Strawberry Banana Ice Cream with 3 ingredients and only 5 minutes! It just happens to be dairy-free and you control the sweetener (sugar or sugar replacement). It is light and delicious!
No matter the weather we are always looking for delicious ice cream. Today we are enjoying a VERY Simple Strawberry Banana Ice Cream today.
I truly enjoy making healthier treats for my Munchkin. That does not generally include store-bought ice cream as she is sometimes sensitive to sugar.
If you have kids, you will understand that some days I just do not have the energy to deal with a sugar buzz. LOL
So, I decided to whip up a fabulously flavorful, creamy sweet dessert for her. I used frozen fruit and a tiny bit of sugar. It is AMAZING!!! To be honest, most of the time I skip any added sugar and it is perfect.
It took less than 5 minutes, I used my blender AND it is only 3 ingredients!
I have even made this recipe using honey, agave, stevia and maple syrup. The stevia powder or real sugar came out the best, but try it with your favorite sweetener and see what you think.
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Helpful Tips to make 5 Minute Strawberry Banana Ice Cream:
- There are no preservatives in your ice cream, so it will freeze solid. Simply remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving to allow to soften slightly. If freezes and keeps beautifully!
- You can transfer to a freezer-safe container and allow ice cream to firm up in the freezer for 2 to 3 hours.
What you will need to make 5 Minute Strawberry Banana Ice Cream:
- Mixing Bowl - I like a variety of mixing bowls and prep bowls and this set has them all.
- Blender - You can use any blender, but I absolutely love this one! I use it for ice cream, smoothies, soups, my tomato sauce and naturally this milkshake.
Enjoy!
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Yield: 8
Simple Strawberry Banana Ice Cream
Strawberry Banana Ice Cream with 3 ingredients and only 5 minutes!
Ingredients
- 4 large bananas, frozen
- 4 cups strawberries, frozen
- 2 tablespoons sugar (or powdered stevia)
Instructions
- Place strawberries in a bowl or measuring cup, sprinkle with sugar and toss to combine. Place the bowl in the microwave at 30-second intervals until the strawberries soften slightly and the sugar dissolves in the juice.
- Add bananas and strawberry mixture to the blender and blend until they reach the perfect consistency.
- When your ice cream stops moving in the blender, you will want to stop and scrape down the pitcher of the blender and stir a few times. About 2-3 minutes of total blending time.
- Your frozen fruit may separate into tiny frozen chunks before it becomes a fabulous creamy consistency, so be patient.
- Serve and enjoy! You can also transfer to a freezer-safe container and allow ice cream to firm up in the freezer for 2 to 3 hours.
DONNA'S NOTES
- There are no preservatives in your ice cream, so it will freeze solid. Simply remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving to allow to soften slightly. If freezes and keeps beautifully!
Recipe developed by Donna Elick The Slow Roasted Italian
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Copyright ©2012 The Slow Roasted Italian – All rights reserved.
Originally Published 3/13/12
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I like the blog. This ice cream looks so delicious.
ReplyDeleteit was very good I ate it up so quick!
DeleteThis looks amazing! Brilliant too! Thank you so much for this beautiful recipe!!!! Can't wait to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteGreat combination. Seems like I've been freezing just about everything this way lately. The kids are always giddy to have "smoothie ice cream" and it is so much healthier! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteI love that it's dairy free!
ReplyDeleteNow this is an ice cream recipe I wouldn't feel guilty about serving to my family. I especially love that you can whip it up in your blender! Thanks for sharing and enjoy the beautiful weather :)
ReplyDeleteWow this looks delicious, I just started making banana ice cream, so this is a great add in too!! love this.
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I just made this and it turned out more like a smoothie than ice cream. Did I do something wrong? Were my bananas too ripe maybe (they were super mushy before I froze them). I put it in the freezer to firm up so I can eat it later but just was wondering if I did something wrong.
ReplyDeleteIt could be that your bananas were more ripe, did you also freeze your strawberries? They should still be pretty frozen when you blend them, just starting to defrost.
DeleteI think my bananas were too ripe. The strawberries were frozen. Its still delicious but even after freezing for an hour its still more icy than creamy.
DeleteI'm confused, so there is no half and half in this? No cream or milk whatsoever?? If so then how does it become creamy? And if so why then is it called ice CREAM since it's just fruit???
DeleteThe bananas make the creamy consistency.
DeleteHope that helps! XOXO
Do you think if I add some yogurt to this recipe it'll help with the creaminess/consistancy?
ReplyDeleteIt would help make them creamy in the blender. However once you put it in the freezer, it would freeze solid. If you remove from freezer and allow to thaw for 15-20 minutes on the counter it would be wonderful.
DeleteYes, I agree with The Slow Roasted Italian... Yogurt will make the mixture freeze rock solid. I know because I recently took regular yogurt & froze it - I couldn't believe how hard it became. It was as solid as an ice cube & took a LONG time to de-ice!
DeleteYes this is the kind of ice cream I like to make for my daughters too, when I made the cocoa and bananas one, she(2 y old) looked and me and said.. "Are these fruits?" Noooo.. no fruits.. ice cream ..:) Hmmm.. she wasn't too sure about it.. but she ate it all:)
ReplyDeleteLove this! I do a banana (and sometimes peanut butter) version and we all love it! I like the idea of adding strawberry too. Don't you just love fooling the little ones? :)
ReplyDeleteWould it work just as well if I were to halve the whole recipe?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Enjoy.
DeleteHi, I want to try this out but can I skip the microwaving step or replace it by heating in other ways since I do not own a microwave?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Just toss frozen strawberries with sugar and sit on the counter top until slightly softened (about 30 minutes).
DeleteHope that helps! Enjoy.
I made this Saturday and served it between lunch and dinner as a cool treat between meals. We were all three working in the yard/garden and it was beyond GOOD! My husband is a diabetic, and my mother-in-law has to watch her dairy, so the idea seemed great but I would make this for anyone, any time. We eat a lot of bananas and strawberries and this is the PERFECT recipe!
ReplyDeleteI just made this and it's incredible! I love love the simplicity and the wholesomeness! THANKS!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Just remember to peel the bananas before you freeze them (I forgot this crucial step the first time around)to make this great ice cream.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Just remember to peel the bananas prior to freezing to make this great ice cream.
ReplyDeleteWhat blender are you using.....? Is it a Vitamix?
ReplyDeleteThis was actually made in a Ninja blender. We have also made this in a Vitamix and it is awesome! Hope that helps. If you are worried, you can use a food processor too.
DeleteEnjoy!
I have a very old blender, but if I freeze the bananas cut into inch or less chunks, my blender handles it better. I have also done this with smoothies and not had to use ice to make them cold. They are a Godsend for creaminess.
DeleteI make a banana/cocoa/PB version of this, and I LOVE it! Going to make strawberry banana for my family tomorrow! You can't beat tasty and healthy!
ReplyDeleteYum! This looks absolutely delicious! I love ice-cream but it's not always such a healthy option... so I'll definitely be making this instead! :-) Lucy from Bake Play Smile
ReplyDeleteI love ice-cream, but always feel guilty with the calories. Especially since I like to buy the organic and real cream is used. My theory is that real stuff is better than chemicals. That's why this recipe is so perfect. All natural AND no cream. I guess I better get myself a blender so I can try this. Ha
ReplyDeleteI love that I know
ReplyDeleteexactly what's in what I'm eating, and I can add what I want.
I love knowing that there aren't all the additives in what we are eating, just what I want in it.
ReplyDeleteI love that I know
ReplyDeleteexactly what's in what I'm eating, and I can add what I want.
Can this be done with an immersion blender since I don't have a blender?
ReplyDeleteYou could try it, but the mixture is really so thick you would need a high powered blender or a food processor. What you could so is use fresh fruit, make the mixture and freeze it and stir the mixture every hour until it is frozen. Let us know how it goes! Enjoy.
DeleteWow awesome! Would love to try it, however can't find bananas anywhere, any recommended replacement?
ReplyDeleteThanks
Honestly the bananas give it the creamy texture. You could try substituting frozen mango for a scrumptious strawberry mango 'ice cream'. Enjoy and let us know how it goes.
Deletelove the ice cream, recipe does not look complicated :)
ReplyDeleteTastes great! But I had to substitute raspberries for strawberries because thats what I had. I also added just a splash of cream. Delicious!
ReplyDeleteThis is not ice cream. it is frozen fruit sorbet. Ice cream has to have cream in it. If you are going to pull out the ice cream maker, and are going to spend money for quality ingredients, then take the extra 5 minutes and make a custard based ice cream. I one cup half and half, and 3 cups milk, 1 cup of sugar, and 5 egg yolks. Then I add my flavorings to the cooled custard mixture. You have to have some cream in it to call it ice cream. You can use milk, but you have to use whole milk, because the mixture has to have some butterfat to freeze properly. Then, I heated the fresh strawberries on the stove with 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 TBLS of lemon juice. Reduce it then cool it. You can find the custard recipe on the internet. My ice cream took longer, but is delicious. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome James! Thanks for the recipe, I am sure our readers will love it.
DeleteThanks James for the info.. I am going to give it a try in my machine!
DeleteHence the title, "ice cream"
DeleteWow. For all the anal readers/correctors out there, type in " " around ice cream: "ice cream", or write faux ice cream, frozen dessert...geez. Sounds yummers, and with Spring and ripening strawberries... Thanks.
ReplyDeleteOk I just make this in my 5quart Ninja and m
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this would work in my food processor??
ReplyDeleteI used my food processor. Perfect!
DeleteThanks for the recipe. Good and healthy! Just a warning to readers to make sure they chop off the green leaves of the strawberries before freezing them. I wasn't thinking that through when I stuck them in the freezer after washing and drying them off. Very hard to cut the leaves off when frozen! "Duhh!"
ReplyDeleteYour recipes are always pictured so beautifully. I want to make them all! Keep those super recipes coming
ReplyDeleteWoW very impressive
ReplyDeleteI made this as the recipe recommends. It was delicious! I think next time I may try adding a little bit of chocolate chips in it. I would then taste something like a chocolate covered strawberry. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI made this and put resulting "ice cream" into some pudding pop molds I have and then put those in the freezer. An hour later the kids had banana-strawberry "ice cream" popsicles. (I had one too ;) )
ReplyDeleteThis is delicious, and I call it ice cream for my addiction, what matters if there is cream in it? I used 1 sliced frozen banana, about 2/3 C frozen strawberries, and 1 t. cocoa, 1 T stevia. Great!!
ReplyDeleteFor me, my mother makes the best ice cream recipes. So yummy!
ReplyDeleteI tried it and it was confirmed
ReplyDeleteI just made a variation with banana, strawberry and mango. I used 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk to help blend with a dash of vanilla for flavor enhancement. YUM! It's like a creamy sorbet. Luscious and decadent.
ReplyDeleteOnce you add the flavour, e.g. strawberry, can you taste the banana? I am worried the taste and smell of ripe bananas may be a bit overpowering. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your work. I'll come back for more
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work :) from, Home Buys Plus
Why does the banana and strawberies have to be frozen? Can't you just freeze the ice cream after you make it.
ReplyDeleteI’d like to try a vanilla bean vanilla version/ can I use frozen coconut milk instead of the fruit with the the scraping of a vanilla bean & the bananas? Think that would work?
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