Monday, June 11, 2012

Banana "Ice Cream"

This Paleo-ish diet I've been on, as I've mentioned, hasn't been too difficult.  Mainly because I don't have a sweet tooth.  Every once in a while though, especially in the summer, I crave something sweet and cold.  Those are the days I wish I wasn't lactose semi-intolerant (lactose averse?), because ice cream is really the best thing to cure that craving.  Luckily, somewhere (probably Pinterest) I stumbled upon this crazy idea to make "ice cream" out of frozen bananas - and it really is the next best thing to the real thing.

For one serving:
1 banana, peeled, frozen

Misc additions:
Raspberries
Sliced strawberries
Chopped almonds
Almond butter
Honey (if you want it sweeter)
Unsweetened cocoa powder

Throw the banana in the food processor with the blade attachment and whirl away, til it's fully creamed.  You can add the cocoa at this point to make it like chocolate ice cream, or any of the other misc additions to blend them in.  Or add them afterward for a little chunkiness.

So far I've tried freezing the banana both ways - with the peel on, and peeling it first before freezing.  Freezing with the peel on seemed to keep the banana from getting too hard; when I peeled it first, it was more difficult to cream in the food processor.  It just took longer, and at one point I had to stick it in the micro for 15 seconds to soften up.  But, freezing with the peel on was messier, because it was a little tricky getting the peel off of the frozen banana!  I think from here on out I'll stick to peeling them first, just because I don't like the messy/sticky hands.

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