After reading this post, you will have no excuses for not being able to make something fast and healthy…unless you don’t like bananas.
I am a relatively new blogger, so I didn’t catch the craze in June 2009 when this post went up on Choosing Raw called “This post will change your life.”
Really? Change my life? Frozen bananas –> ice cream with one ingredient? No way.
I finally froze some bananas that were on their way out, and then I whirled them away in the food processor.
Banana Ice Cream
Ingredients:
3 bananas in chunks. Yes, that is all.
Optional add ins: pecans, salt, honey, chocolate chips, strawberries, peanut butter, the list goes on! Can’t wait to try some of these combinations.
Instructions:
Place frozen banana chunks in food processor and turn on. Hold onto your Cuisinart for dear life. I have never seen the thing jump like that! It stopped jumping after the pieces were broken up. Let whirl for a while, and stop to scrape from sides once. Whirl again until consistency is like ice cream, or frozen yogurt.
1.5 bananas makes about 2 ice cream scooper-sized scoops.
Spoon into bowl, on top of oatmeal, over fruit salad, with cookies. The list goes on!
Banana Nut Ice Cream
Ingredients:
3 frozen bananas in chunks (makes about 4 single scoop servings)
1/4 C pecans
dash of salt
drizzle honey
Instructions:
Add all ingredients to food processor. Hold on and let whirl.
OMG delicious. The nuts add a lot of flavor and texture. Yes, you have to like bananas. But I was licking the spatula and not feeling guilty. It’s JUST BANANAS.
I didn’t create this magical concept, but I wanted to share with my readers! Enjoy!
Thanks for this post which reminded me that I had 4 bananas in my freezer. I whizzed up two of them with a scoop of almond butter and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Yum.
ha! I made something very similar to this last night! Great stuff