Why is it that when I ask Poppy what she would like for breakfast, she says ice cream?! I really do try so hard to make healthy food for her but I suppose at the end of the day, its not healthy if they don’t eat it!
I had made what I am going to call my super awesome, super easy discovery of the year!!!
This recipe has been doing the rounds of the vegan food blogs and I had been dying to try it. Seriously one ingredient, one minute and you can have ice cream that looks like this!
One Minute Banana Ice Cream
I had a bunch of bananas this week that were starting to look a little sad. You know that point they get to when you know if you put one in a lunchbox, everything is going to smell like banana?
So I peeled them all (about 6 of them) and popped them in the freezer. The next day I took them out and chopped them into 1 inch pieces. Then, I just threw them in the food processor. At first they looked just all chopped up, and then they looked just kind of mashed. But then something magic happened. Something to do with the fat in the banana causes the banana mix to go this lovely pale yellow colour and develop the smoothest ice cream consistancy.
I was starting to feel like Jamie Oliver in 30 Minute Meals! Throw it in here, press this and a 3 course meal on the table!!!!! Ha, not quite but nearly!!!
Poppy and I ate some of this straight away. Yum! We loved it!
It is very bananarry (yes thats a made up word) so if your kids don’t like it that strong you could throw some yogurt into the mix also, choc chips or cinnamon would be yummy too (have we all heard about the amazing health benefits of cinnamon? see here to read more)
This does freeze well but like most homemade ice creams does go really hard upon freezing so let stand out of the freezer for 10 minutes before scooping. And yes, when Poppy asked for ice cream for breakfast the next morning, I was only too happy to give her this one minute banana ice cream and strawberries. I managed healthy and happy all before 8am. And thats a win win, I say!
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