Coconut Milk “Not-Ice-Cream”

Happy hump day, readers!

If your sugar dragon is knocking, I have just the recipe for you today. I’ve whipped this beauty up a couple of times now, and it’s just the thing to kill the ice-cream cravings in a paleo-friendly and totally omnomnom sort of way. I (like all other women in the universe) love ice cream; however, I don’t love what dairy does to my body. The inflammatory effects are marked and I can certainly feel them in my arthritic little fingers when I overindulge in milk, cheese, and yogurt. So, once again, I’d like to thank Jeebus for coconut milk.

Cold, creamy, paleo yummies. *drooool* (this batch was blueberry/raspberry)

The added benefit here is the fact that my recipes for this are both cheap (we like pinching pennies here at EIB..let’s just say I’m a frugal kind of person) and full of antioxidants (from the berries, seriously, berries = superfood, and they’re freakin delicious) and healthy fat (from the coconut milk, make sure you find a brand that uses nothing but the good stuff. You’d be amazed at how many brands toss in soy lechitin and added sugars; look for words you can’t pronounce ending in–ose), and the recipe I use makes up enough to have about 8-10 servings ready to go in the freezer.

Here’s what you’ll need for one big ol’ batch of Not-Ice-Cream:
-2 cans of coconut milk
-1 bag of frozen fruit of your choice (my 2 favorite combinations so far have been half a bag of raspberries and half a bag of blueberries (photo above); and 1/3 bag mangoes, 1/3 bag strawberries, 1/3 bag blackberries (photo below)
-2 bananas, mashed
-Blender (I had great success with an immersion blender…out of the necessity factor)

And here’s what you’ll want to do:
1. Combine all ingredients in blender
2. Pulse until totally smooth
3. Put into airtight container(s) and freeze for a minimum of 4 hours, or until solid
4. Serve and enjoy (note: if you’re keeping this frozen for a while, take it out of the freezer about 30 minutes prior to serving for better scoopability)

Yup. It’s that easy.

Easy, sweet (but not tooooo sweet), and awesomely full of goodness. (This batch mango, strawberry, blackberry)

Go forth and make not-ice-cream!

Happy nomming!

Wallace, out.