Yonanas

You can achieve the same result with any food grinder and a spoon. I use a meat grinder attachment on my Kitchenaid.

I freeze my bananas in chunks. Freeze them when they are mostly ripe, but not spotted (still firm). When you want to eat the ice cream, put a glass in the freezer. Measure out your frozen chunks of bananas (good to weigh them because you may be consuming way more than you realize). Put them in food processor. Whirr, scrape down the side as necessary. Add a 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa if you like once they are mostly blended. Don't overblend or they will deflate. Serve in chilled cup. I find about 150 grams of banana about the right amount for a yummy treat. Don't add milk as the texture won't be as good. And keep in mind a food processor is better than a blender for this one (you also don't loose as much banana mixture in the crevices as you would in a blender).

My other food processor treat: iced coffee/slushie. Whirr 1 cup or a bit more of ice cubes in your FP. When ground to slush consistency, add instant coffee (2 tsp or more if you like stronger - and can be decaf), some sweetener of your choice, and 2 tsp or so of powdered skim milk (or 1/4 cup of liquid skim milk). Blend again, adding a bit of water as you need it. Yummmmm!

I got my current food processor for $7 at a thrift shop.

Queenmunchy wrote: »

I have a really small food processor - probably $10-15 that works perfectly. For the past 7 years frozen banana "ice cream" with a teeny bit of Nutella has been my child's favorite dessert.

OMG. I both love and hate you for suggesting Nutella. Didn't think of it. Now that's all I want. It would be SO GOOD on Yonanas!!

I used my vitamix for nicecream, then my mom bought me yonanas, and really it's so much more worth it to use a blender/food processor. It makes it easier to add more ingredients as well. Here is how some of mine turns out!