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.




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).


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

Using Frozen Bananas as a base, whip up this yummy delight for your family for a no-guilt, healthy ice-cream treat.
- 2 Frozen Bananas
- 2 tsp Salted Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 cup Frozen or fresh strawberries
- 1 Tbsp Raw Honey
- 2 Frozen Bananas
- 1/2 cup Strawberry Syrup
- 1 oz Cream Cheese
- 1 tsp Raw Honey
- 2 Frozen Bananas
- 1 oz Cream Cheese
- 1 tbsp Non-fat Milk Powder
- 2 Splashes Vanilla
- 2 Frozen Bananas
- 2 tsp Cocoa Powder
- 2 tsp Almond Butter
- 1/2 cup Chopped Dates
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Add Frozen bananas and Peanut butter to Food Processor. Blend and Scoop.
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Heat 1 cup of frozen strawberries without any water.
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Add honey. Boil and mash well until you have a thick syrup with chunks of strawberry.
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Add frozen bananas, cream cheese and blend.
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Add the prepared strawberry syrup. Add more honey based on your sweetness level and scoop.
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Add Frozen bananas, Cream cheese and blend. Add vanilla, milk powder and blend. Scoop!!
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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!!
Swetha, ice cream recipes are fantastic esp your chocolate flavour. A wonderful idea to keep the bananas frozen and used later as a main ingredient
Thank you!! So happy to hear that!!