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Healthy Frozen Treats

9/22/2013

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Below you will find four of our favourite home-made frozen treats. These are all vegan, allergy friendly and don't contain any refined sugar. Henry and I love the basic banana ice-cream and the Icy fruit treats but Nic really likes the Chocolate coated fruit sticks. These have been inspired by various homemade ice-creams found on the internet. Happy ice block making! xo

Chocolate Coated Fruit Sticks

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Chocolate Coated Fruit Sticks
Pieces or slices of fresh fruit ( kiwifruit, banana, strawberries,pineaple ect)
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup raw cocao
3-4 tablespoons maple syrup

Line a baking tray with baking paper. Slice fruit and put a stick in each piece. Place fruit in the freezer while you prepare the chocolate. Heat the coconut oil until it becomes a runny liquid (approx. 30 degrees celcius). Stir in the raw cocao and maple syrup. Place in the fridge for a few minutes to thicken slightly. Take the fruit out of the freezer, dip it into the chocolate mixture and place on the lined baking tray.  Return to freezer to go hard before dipping the fruit in a second coat of chocolate. Leave in the freezer for a couple of hours or until frozen.




Icy Fruit Treats

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Icy Fruit Treats
Fresh fruit cut into small pieces (we used watermelon, berries, pawpaw and pineapple)
Fruit Juice (We use freshly squeezed beetroot, apple, carrot, silverbeet and kale juice)

Slice fruit and divide between ice-cream moulds or cups. Pour fruit juice over fruit so that it is just covered. Place in the freezer to go hard. If you are using cups, add the sticks after about 1 1/2 hours after placing in the freezer




Basic Banana Ice-cream

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Basic Banana Ice cream
Ripe banana's (500g-1kg)

Place banana's in a food processor or thermomix and blend until you create a smooth puree. Pour mixture into molds or cups and leave to set in the freezer.

Variations
  • Blend through some fresh or frozen berries or add whole ones after blending
  • Add 1/4 cup of natural yoghurt to mixture
  • Roast banana's with 2 tablespoons of  maple syrup and 1 teaspoon of coconut oil before  blending
  • Add some chopped nuts, seeds or coconut to mixture
  • Add 2 tablespoons of raw cocao powder to make choc-banana flavour.





Magic Bean Ice-Creams

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Magic Bean Ice Creams
1 400g can of coconut milk (dairy milk, yoghurt, cream or almond milk can also be used)
1/4 cup dates (presoaked)
3/4 cup of black beans
1/4 cup of raw cocao
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 
1/4 cup maple syrup

Place beans, dates,  cocao, vanilla and maple syrup in the food processor and blend until pureed. Slowly pour in the coconut milk until mixed through well. Pour mixture into cups or ice cream molds and place in freezer to go hard.

Variations 
  • add 1 tablespoon of peppermint essence for a choc-mint flavour
  •  add 2 tablespoons of freshly brewed coffee for a mocha flavour
  • add some grated chocolate, berries or nuts


1 Comment
Krista link
9/22/2013 10:00:15 pm

I love all of these!! I found an ice cream maker last week and have been trying out all sorts of variations with coconut milk and maple syrup as the base. :-) Tonight I made peppermint with dark chocolate chunks. Mmm. I want to try your roasted banana version. Yum! :-)

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