On hot summer days, when the weather is dry and the sun won’t leave, it’s hard to say no to ice cream. So, if you’re worried about carrying extra weight or giving your children too much sugar, don’t be because you can always turn these sugary treats into healthy ones that are incredibly yummy. There are a lot of homemade recipes that integrate healthy ingredients so that you and your household can enjoy a sweet treat without worrying about it being unhealthy. These recipes also use ingredients that you can find everywhere and they’re really easy to follow.
Coconut and Chocolate
Every kid loves chocolate ice cream and they tend to obsess over it too, so if you want to give them a nice treat, but you also want to keep it healthy, you might need to consider making them a coconut chocolate ice cream.
Through this recipe, you’ll be providing them with the benefits of coconut milk and dark chocolate. Other than the fact that it’s absolutely delicious, the recipe is also easy to follow. Here’s what you need to have: honey, cocoa powder, 2 cans of full-fat, cold coconut milk, maple syrup, vanilla bean, and vanilla extract. Now that you’ve gathered your ingredients, you’ll need to put them together in a bowl. Put 13.5 oz cans of coconut milk, ¾ cup of dark cocoa powder, 1tbsp honey, ½ cup maple syrup, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 vanilla bean excluding the seeds, and then add a sprinkle of sea salt.
Finally, blend them all together until smooth and then put them into a container. Leave it for about 5-6 hours and then surprise your little ones with their new favorite ice cream flavor.
Avocado Green
Another fun recipe you can try is avocado ice cream. It includes avocados, coconut milk, bananas, and a few optional suggestions like mint and dark chocolate. The first thing that you need to do is to freeze 1 ripe banana.
After it’s frozen, place it in the bowl along with 1 14-ounce of full-fat coconut milk, 2 ripe, peeled avocados, 3 tbsp maps syrup, 2tbsp lemon juice, and 4-5 large mint leaves if you’d like to add them. Blend the ingredients and then place them in a container where they can freeze for a couple of hours. Now that you know the basic recipe, you can add a few things to make it more appealing to your kids. The experts from Dreams Scoops suggest adding nuts like pistachios over the ice cream, as well as, adding a piece of dark chocolate on top. This will make your kids interested in the ice cream and they might like it after they try it.
Not only did you introduce them to a new ice cream flavor, but you’ve also integrated very healthy ingredients within their diet.
Banana Madness
If you struggle with feeding your kids fruits and you’d like to find a way to include them within their diet, then consider adding these fruits within nice cold treats. Bananas are naturally a sweet fruit so this makes it even easier to integrate it within an ice cream recipe. In order to get the best results with this one, you’ll need to freeze the bananas first.
You can start by picking 2 ripe or overripe bananas, then you’ll need to cut them up into thick slices after peeling them. Place baking paper on a tray and carefully arrange the banana slices, make sure that you distance them from each other. Leave them there for about 2 hours, then put them in the freezer. Take them out when they’re frozen and then place them in the blender; they will take different forms, but in the end, the slices should have a creamy smooth texture. Pour the cream into a container and leave it in the freezer until it’s ready to be served.
Caramel Swirls
If your little ones love caramel and can’t get enough, then perhaps it’s the right time to find a healthier substitute to the classic caramel ice cream recipes. Here’s what you need to know about this one though, you’ll be making both the sauce and the ice cream from scratch, so you’ll need different ingredients for both. You’ll need ¼ cup sugar, 1 cup heavy cream, 4 egg yolks, and 2 cups of whole milk for the ice cream. You’ll also need salt, ½ tsp vanilla extract, 1 cup heavy cream, and 1 cup sugar for the sauce. Now that you know what you need to have, grab a pan and pour 1 cup of sugar in it and stir it on a medium flame. Then pour 1 ¼ cup heavy cream after the sugar melts, and keep stirring. Add a drop of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt into the mixture. Stir the sauce and then put aside. For the ice cream, you’ll need to beat the egg yolks until you see the bubbles, then add sugar as you’re whisking the eggs. Now, add the milk into the pan and leave it over a medium flame. Add 1 cup cream into the pan and leave it until you see the bubbles form. Pour the egg yolk into the pan and leave it until the mixture becomes thick. Finally, put the mixture into a bowl and leave it in the freezer for a couple of hours.
There are a lot of healthy ice cream recipes that you can make for your family. If you want to treat your kids with a nice scoop of ice cream, but you’re not sure you want to give them a lot of sugar then you might want to try a couple of new recipes. Try to incorporate healthy foods like avocados and fruits within the sweet treat so that your kids can grow accustomed to the taste and also eat something that is more healthy for them than harmful. You can also put things like nuts, fruit slices, and a few chocolate pieces on top of the scoop so that it’s appealing to them. You might want to add these extras with unusual flavors such as the avocado one. Adding things like a chocolate piece or a nice sauce might encourage them to try this foreign flavor and it’ll be like an incentive for them to try it.
