Great Desserts!

Hello everyone! I'm new to the group but I thought I'd like to share my Husband's homemade -fairly- healthy ice cream!

You can add it to your MFP, just look up: Jason's Homemade Chocolate Banana Ice Cream


It's a 3 day process all together (seems daunting but it's actually really easy to make).

Ingredients:
5 Bananas
1 Tsp Truvia Sweetener
4 Tbsp Hershey's Unsweet Cocoa Powder
1 1/2 Tbsp Watkin's Caramel Extract

Utensils needed:
Good blender (I use Hamilton Beach),
freezer-safe container,
knife, and
cutting board.

1) To begin, make sure you have ripe bananas - where they're turning a decent brown/have a good amount of brown spots.

2) Slice the bananas really small and freeze them for two days in a freezer safe container.

3) When taking the banana slices out, separate the bananas into chunks for your blender to be able to handle.

4) Begin blending until you get small banana pellets (they kind of look like the 'dots' ice cream.)

5) Pause the blending and add the rest of the ingredients; you can use whatever other ingredients you like, mine are what I like to use, be creative!.

6) Continue to blend until thoroughly whipped.

Your ice cream is now ready to eat! Enjoy!

Makes about 3 cups (3 servings). It's a great treat for people with hypertension, just be careful, the banana's add a lot of SUGAR even though it's natural, so if you're diabetic watch how much you eat (I suggest cutting the serving size in half).

--Per Serving--
Calories: 180
Protein: 3
Sugar: 23
Fiber: 8
Sodium: 88
Potassium: 703

Replies

  • idahopacker
    idahopacker Posts: 66 Member
    Thanks for sharing the recipe. Sounds good and I'll have to try it.
  • Any time :)
  • idahopacker
    idahopacker Posts: 66 Member
    I purchased a DASH Diet cookbook and will be sharing the good dessert recipes as we try them.
  • Awesome I can't wait!
  • idahopacker
    idahopacker Posts: 66 Member
    Berry Sundae
    Serves 6

    1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped strawberries
    1 1.2 cups blueberries
    1 1/2 cups raspberries
    1 1/2 tbl balsamic vinegar
    Pinch cracked black pepper
    1 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
    1 1/2 tsp grated orange zest
    juice from half an orange
    1/2 tsp vanilla extract
    3 cups low-fat plain Greek yogurt
    6 tbl sliced toasted almonds

    Place all ingredients except the yogurt and almonds in a large pot over medium heat, and cook until the liquid begins to bubble. Decrease the heat to low, and boil the mixture for about 15 minutes, or until it thickens. Place 1/2 cup of yogurt into six bowls, and top with sauce and toasted almonds.


    Nutrition Facts per serving:

    Calories 163
    Fat 4 g
    Cholesterol 5 mg
    Sodium 47 mg
    Potassium 353 mg
    Carbohydrate 20 g
    Protein 14 g
  • I'm drooling already! I think I may try this on the weekend.
  • penguinattackstudios
    penguinattackstudios Posts: 79 Member
    Here's a nice healthy snack for you and it's easy to make. Whatever I post in parenthesis is either what I used or the measurements on MFP.


    No Bake Energy Bites:

    3/4 Cup (12Tbsp)
    Peanut Butter (Krema - smooth)
    1 1/2 Cup
    Rolled Oats (Country Barn - old fashioned)
    2 tsp
    Vanilla Extract (Generic)
    1/3 Cup
    Honey
    1/3 Cup (5 Tbsp)
    Mini Chocolate Chips (Nestle's Tollhouse)
    1/2 tsp
    Ground Cinnamon

    Mix all the ingredients together, and throw it in the fridge to chill.


    BEWARE! The serving sizes are VERY SMALL (makes "12" pieces). Even though they're healthy fats, this still contains a lot of fat (and sugar); so eat in portions. On the plus side, a small amount is very satisfying and because the oats are dry they tend to expand a bit in the stomach, which helps keep you fuller. Feel free to add flax seed, coconut shavings, or anything else :)

    Nutrition

    Cal: 187
    Protein: 6
    Fat: 10
    Sugar: 12
    Sodium: 0
    Potassium: 27
  • idahopacker
    idahopacker Posts: 66 Member
    Forgot to thank you for posting the No Bake Energy Bites.

    Thank you!
  • penguinattackstudios
    penguinattackstudios Posts: 79 Member
    Forgot to thank you for posting the No Bake Energy Bites.

    Thank you!

    My pleasure!!