Are you ready to satisfy your sweet tooth with a delightful frozen dessert? Look no further than this single serving nice cream recipe. Its all for you, no need to share.
Made with a creamy banana base infused with blueberries this healthy treat is perfect when you crave something refreshing and fruity. Whether you are a fan of soft serve desserts or simply love the sweet taste of blueberries, this indulgence is a must-try.
This nice cream recipe is created with yummy wholefood ingredients, and is so much healthier than your standard store bought ice cream. It has no truckloads of refined sugar, fillers, preservatives or colours added but it boasts the same creamy deliciousness of traditional ice cream.
What is Nice Cream anyway?
It’s called ‘nice cream’ rather than ice cream, just to differentiate the two. Nice cream is a super easy, take on traditional ice cream, yet made very differently. You don’t need one of those special ice cream churning machines, you simply use frozen bananas, a splash of milk to get things blending.
It sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Ice cream just out of bananas – yeah right! About this little concoction, I cannot hold back. It IS amazing. You will need to keep going back and trying it and saying– that can’t be right. It tastes like ice-cream and it is so damn good! This is definitely one for the recipe bible. You will be in awe of the deliciousness before your spoon even begins to melt into the bowl.
This recipe has added protein to improve the macro balance (protein, carbohydrate, healthy fats). This is not about calorie counting: It’s about paying attention to key nutrients and taking in the daily recommended portion your body needs to maintain your energy levels and overall wellbeing.
There are important reasons why protein is important in a healthy balanced diet. Eating high-protein foods has many health and fitness benefits, including:
Speeding recovery after exercise and/or injury
Reducing muscle loss
Building lean muscle
Helping maintain a healthy weight
Curbing hunger.
A well-balanced diet with proper ratios of macro nutrients (protein, healthy carbs and fats) provides all of the: energy you need to keep active throughout the day. nutrients you need for growth and repair, helping you to stay strong and healthy and help to prevent diet-related illness.
When you find your optimal balance and amounts of macro nutrients, you take a major step toward reaching your health goals and this balance has been improved in this recipe by the addition of healthy protein.
You can satisfy an ice cream craving guilt-free anytime with this superstar “nice cream“! Seems so simple, that it feels like you are cheating a bit… but to be honest – it’s delectable stuff. And let’s face it, why make it complicated when something this simple can taste insanely delightful!
Once you start making nice creams, you will stop buying store bought ice creams, the creaminess it has is nothing less than any ice cream and the plus point is, it is absolutely healthy!
Blueberry Protein Nice Cream For One
Ingredients
- 1 banana, sliced, frozen
- 1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
- 2 tablespoons milk of choice
- 1 scoop protein or collagen peptides powder
- Few extra blueberries for garnish
Instructions
- Place the bananas in a food processor with the milk and process until like magic the mixture turns to ice cream.Add the blueberries and protein powder and pulse a few time to combine. Be careful not to over process so as to leave some ‘bits’ for texture in your nice cream.Scoop into a bowl and eat it right away for a soft serve nice cream, or place in freezer for 30 minutes or so for a firmer texture.To serve, use the extra blueberries as garnish.
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