Banana not-icecream

[rydra_wong]

Con: requires use of a food-processor or blender, which can be hard for those of us with noise sensitivity.

Pro: minimal prep, lasts indefinitely in the freezer, takes only a few minutes to make, no cooking required, compatible with a very wide range of special dietary requirements, is mysterious food alchemy.

Taken from Instructables: 1-Ingredient Ice Cream:

Take a banana or bananas, peel, chop into chunks, then put in a bag in the freezer.

When desired, take out your frozen banana chunks, put them in a food processor, and blend them.

The result is amazingly creamy in texture, and way sweeter than regular banana, for reasons I cannot fathom.

I don't eat a lot of sugar, and I actually find the result too sweet; I'm going to be experimenting with blending in extra ingredients, including other fruits or cocoa powder.

ETA: If you need/want to take a supplement that's in powder form, blending it in seems to work very well (I tried this with a scoop of whey protein).

ETA2: If you are okay with dairy, blending in some Greek yoghurt is amazingly delicious.

Comments

[0jack]

I've made this for ages. It's fantastic with frozen raspberries and cocoa powder or just with the straight cocoa--but mix the cocoa powder with some milk or water and let it sit for about 15+ minutes. I can't remember all of the blargle about the charge on cocoa powder but, long story short, it's how you get rid of any powdery taste from the cocoa powder. It's the same thing you do when you're making chocolate whipped cream. :)