Quick Healthy Ice Cream

On a diet and miss your favorite desserts? A vegan who secretly misses ice cream? An easy way to fix your sweet tooth cravings without adding the empty calories of sweets is to make ice cream from frozen bananas.  This recipe is extremely easy and makes for a healthy alternative.

Ingredients

Ripe bananas

Ingredients if so desired

Cinnamon

Chocolate chips

Chocolate or caramel syrup

Vanilla or peppermint flavorings

Recipe

1.       Freeze ripe bananas (I wait until they are yellow and sometimes starting to brown) Bananas at this point do not have quite as much taste so it’s easy to add flavors.

2.       Once the bananas are frozen, put them in a blender and mix until smooth.

3.       If so desired add cinnamon or any flavorings you want and continue to blend or spoon out the ice cream and add toppings. My favorite is cinnamon, but any topping will be delicious.

4.       If serving to kids add a little food coloring to give the appearance of the infamous rainbow ice cream found in the store.

*Make a big batch all at once and keep leftovers in the fridge for a little dessert or snack after dinner.

I have even given a bowl with chocolate syrup to a friend that hates bananas. I told her it was some new vanilla ice cream I wanted to try. She did not even realize what she was eating and loved it.