Healthy Ice Cream Recipe (No Sugar added )

Healthy Ice cream – Is it even possible? Ice Cream is the one dish that tests the strongest resolve of all health-conscious people.

But worry no more…there’s a clever recipe solution.

Upgrade my Ice Cream

Enter clever food hack – Ice cream upgrade using frozen bananas!! Whoever thought of this idea is a mad genius, I say!! Frozen bananas are like blank canvas, you can be a Picasso and add your own flavors to it to make remarkably tasty treats.

Freeze bananas in a ziploc bag overnight

This is my go-to treat on days I want to “indulge”.

This is my go-to happy snack for my kids.

They love it!!

Vanilla, Strawberry, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Flavors..Come and get it!!

How to do it? – Step by Step Pics

Peanut Butter Flavor (Vegan)

This is the simplest.

Literally 2 ingredients…Frozen bananas and salted peanut butter.

Blend…

Scoop and Enjoy!!

When buying Peanut butter – remember, none of the hydrogenated Peanut butter stuff. The peanuts butter I buy has only 2 ingredients – Dry roasted peanuts and salt. The salt especially is a nice touch to the ice cream.

Strawberries and cream

This has a little bit more steps compared to the others. You could use a strawberry jam if you wanted to avoid making a strawberry syrup from scratch. But, then, of course, the jam would have sugar. I have used Raw Honey instead.

Why did I add honey? Well, strawberries, being an acidic fruit, needs added sweetness. Most food products – the general rule is – more acidic the ingredient, the more sweetness is added to balance it out. Lemonade, for eg, is one of the most sugar-requiring juices, no matter how natural it is.

Strawberry Syrup Pics

Heat frozen strawberry

Add raw honey..

Cream cheese is added as fat to cut the acidity. This ice-cream is a lovely flavor, despite having a higher caloric demands to round out the taste profile.

Add Strawberry syrup

Add more honey based on your sweetness level

Scoop and Enjoy!!

 

Vanilla Flavor

This is a creamy, milky version for all the vanilla lovers out there. There is no extra sweetener other than the banana (yay) and added protein from the milk powder (yay).

 

Add vanilla, milk powder and blend.

Scoop and Enjoy!

Chocolate Flavor

I added Almond butter for richness. Almond butter and chocolate are natural compadres (think Nutella with almonds, but healthier!!). I added chopped dates for 2 reasons – 1) Cocoa powder is bitter and requires extra sweetness to temper that 2) The dates provide a nice chewy, textural component to the ice cream. This one is vegan too like the peanut butter one(yay).

 

 

 

Recipe

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Healthy Ice Cream (No Sugar Added, All Natural Yummy Delight)

Using Frozen Bananas as a base, whip up this yummy delight for your family for a no-guilt, healthy ice-cream treat.

Course: Dessert

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Flavor

• 2 Frozen Bananas
• 2 tsp Salted Creamy Peanut Butter

Strawberries and Cream Flavor

Strawberry Syrup

• 1 cup Frozen or fresh strawberries
• 1 Tbsp Raw Honey

Strawberry Ice Cream

• 2 Frozen Bananas
• 1/2 cup Strawberry Syrup
• 1 oz Cream Cheese
• 1 tsp Raw Honey

Milky Vanilla Flavor

• 2 Frozen Bananas
• 1 oz Cream Cheese
• 1 tbsp Non-fat Milk Powder
• 2 Splashes Vanilla

Chocolate Flavor

• 2 Frozen Bananas
• 2 tsp Cocoa Powder
• 2 tsp Almond Butter
• 1/2 cup Chopped Dates

Instructions

Peanut Butter Ice Cream

1. Add Frozen bananas and Peanut butter to Food Processor. Blend and Scoop.

Strawberries and cream

Strawberry Syrup

1. Heat 1 cup of frozen strawberries without any water.

2. Add honey. Boil and mash well until you have a thick syrup with chunks of strawberry.

The Ice-Cream Portion

1. Add frozen bananas, cream cheese and blend.

2. Add the prepared strawberry syrup. Add more honey based on your sweetness level and scoop.

Milky Vanilla

1. Add Frozen bananas, Cream cheese and blend. Add vanilla, milk powder and blend. Scoop!!

Chocolate Flavor

1. Add Cocoa powder, almond butter and dates to blended frozen bananas. Scoop!!

Conclusion

I have listed 4 versions above. These are just base ideas. You could try these or make your own versions. Either way, I would love to see it. I love to hear from all my readers. Have you tried a “healthy ice cream” before? Share your thoughts…

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to my mom and my daughters for being my “hand models” for this photo shoot. Yay them!!