4 Ingredients + 5 minutes + EASY + yummy! This Strawberry Banana Nice Cream is dairy free + sugar free + egg free! I could just go on and on about this one. This is a super simple recipe that turns out absolutely perfect every time. The ideal treat for when you need a little something sweet but aren’t willing to bust the calorie budget π¨.
What Exactly Is Nice Cream?
A creamy dessert with a banana base. You can add any other fruits to the base but a banana is always the base of nice cream to give it the creamy texture. Nice cream is a fruit-based ice cream that is egg free, dairy free, sugar free, and made without any artificial ingredients.
No Dairy + No Sugar? Does It Still Taste Good?
Yes! If you know me, you know I LOVE ICE CREAM! Here is a little secret about Tara (me) … I have been a very serious ice cream eater for most of my life. I’m talking ice cream for breakfast. Ice cream for any and every meal any day of the week. However, as of the publishing of this recipe (February 14th 2020 β€) we here at MVF are still completely plant-based and going strong.
No Dairy? No problem!
Just for clarification plant-based = no cream (aka the main ingredient in ice cream π€¨). So, the question is, give up ice cream or find a replacement (but not a gross replacement). Because I love recipe testing, I began testing banana based nice creams. No dairy? No problem for me! Now we have Strawberry Banana Nice Cream πππ¦!
Tara’s Tips For Perfect Strawberry Banana Nice Cream
- Freeze your fruit! I make a habit out of freezing fruit at the end of the week that we haven’t used and might spoil. That way, I always have frozen fruit around to toss in a dessert or smoothie.
- Choose your milk: you can use dairy milk if you are not vegan BUT plant-based milks work perfectly here. I have made this recipe with both unsweetened coconut and almond milk. I have not tested this recipe with other milks but let me know if you do!
Toppings!
- Make your strawberry banana nice cream extra awesome with vegan chocolate chips or shavings, strawberries (I shaped mine in cute little hears for Valentine’s Day β€), blueberries, walnuts, slivered almonds, or coconut flakes. Yum!
- To freeze or not to freeze … Your options are to eat your creation right out of the blender with a spoon π or freeze it in a loaf pan or ice cream container for 1-4 hours.
Strawberry Banana Nice Cream
This Strawberry Banana Nice Cream is a perfect treat with a fraction of the calories + NO SUGAR!
Ingredients
- 3 Ripe Bananas
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut or almond milk
- 2 tsp vanilla
Directions
- Step 1 Place all ingredients into a high powered blender or food processor. Blend until all ingredients combined.
- Step 2 Eat immediately for soft serve or freeze for 1-4 hours until solid.
- Step 3 Top with chocolate chips, nuts, additional strawberries or coconut flakes. Enjoy!
- Step 4 Four Ingredients + 5 minutes + EASY + Vegan + yummy!
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Your Strawberry Nice Cream is absolutely delicious!!!!! Super, supper easy and so good!!!! Might top with some dark chocolate chips for dessert tonight!!!!