Make your own ice cream then. Yes, it’s easy and tastes so good. Plant-based ice cream completely free of dairy and white sugar suits everyone, and all ages.
Coconut & Lavender Ice Cream (vegan & nut-free)
2.5 dl coconut milk
1-2 tbsp edible lavender flowers
2 frozen bananas, sliced
Natural sweetener such as maple syrup, honey, coconut palm sugar
How to make it?
- Add coconut milk and lavender to a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Remove from heat and stir.
- Let stand, covered, for 20 minutes.
- Strain out the lavender flowers.
- Pour the coconut milk into a freezer-safe container and freeze overnight.
- Break the frozen coconut milk into pieces and place in a food processor or a powerful blender.
- Add the sliced frozen banana.
- Blend until smooth and add sweetener now if desired. The banana already sweetens the ice cream, so it depends on taste.
- The ice cream can now be eaten immediately. If you want firmer “ice cream,” put the mixture in the freezer for 20 minutes.
Almond & Peach Ice Cream (vegan)
2.5 dl almonds
2.5 dl water
3-4 peaches (save some for decoration)
5 dates (remove pits)
a pinch of vanilla powder
1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
How to make it?
- Soak almonds overnight, then drain.
- Put almonds in a powerful blender covered with fresh water and blend until it becomes like milk.
- Strain through a nut milk bag or similar. If you’re in a hurry, you can of course use ready-made almond milk.
- Pour the strained almond milk back into a cleaned blender with the peaches and dates.
- Blend until smooth.
- Mix in vanilla and lemon juice, blend again.
- Pour into a freezer-safe container and leave overnight.
- Decorate the finished ice cream with some peach halves.
Banana & Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce (vegan)
3 frozen bananas, sliced
2 tbsp unsalted peanut butter
1/4 tbsp sea salt
How to make it?
- Slice bananas and freeze overnight in a container with a lid. Take them out the next day and thaw for a few minutes.
- Blend bananas and peanut butter in a powerful blender until it becomes a batter.
- Add a little salt at a time and adjust to your taste.
Chocolate Sauce
2 tbsp coconut oil
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp yacon syrup or another liquid sweetener you like
1 pinch sea salt (optional)
How to make it?
- Gently melt the coconut oil in a saucepan over low heat or in a water bath.
- Add cocoa powder, optional sweetener, and salt and stir gently until smooth.
- If there’s any left over, store in the fridge.
- Scoop the ice cream into a bowl and pour on the chocolate sauce...
Ice cream is just so good =)
