Ok so this post right here, right now, is dedicated to ALL of you healthy haters out there who think healthy food is bland, boring and straight up impossible to enjoy. I dare all of you haters to take 10minutes out of your day to whip up what I guarantee will be the sweet treat of your dreams! Don’t worry though, you won’t have to tell any of your other hater friends that you made it and loved it and will probably most likely be making it again tomorrow and the next day, anddd the day after that! Il give you permission to keep it your little secret as long as you promise to stop hatin’ on us! Deal?
This year in particular I have discovered a few new things about myself, one of them being that I am obsessed with Banana’s. I guess I am also referred to in the Urban Dictionary as a “Banana Junkie” {Person who has unhealthy obsession with bananas – Will try and smuggle bananas on their person to eat during the day, paranoid about the extinction of the banana. In severe cases sufferers of this affliction have been known to dress as bananas and also wear pyjamas while running down stairs and may ingest up to 40 bananas in a day}…. yep, that sounds about right!! 🙂
I have discovered not only that I am obsessed with how banana’s taste but also how they make me feel. I use them in almost every single Breakfast recipe I make being as they really do make your pancakes that much fluffier, your muffins that much more moist, your cereal that much sweeter, your yogourt & granola that much happier being as they just look lost without a perfectly sliced Nan on top! Wouldn’t you agree?…… I just don’t even know where I would be without them.
Enter Banana Nice’Cream! In my opinion it truly is the greatest vegan alternative to traditional ice cream being as it’s low in sodium and gluten-free! Nice cream uses bananas as a base instead of cream, which creates a gelato like consistency when frozen. Once the base is complete, it can easily be mixed with other ingredients to make the sweet treat of your dreams! Not convinced yet? Here are some health benefits associated with banana’s and also how to make this delicious nice cream at home in under 10 minutes!
Preparing to make a batch of Traditional Banana Nice Cream aka the sweet treat of your dreams 🙂
First, peel and slice the extra ripe spotty bananas before placing them in the freezer (Freeze the banana pieces for at least 2 hours: but ideally overnight). You also want to make sure your bananas are perfectly ripe – unripe bananas won’t get the same rich and creamy consistency and can also cause digestion issues.
Next, leave your bananas out on the counter for a few minutes before blending. Then what I like to do is add a little liquid with the frozen banana’s, such as a few tablespoons of unsweetened coconut milk and pure vanilla extract to the food processor.
Pulse the frozen banana pieces a few times… Now start to blend! At first the banana pieces will look crumbled and very “un-ice cream” looking but don’t worry! It will get smoother! Scrape down the sides of the food processor with a spatula a few times in between and continue to blend. The banana will start to look gooey, like banana mush, then you’ll start to notice the last bits of banana smooth out and the mixture will now look like creamy, soft-serve ice cream! Blend for a few more seconds. If you’d like to turn the traditional recipe into something different my recommendations would be a tablespoon of cacao powder (to make it chocolatey or some extra added fruit if you’d like to make it fruitier), however my all-time favourite is to keep it classic with no extra add ins!
Transfer to a bowl and place in freezer for a few minutes. (You can eat the ice cream immediately, but it will be quite soft!) Totally up to you!
Now it’s time to get creative! The banana won’t impact the taste too much, so you can make your nice cream any flavor you want without having to worry about it clashing. Add some texture to your nice cream by adding toppings (think nuts/homemade granola/toasted coconut flakes/cacao nibs or absolutely anything you wish!) Well maybe not anything, but you get the point!
(dairy-free) 
(gluten-free) 
(vegan)
| Passive Time | 5-10 minutes |
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- 2 frozen banana's peel, slice and freeze them at least 2 hours prior to making, best overnight
- 1/3 cup BOB's gluten-free rolled oats
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 2-4 tablespoons unsweetened coconut milk (I use So Delicious Brand) *can be substituted with any milk of choice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Ingredients
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Nutritional information calculated using half of ingredients to make one serving for 1 person. Does not include any extra additional toppings.
