Ice cream made from just a banana.
Freeze a banana, blend it in a blender, and voila! Ice cream!
I decided to try it. Especially since I'm off sweets and this had no added sugar.
This particular recipe added peanut butter to the banana (and a few commenters added that a dash of cocoa powder was super delicious).
The kids and I put it together tonight and I was really surprised.
It actually looked like ice cream.
I was so excited!
Until I tasted it.
Guess what.
It tasted like mashed bananas...that were cold.
Oh wait...mashed bananas with peanut butter that were cold.
Meh.
I wondered if a splash of vanilla would make a difference, so I added that in.
Meh.
It made it a tad tastier, but what I couldn't get over was the texture. It was nothing like ice cream. Smooth, sure. But ultimately it was thick, mashed banana that didn't even come close to melting in your mouth.
After 3 bites, I was done.
I asked my 4 year old if he liked the ice cream and he said yes.
"Did it taste like Ice Cream?" I asked.
"No...it just taste like banana."
I guess he wasn't fooled either. After one or two bites, he and my 2 year old had both had enough.
I guess we will just have to wait till I'm eating sweets again and have real ice cream.
2 comments:
Are you cutting out all sugar Sara or just refined sugar? I have a great ice cream recipe that uses honey if you're still doing natural sugars....
I AM still doing natural sugars. I would love to have it! But...I also don't have an ice cream maker, if that makes a difference. :)
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