How To Prepare Three Healthy And Delicious Ice Creams

Who does not like ice cream? And yet, we all know that they are not a very healthy food. They largely contain sugars, fats and preservatives.

But there are ways to prepare ice cream at home, and also quite simple. With these we can enjoy them from time to time knowing what their ingredients are.

In this article we share some simple, delicious and healthier recipes than those for ice cream that we can buy in the supermarket : 

• Banana and chocolate ice cream.
• Avocado ice cream.
• Strawberry ice cream with cream.

Is it bad to eat ice cream?

Ice cream does not have to be a food that is detrimental to our health; However,  the ice creams that we buy already prepared contain:

• Too much fat. Especially saturated, which is the most damaging.
• Too much white sugar. Which demineralizes and also acidifies our body.
• Preservatives and also colorants.

How do we make ice cream healthy?

We must dispense with the ingredients that we have just mentioned. We can substitute them for others that are equally delicious but also healthy.

We must find a way to make ice cream a nutritious and also energetic food.

• The ice cream must contain fat to be creamy, and therefore we will use healthy fats such as creamy yogurt or heavy cream.
• White sugar can be substituted for honey, cane syrup, agave syrup or apple concentrate. Of course, always with limitation.
• We will also add other ingredients: fruits, bitter cocoa, natural vanilla extract, cinnamon, ginger, etc.

Banana ice cream and hot chocolate

The ripe banana already has a creamy texture, making it the ideal ingredient to prepare an ice cream without the need to add any dairy product.

How do we do it?

• We will peel and cut the banana into pieces.
• We will put the pieces in a bag and the freezer.
• After a few hours we will take out the frozen pieces and beat them until we get a creamy texture. 
• We can add a little cinnamon or vanilla extract.

When serving this ice cream we can surprise by preparing a hot but healthy chocolate sauce:

• We simply mix pure cocoa powder, lemon juice or water and a natural sweetener.
• We will serve it together with the ice cream just before eating it, so that it stays warm at that time.

Thanks to the natural sweetness of the banana this ice cream will not need anything else.

Avocado ice cream

Avocado is also in itself a very rich fruit in healthy fats. For this reason it can also be the base of a simple and delicious ice cream. We will need it to be well mature.

How to do it?

• We will beat the avocado with heavy cream, a little lemon juice and a natural sweetener, such as agave syrup.
• When we see its creamy texture, we will store it in a container and put it in the freezer.
• For the ideal texture, we recommend removing it from the freezer after one, two and three hours. Each of these times beat the ice cream to break the ice crystals that will have formed.

This ice cream can be very surprising as a dessert or also if we serve it to accompany a second meat dish.

Strawberry ice cream with cream

From a nutritional point of view, dairy-based ice creams represent a good option compared to other sweets, since their milk content makes them an interesting source of calcium and good quality protein.

How to do it?

• We will need very ripe strawberries that we will put in the freezer, in the same way as with the banana ice cream recipe.
• When frozen we will chop them and beat them with a little honey.  Until it acquires a very creamy texture.
• Then we will put it in the container for the freezer, and we will add a bottle of cream or cream without mounting, which we will mix only a little with the strawberry cream, so that later when serving they are not completely combined, which will give a irresistible aspect to ice cream.
• We can sweeten the milk cream previously if we wish.

We recommend decorating this ice cream with pieces of fresh strawberry or with a little strawberry jam. They are 3 delicious and homemade recipes. Do not stay without preparing them and surprise your family and friends.

Although they may be a healthier option than the ones we find in the supermarket, it should not be abused. You already know that the ideal is to maintain a balanced and complete diet.