Quick & Creamy "Ice Cream"

Chocolate banana ice cream to be exact...

This is about as fast and easy as a homemade vegan ice cream recipe can be. As long as you have pre-frozen bananas in your freezer. Otherwise it is a pudding recipe, which is still delicious.

Ingredients:
1 frozen banana
1/4 cup coconut milk
1 tsp. cocoa powder

Directions:
-Allow the banana to thaw for five minutes then chop into pieces.
-Place all ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
-Spoon out into a bowl and enjoy!

Serves: 1

Tip: This is best fresh as it hardens when refrozen. The coconut milk adds a richness like real ice cream, other milks can be substituted and the recipe will still be almost as good.

Nutrient Profile:
We all know bananas are loaded with potassium. Bananas are also a good source of phosphorous, magnesium, folate, and vitamin A which protects eyesight. Bananas even contain omega 3 and 6 fatty acids and of course plant sterols. Bananas are heart healthy foods (unless you have hyperkalemia) and a bone healthy food by helping the body absorb calcium.

Coconut milk is ofter feared due to the high levels of saturated fat. Yet it is a healthy fat called lionic acid. Lionic acid is in human breast milk to help with brain development. Like bananas, coconut milk is rich in potassium and other bone building nutrients such as selenium, calcium, and magnesium.

So could we call this a heart, bone, and brain healthy vegan version of ice cream? If you want to you wouldn't be exaggerating.