVE the quality photo's I am able to get out of it. It's not quite a professional camera but recently I was able to use it for some professional Food Styling and Photography for Comali Foods, a company here in Southern California who hired me to do the photo's for their web site, packaging and literature. It was so exiting and totally unexpected. You can see them here at my SmugMug account. My viewing password is LaurieMariaVengoechea no spaces, exactly as typed.


So about this little Panasonic camera.. it's called the LUMIX ZS1. It has an impressive 12x Optical Zoom, it's slim and has AVCHD Lite High Definition Video Recording Capability. It has 10.1 megapixels and a 25mm ultra-wide-angle lens. I love the wide angle of this lens and the viewing screen.. it looks like my HDTV. It even has the same memory chip I use in my D90 which when inserted into my TV I can view my photo's on the large screen and if you have the Wii you can creatively edit your photo's with their fun photo tools. :) The camera was under $300.00 and well worth it!

Here are a few photo's taken of some yummy home made Toffee Pecan ice cream with my new LUMIX. Enjoy!!


This ice cream was delicious! Very simple indeed..
I used 2 cans evaporated milk, 1 can sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 quart heavy whipping cream (whipped), Heath toffee bits and candied pecans, recipe can be found here for the candied pecans. Mix together milks and carefully fold in whipped cream, refrigerate for two hours. Freeze in ice cream maker as directed. When ice cream begins to firm up add toffee bits and pecans. Pack in an ice cream container and let harden. Yumm.. this is probably my favorite way to prepare ice cream, it is so creamy and rich and just as good as H�agen-Dazs'. :)


We always have candied pecans and walnuts on hand.. they make a great snack and a yummy protein pick-me-up!