This week, Bon Appégeechee is going Bananas on The LaJule Chronicles' Beauty from the Inside Out!!
Black
Hair Media described concisely the health benefits of this ubiquitous
tropical fruit. Bananas contain
potassium, iron, and B Vitamins (including B6 and B12). Bananas have a great deal of health benefits
for such ailments as anemia, depression, cramping, constipation and
diarrhea. Bananas also promote healthy
bones, teeth, regulation of blood pressure, kidney health, improved nerve
function, and stress relief.
Further, a good banana mask for your hair works wonders on
frizz. Consider.
Today, we’re making Banana Ice Cream! Don’t say, “Well, I don’t have an ice cream
maker”, because you don’t need one! I
don’t think that calling this an ice cream is at all a misnomer, though this recipe
contains no dairy. A creaminess of the
fruit’s texture takes place when blending frozen bananas. Completely vegan, this recipe is one more
reason to keep and freeze over ripened bananas.
The world of food blogging is very much in line with fashion
blogging when it comes to developing trends, “hotness vs. hot mess” systematically
applies across these two worlds. The minute
The Kitchn published this ‘how
to’, headlines and post titles across the food blogosphere were amazed by the
tale. Everyone
made One
Ingredient Banana Ice Cream! Google
it, you’ll see. However, you won’t have to; this recipe is as easy as it
gets. All you need are frozen bananas
and either a food processor or a high powered blender. That’s it! I added
toasted pecans and a tablespoon of peanut butter just to complicate things a
little, but neither is necessary to make this recipe work.
Imagine making this for kids, or kids at heart, they’ll go
Bananas! Just make sure you make enough
for sharing. You’ll love it to!
THIS is absolutely the cleverest recipe I’ve ever made! It’s like magic!
Absolutely BANANAS, Banana
(& Peanut Butter) Ice Cream!
Yield: 2 Servings.
Feel free to multiply this recipe out. It’s as flexible as they come.
The Method: The Ingredients
4 frozen ripe
bananas, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon
of creamy peanut butter (optional)1/3 cup of toasted pecans (optional)
The Madness: Assembly
To toast the pecans: Place your pecans in a small dry pan on the stove under medium high heat. Stir or shake the pan occasionally for 4 minutes. The nuts will become toasted and fragrant. Set aside to cool.
On to the magic; I keep an arsenal of frozen bananas as thickeners and flavoring for smoothies; therefore, my bananas were frozen whole. Peel and slice the bananas into rounds. You can use unfrozen bananas; however, make sure to slice and freeze them until completely frozen. About 2 hours.
Place the banana slices into your food processor. BLEND the bananas, be sure to stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl occasionally. As the frozen mixture starts to blend, you’ll see the ice cream start to take shape.
The mix goes from a bowl of frozen bananas to banana ice cream in NO TIME!
Just as the mixture starts to resemble thick ice cream add the peanut butter.
Continue to blend to desired consistency.
Let me know what you think, right here or at The LaJule
Chronicles what you think of this recipe!
Remember, where beauty starts from the inside out!
xo, Bon Appégeechee
This vegan ice cream recipe has always been fascinating. Isn't it crazy how you can make something of this texture from a fruit?!
ReplyDeleteFascinating is the perfect word! Its been around forever! The variation in flavors, the different textures, and all of it from the basis of one ingredient.
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