Ice cream without any guilt .. (Nice Cream) :) My life has changed.

tracefan
tracefan Posts: 382 Member
edited February 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
I just saw a video of "mock Ice cream" Frozen bananas, vanilla extract.. put in food processor until it looks like ice cream. UM HELLLLLOOOOO delicious. I just made banana ice cream without cream or sugar. It really tasted like ice cream. I had about a cup and it was so good.
I'm sure I could add strawberries next time or other varieties..like some PB2 etc.

I always buy bananas.. and if for whatever reason I don't eat them and they start to look brown I peel them and put them in the freezer.. So another reason to use them frozen...

I had ice cream without the guilt. I cannot believe I never did this before! It was awesome!
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  • irenehb
    irenehb Posts: 236 Member
    Sounds yum but I have regular ice cream all through my weight loss and maintenance. Just smaller portions than I use to.
  • tracefan
    tracefan Posts: 382 Member
    I too love ice cream. I will still have that, eventually. However, 1/2 cup of ice cream is still a lot more calories and sugar than a banana.. so I'm just thrilled. :smiley:
  • kissedbythesunshine
    kissedbythesunshine Posts: 416 Member
    I literally just finished eating a big bowl of this banana "nice cream". I topped it with 3 crushed up thin oreos. Sounds weird but it was so good.
  • tracefan
    tracefan Posts: 382 Member
    NICE CREAM.. I love it. I'm going to make this all the time. The oreos sound good too. I'm going to try to add PB2 next time.. so yum.... It's fabulous and it filled me up enough so I'm not wanting more crap. So excited.
  • Protranser
    Protranser Posts: 517 Member
    I want to try this. Food processors make too much noise though. :(
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited February 2016
    I don't know. A banana can have 120 calories or so. I know some ice creams that have that many in a serving, so I don't get this banana thing. But I'm really glad you found something you love and that makes you happy while you're losing!
  • jacklifts
    jacklifts Posts: 396 Member
    This is awesome.
    As an aside, Edy's 1/2 fat ice cream has 100-130calories for 1/2 cup, depending on the flavor
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jacklifts wrote: »
    This is awesome.
    As an aside, Edy's 1/2 fat ice cream has 100-130calories for 1/2 cup, depending on the flavor

    That's the slow churned right? I get that a lot. Eat the whole carton in a couple of days.
  • jacklifts
    jacklifts Posts: 396 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    jacklifts wrote: »
    This is awesome.
    As an aside, Edy's 1/2 fat ice cream has 100-130calories for 1/2 cup, depending on the flavor

    That's the slow churned right? I get that a lot. Eat the whole carton in a couple of days.

    holy moly ....wish I was at maintenance so I could too!
    yea, it's the slow churned. having a bowl of the mint chip right now :)
  • ElizabethOakes2
    ElizabethOakes2 Posts: 1,038 Member
    This like the banana pancake thing, right? It's still... banana flavored?
    Guess that works for some people, just not for me.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Did you know a banana is about 110 calories on its own ...and when you mush it up it's quite small

    A scoop of Haagen Dazs vanilla (43g) is 107 calories
    A snickers ice cream bar is 179
    A Mars ice cream bar is 140
    A fab ice lolly is 90 cals
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    I love banana "ice cream", but more like a nice way to eat banana, not as a replacement to ice cream.
    If you have an ice cream machine, one part of sweetened condensed milk, plus one part greek yoghurt (low fat works) plus 2 parts mashed bananas also make a really good ice cream. Obviously with more sugar, but it freezes well. Adding vanilla or cocoa also works very well.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    You know you can stick a lollipop stick in a banana and just freeze it ...I hear ...I've never done it
  • Dreysander
    Dreysander Posts: 294 Member
    I actually made this for the first time last night since I'm not eating sugar right now. It was super good.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    Dreysander wrote: »
    I actually made this for the first time last night since I'm not eating sugar right now. It was super good.

    You know there's sugar in bananas right? Or is this one of those no added sugar deals because that makes sugar somehow more devil-like?

    If you like it, woo! Personally, I'd just make ice cream fit, it satisfies a different part of the psyche having the real deal which is pretty important I think. I don't really do ice cream unless it's warm, which is like, 4 days a year in London, heh.
  • QuilterInVA
    QuilterInVA Posts: 672 Member
    If you had a cup of frozen banana I can guarantee you had a lot more calories than a serving of ice cream and lots of sugar also. I eat the real thing and a little satisfies because it is good. You can actually waste $60 buying a Yo-Nana maker I saw at Walmart to make this stuff.
  • chastity0921
    chastity0921 Posts: 209 Member
    I made this stuff, minus vanilla extract, while I was on a plant based diet. It was pretty good. You can add some blueberries or strawberries, or nutella haha. I just didn't like cleaning the food processor afterward. Its really crazy seeing it go from chunky banana to fluffy "cream".
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    You know you can stick a lollipop stick in a banana and just freeze it ...I hear ...I've never done it

    It's really good if you dip it in chocolate before freezing, also. One of the big things everyone used to get at Taste of Chicago, as I recall (I avoid Taste of Chicago like the plague, so haven't been in forever).
  • kerig1234
    kerig1234 Posts: 36 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I don't know. A banana can have 120 calories or so. I know some ice creams that have that many in a serving, so I don't get this banana thing. But I'm really glad you found something you love and that makes you happy while you're losing!

    Natural sugar opposed to added sugar, thats the difference. Better for you.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    kerig1234 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I don't know. A banana can have 120 calories or so. I know some ice creams that have that many in a serving, so I don't get this banana thing. But I'm really glad you found something you love and that makes you happy while you're losing!

    Natural sugar opposed to added sugar, thats the difference. Better for you.

    How so?
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    kerig1234 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I don't know. A banana can have 120 calories or so. I know some ice creams that have that many in a serving, so I don't get this banana thing. But I'm really glad you found something you love and that makes you happy while you're losing!

    Natural sugar opposed to added sugar, thats the difference. Better for you.

    But sugar is natural, refined sure but sugar is sugar, whether you add it or if it's already naturally occurring.
  • Floridaman789
    Floridaman789 Posts: 109 Member
    Refined sugar had empty calories that's the difference. Empty calories aren't good for you anything with empty calories are bad do some research and you will find out how it affects your body.
  • llbrixon
    llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
    I also incorporate ice cream into my food log each day. 1/2 cup is 120 calories. I eat the ice cream in a cone which is 20 calories, this satisfies my snack cravings each day.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Floridaman789 wrote: »
    Refined sugar had empty calories that's the difference. Empty calories aren't good for you anything with empty calories are bad do some research and you will find out how it affects your body.

    But the nutrients coming from the banana aren't coming from the sugar in the banana. The sugar calories in the banana are just as "empty" as the calories in other sugar. Yeah, the banana has other nutrients. But so does ice cream.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited February 2016
    kerig1234 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I don't know. A banana can have 120 calories or so. I know some ice creams that have that many in a serving, so I don't get this banana thing. But I'm really glad you found something you love and that makes you happy while you're losing!

    Natural sugar opposed to added sugar, thats the difference. Better for you.

    The sugars aren't different, what's different is what it's packaged with. (Added sugar usually, not always, comes with lots of calories (due to fat or other ingredients beyond the sugar) and fewer nutrients, inherent sugar frequently is in foods with lots of nutrients, although that also varies a lot.) Bananas have some potassium, Vit C, and Vit B6, among other things, and a little fiber (not all that much, though -- around 3 g per 100+ calories). On the other hand, Talenti Southern Butter Pecan Gelato has more calcium, some Vit A, and 1 g fiber, and 4 g of protein, but also about double the calories in a serving vs. 1 banana (but if you compare to half a serving of the Talenti or eat two bananas mashed up, the calories and sugar in the Southern Butter Pecan compares favorably).

    Anyway, I think both are great, although I like my bananas the traditional way or occasionally broiled. I just don't think either should involve any guilt.
  • Q_Is_Poison
    Q_Is_Poison Posts: 203 Member
    Try skinny cows for an ice cream bar without the work for 100 calories each. I truly hate all the work that goes into making a 100 calorie treat. Skinny Cows cost 5 to 6 dollars a box.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Floridaman789 wrote: »
    Refined sugar had empty calories that's the difference. Empty calories aren't good for you anything with empty calories are bad do some research and you will find out how it affects your body.

    Yes, adding sugar adds calories without nutrients. How is the sugar in a banana different? (The nutrients in a banana are not in the sugar, just as the nutrients in any food with added sugar aren't in the sugar -- well, unless you are just seeking quick energy, which a banana, among other foods, is great at supplying.) That's why it's important to look at foods as a whole and how they fit into your overall diet.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    I'm lazy (so, no food processor mess for me, lol), and I hate bananas. But I would guess 1 cup of frozen banana would be at least 2 bananas, maybe three (200-300+ cals). For less calories, imma having a McDonald's vanilla cone (170 cals) with zero gulit.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    tracefan wrote: »
    I too love ice cream. I will still have that, eventually. However, 1/2 cup of ice cream is still a lot more calories and sugar than a banana

    Not really. The bananas I get range from 105-130 calories each, depending on size. 1/2 cup (a serving) of a lot of ice cream is around 120 calories.
    Now if you're talking about Ben & Jerry's, those are going to be a bit more calorie dense since they have all the extra stuff in there.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Floridaman789 wrote: »
    Refined sugar had empty calories that's the difference. Empty calories aren't good for you anything with empty calories are bad do some research and you will find out how it affects your body.

    "Refined" sugar has the same amount and type of calories as any other sugar. There's...no...difference.

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