Is it just me or does ice cream stir up some serious flashbacks?
Maybe it's because it's such a seasonal delight; a nod to the sunshine filled summers of our childhood and windswept trips to the seaside with sand in hair and hair in mouth. Mushed up with jelly, at children's parties and trips to the ice cream parlours on visits to America where the toppings were more exciting than the flavour you chose!
When trying to clean up your eating, ice cream is often one of the first things to be skip on. The frozen concoction of dairy, sugar and processed fats is just a combination that nobody can defend. There are a couple of companies doing it so so right ( try Booja Booja or Oppo Ice Cream), however the frozen banana trick is so simple that you needn't ever deny yourself again. Once you have your base, any flavour combinations are possible! We went for our take on Cookie Dough. Essentially tiny bliss balls, and who can say no to tiny bliss balls!
To make you will need:
100g Chocolate, chopped
4 Dates, destined
2 handfuls of almonds/walnuts
1 tsp coconut oil
4 Bananas, frozen
1 tsp vanilla
Recipe makes 2-4 servings (depending on your sweet tooth)
1. First up, grind your nuts and add your dates and coconut oil. Blend to a dough like consistency.
2. Fold/knead in the chopped chocolate, saving some for topping.
3. Roll the dough into small balls, ideally chunk sized bites.
4. Plate these up and put them in the freezer to firm up. This can take anywhere between 15 and 25 minutes (and will keep for a few days if you want), so be sure not to start your ice cream until these are done.
5. Put your frozen bananas and vanilla in a food processor and blend to a creamy thick consistency
6. Now your ready to go! Stir the cookie dough chunks through the blended ice cream and throw in some extra chocolate chunks. Enjoy!
Note: Make sure that you freeze your bananas for long enough. We made ours quite last minute, and we ended up with a little more smoothie than ice cream. Still delicious however!
By Becky Symes.
No comments
Post a Comment