Sooo I'm craving ice cream, but it tends to land right on my hips, thighs, lovehandles, you name it. I'm trying this new banana recipe. The author and the people commenting seem to think it's amazing. We'll see. I'm not a fan of bananas, but it's mostly a texture thing, so maybe an ice cream texture will be more appetizing. I'm adding in a tiny bit of soy milk, cinnamon, splenda, and 2 walnuts to help trick myself into thinking it actually IS some foreign cousin of ice cream. Has anyone else tried this?

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/s...redient-093414

That sounds delicious and I love bananas! I am definitely going to try this soon!

Havent tried this, but am super glad i bought more bananas than needed this week =] im off to throw a few into the freezer now. maybe ill have some banana "ice cream" for breakfast!

plus i must say, your take on it, with the addition of the walnuts soy milk, cinnamon, and splenda made me think of a distant cousin of a butter pecan type ice cream.

yummy!!!

I'd recommend it guys. I just tried my first experiment and it's actually good. It has the creamy consistency of ice cream. Yes, it still tastes like banana, but the cinnamon definitely added to it. Honey might help, but I'm trying to avoid adding lots of unnecessary calories.

One thing though... re-freeze it after you blend it. Its better that way.

Could you add vanilla extract? I wonder what that would do? :lol

thanks for the refreeze tip! Im gonna try just banana the first go around, and if i think it needs extra the next time ill play around with different things. =] Thanks again for the idea!


I just got an idea..maybe id add some shredded coconut, for a somewhat tropical flavor.

Yum! I'm trying that this week... thanks for posting! I'm thinking on putting on top of my warm fudgy PB vitatop!!

Thank you for sharing this! It sounds delicious. I happen to love bananas so this is something I will need to try.

I never thought of eating it that way. I use frozen bananas for smoothies, but this sounds like a good desert!

I made some today and It was delish! I love banana and the idea of banana ice cream sounded great. I made mine with 2 bananas I froze cut up and added a teaspoon of peanut butter and a teaspoon of homemade chocolate syrup (with splenda,and coco powder) I made , and a splash of skim milk to make it smoother. Turned out great! Even my nephews and brother in law liked it and there against anything "healthy"

How much does it make...like one banana goes down to 1/2 cup, or what?

I used one and a half bananas and it made a little more than a cup. I didn't measure it, but I have some small glass cups that I fill with 1 cup of soymilk when I'm using that as a protein, and it filled the glass to the very top. I think if I was trying to figure out portion sizes for more than one person, I'd figure one banana per serving. It ended up being a lot more filling than I was expecting.

This sounds delish!
I want to try this, but I'm assuming you need a food processor.. does anyone know if a blender would be okay with this?

I did this today and it was yummy. I used two bananas but I think that was enough for two servings. I used a food processor but I'm pretty sure a blender wouldn't be a problem. I added a little splenda and cinnamon to mine

Verrry yummy, guys!

Totally gonna have to try this!!! PB and banana is one of my favorite combos EVER, in fact, my lunch today was a PB and banana sandwich on wheat.