post from Veggie Wedgie
I had a dream the other night that I owned an ice cream shop with my boyfriend and we only sold ice cream with frozen bananas as a base. We had flavors like banana-caramel, banana-vanilla, banana-chocolate, banana choc-chip, banana peanut butter, banana-pistachio and strawberry-banana!! It was a very funny dream but it made me realize how versatile banana ice cream can be! I will for sure try more flavors and post them!
While banana ice cream that is made only with bananas is not something new to the world of vegans and raw foodists I felt like I should do a post about it and give you my version, because it’s so darn good. Blended bananas make a very creamy, rich and yummy pudding so imagine a frozen version of this. Now if only you could whip some up in seconds, without an ice cream maker. As I have learned the past few months, with a powerful blender [aka Vitamix] everything is possible. For those that do not have such tool, other powerful blenders can be used, or even food processors.Try this recipe of banana ice cream and you will be amazed by its creamy texture and the crunch of cacao nibs. Also this recipe does not contain sugar, dairy, soy, gluten, fat or nuts. You know, one of those!
What you should know about freezing bananas :
-Bananas have to be peeled before going in the freezer
-Strings on bananas have to be removed, since they can be bitter
-Use sweet, ripe bananas for freezing
-Keep them in a zip lock bag
-Bananas need to freeze overnight to be made into ice cream
-Storing frozen bananas in your freezer means you can have instant ice cream any time
Ingredients for about 3-4 scoops:
-3 ripe frozen bananas
-1tbsp lucuma powder
-3 tbsp cacao nibs
-1tbsp shredded coconut
Place the bananas in the blender with the lucuma powder. Blend away on high using the tamper [if using a Vitamix] to help it blend for about 30 seconds, or more if needed but take care cause if you take too long it might start melting.
Transfer in a bowl and sprinkle with cacao nibs and coconut flakes. Serve immediately.
Comments (32)
That looks sooo good, but I only like eating fresh bananas :(
I could substitute it with strawberries or peaches :D
Mhm yum.
i <3 chocolate dipped bananas
just freeze halved , peeled bananas and dip them into hot melted chocolate. it makes an instant yummy chocolate shell. i swear i can eat 100 of these ^_^
This sounds yummy! I'd love to have some banana ice cream.
sounds delish
seems like a lot of work ...
i'll get the bf to do it =0
looks like what heaven tastes like.Yum
How about Banana Cake with vanilla ice creaaammm... OM NOM NOM!
amazing! I'm going to try this asap.
That is a really great idea, and healthy because it's made by using just pure bananas.
my GOSHHHHHH
that looks AMAZING!
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just plain ol' frozen bananas are delishhhh too !!!
yummm
every time I make banana soft serve, they always turn out to be a bit runny,
any suggestion?
I like mine with creamy pb and melted chocolate (which makes it not raw)
but it's delicious
What's lucuma powder?
@Meowmeowkimmaee@xanga - It's a powder made from a Peruvian fruit. I read that it sort of tastes like maple syrup.
I want to try this. Looks interesting.
i want a taste of that
your dream was good! wished you had really opened the 'banana shop', i'm sure all banana-lovers (like me) would visit your shop. :D
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that looks really good, but too bad im not a big fan of bananas XD
that needs to be in my mouth.
mmmm ice cream >__<
Sounds yummy!
It looks yummy, i want some!
That actually looks really good.
I wanna try this!
my friend always makes desserts like this when i'm over at her place on weekends. it's so delicious and so simple.
that looks delicious ^_^