Homemade banana ice-cream
Bananas at Happy Homestead.
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As my pregnancy progresses I find myself in need of more potassium to help prevent leg cramps and as there are over 420g of the stuff in one banana, I became a huge fan of the fruit!
Well, not exactly ice cream... More what we like to call "Nice Cream" and made entirely from one ingredient - bananas!
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I realise there are a ton of recipes for this particular dessert out there in the vast lands of the internet, but as I was making it for myself today, I decided to take some arty photographs and type up my method anyway - just in case some of you out there haven’t heard of this guilt-free pudding before!
Let’s begin making this super quick, healthy, vegan-friendly, gluten-free, nutritious and absolutely delicious ice-cream!
Banana ice-cream
Ingredients:
- Bananas (one per person) - I did say that this was a one-ingredient recipe!
Super Quick Recipe:
Step 1: Slice and Freeze
- Peel & slice up bananas.
- Put the slices into a cellophane food bag (or a tub) and place it in the freezer.
- Wait until it freezes over, usually about 2 hours.
Get a few bananas
Place the bananas into a food bag
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Peel the bananas
Squeeze the air out of the bag
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Slice the bananas
Flatten the bag
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Sliced bananas
Freeze sliced bananas
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You can leave the bananas frozen until desired - so you can always have a supply ready. Freezing is also a good way to preserve the fruit, so if you have any browning in your fruit bowl, now would be a good time to chop them up and freeze for later yumminess!
Then, when you fancy a quick dessert -
Step 2: Blend & Serve
Step 2: Blend & Serve
- Take the frozen bananas out of the freezer and leave them on the kitchen counter to thaw out for about 30 minutes.
- Blend or pulse (using a hand blender or a food processor) until it becomes smooth and adapts the ice-cream like consistency.
Place the bananas into blender
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Not ready yet!
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Still not smooth enough!
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Perfect ice-cream consistency
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- Lastly, place the creamy deliciousness into a dessert dish and serve.
No additives. No fuss.
Homemade banana ice-cream
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Dessert goblet with ice-cream
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Quick and simple dessert
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Date Syrup Topping
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It is extremely delish served with a date syrup on top. So much so that I never have it without the topping!
Ingredients:
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Soft pitted dates
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Super Quick Recipe:
- Add a few dates into a glass and add a small amount of water on top, just to moisten (you don’t want to drown them!).
- Let them stand (I usually do this just after I take my bananas out of the freezer, so the dates have 30 minutes or so to soften)
- Blend for a few minutes, until you have a thick, syrup-like consistency.
Dates soaking in water
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Blend until smooth and syrup-like
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Perfect date syrup consistency
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Use this beautiful healthy topping to embellish the already perfect banana ice-cream dessert and enjoy. I had a friend coming over for Friday afternoon catch-up and I served her this healthy snack. She loved it! I am a pudding person but she finished it quicker than I did! A success!
A perfect Sunday dessert!
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Quick homemade ice-cream!
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We've been enjoying this dessert after our Sunday dinner (when you want something super light but sweet a few hours after) and been serving it to friends at parties for about a year now and it's always very much appreciated.
Added sugar-free, vegan-friendly, paleo-friendly and completely healthy which means very few of your guests will have any excuses for refusing this dessert (I am mindful of people with allergies though). Best of all - takes only a few minutes to prepare!
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