Green Machine Nice Cream

Ice cream just got a healthy little makeover in the form of this recipe. Made with just 3 ingredients (one of them is a veggie!), this healthy dessert is DELICIOUS, naturally sweetened with fruit and it comes together in a matter of minutes in your blender or food processor! Plus, it is Paleo, vegan, and kid-friendly!

I have been making Nice Cream for years and years and love how adaptable and easy it can be! You can jazz it up by adding toppings or mix-ins (I highly suggest whipped coconut cream recipe below in notes) and a drizzle of nut butter as a topping or enjoy it as is.

Plus it can be made in the moment and enjoyed straight from the blender/food processor with a spoon or made ahead of time, thrown in the freezer to firm up a bit and then scooped into ice cream cones or served as a healthy dessert at a later time!

Once upon a time, many years ago when I was just figuring out how to clean up my diet and not exist off of microwave burritos and pints of Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey…..

I learned about an EASY and healthy little dessert life hack that is called “Nice Cream” that was totally perfect for when you were hankering for something sweet and frozen, but were not exactly looking to load up on dairy, refined sugar and whatever else is hiding in your ice cream of choice.

I love to add veggies to all the things (who doesn’t need more veggies in their life, after all), so I of course started adding spinach to my Nice Cream! The spinach flavor just disappears into those creamy, sweet bananas, but gives the nice cream a fun green color and a healthy does of potassium, magnesium, folic acid iron, calcium, and vitamins C, K, B6, B9 and E.

So yeah, the bottom line is that spinach is pretty awesome little veggie that we all should be consuming oodles of…..and we can do it and have our nice cream too!

What is “nice cream”?

“Nice Cream” is a magical (and SIMPLE) little treat made from 1 thing… frozen bananas that have been blended to creamy perfection in your blender or food processor! Truly, that is it…and it is a magically wonderful and healthy stand-in for traditional ice cream that really satisfied a singing sweet tooth!

Suggested Adaptations

Make this as green….or not green…as you want. I give the SUGGESTED amount of spinach in the recipe, but truly feel free to make this your own! If you (or your kids) are iffy about green food, maybe add less spinach so the green color isn’t so vivid.

Make it CHOCOLATE! Love the idea of spinach in dessert but totally want to hide the green color? Add cocoa powder to taste and enjoy a different twist on this fun and healthy dessert.

Add mix-ins or toppings. Think of your favorite ice cream accessories and add them to this recipe! I love adding frozen berries, chocolate chips, nut butter into the blender for a quick spin in the blender/food processor after the bananas and spinach have been blended!

Or my absolute favourite, add a dollop of whipped coconut cream (recipe below in notes) and a dash of sprinkles or fresh berries and make this little treat into a healthy little sundae for some extra fun!

 

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine Healthy Clean Eating

Keyword clean eating dessert or snack, clean eating ice cream, good for you ice cream, green machine nice cream, healthy green ice cream, spinach ice cream

Servings 2

Ingredients

• 2-3 bananas, ripe, sliced, frozen
• 1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk or almond milk
• 1-2 cups loosely packed baby spinach, or to taste

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a food processor or high speed blender. Blend. Scrape down the sides with a spatula and blend again until smooth, creamy and well mixed.

  Enjoy immediately or scoop nice cream into a covered container and store in freezer to firm up or to be enjoyed at a later date!

Notes

Add even more nutrition and healthy qualities to many other dishes with nutrient-dense fluffy, whipped coconut cream.

It’s a dairy-free dessert topping that is not overly sweet and made with simple ingredients. This whipped coconut cream is just as thick, luscious, and creamy as dairy-full whipped cream and ideal for topping cakes, tarts, puddings, hot cocoa, and more.

Made with just 3 ingredients in 5 minutes of active time. Be sure to chill the canned coconut milk the day before you need it.

Packed with healthy fats, tons of other good stuff and amazing flavour to help support a healthy, fit body.

Go here for the simple recipe:  Whipped Coconut Cream 

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