Healthy Recipe: One Ingredient Frozen Banana “Ice Cream”

If you are trying to eat healthier and watch your calories, but still want to satisfy a sweet-tooth craving now and then, look no further than your counter for some ripe bananas.

A ripe banana is at its sweetest and most intensely flavored when the peel is spotted. Believe it or not, when ripe bananas are frozen and pureed, they turn into a creamy textured blend that has a texture like soft serve ice cream.

It’s easy, requires no more ingredients than a few browned bananas, and you only need two kitchen tools - a blender or food processor and a spoon (a a freezer of course!)

How to Make Frozen Banana Ice Cream

1. Get some brown-spotted bananas. The bananas should not be completely black, but brown spots are good.
2. Peel the fruit and remove any bruised spots or brown tips. Also cut away any loose strings.
3. Freeze the bananas in a plastic bag – at least 3 hours or overnight.
4. Remove frozen bananas, and slice into chunks.
5. Puree in a food processor or blender.
6. Spoon into a small dish and eat immediately for a soft serve treat.
7. Freeze the remaining puree to enjoy at a later time.

That’s it! You don’t need any cream or sweeteners to make this
energy-boosting tasty and healthy treat.

Each large banana (approximately 8 inches) contains about 120 calories, 0 grams of fat, 31 grams of carbohydrates including 16 grams of sugar, 3.5 grams of fiber and 1.5 gram of protein.

Bananas are also an excellent source of potassium.

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