Healthy blueberry ice cream made with 4 ingredients including avocados, and blueberries. An incredibly creamy homemade blueberry ice cream! High in antioxidants, vegan and dairy-free.
This homemade blueberry ice cream is full of citrus and is an incredibly nutrition dessert made of both blueberries and avocado. It's an easy recipe to make with four main ingredients. If you love this flavor, you might want to check out my other ice cream recipes, including no churn chocolate ice cream or my raspberry date ice cream.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
That's because blueberries are full of fiber, potassium, folate, vitamin C, vitamin B6, and phytonutrients that support the heart. And the antioxidant levels are through the roof!
Antioxidants are scavengers that scoop up damaging free radicals that cause disease and other issues.
You also do not need bananas, or coconut cream. And certainly no heavy cream and sugar as you would find in a traditional dairy ice cream. The avocados make the texture creamy.
Ingredients
- Blueberries. Use them frozen.
- Avocado. Avocados make this recipe creamy, and healthy. Avocados have a ton of healthy fats, and up to 20 vitamins and minerals.
- Dairy-free yogurt. Yogurt adds moisture and increases the creamy texture.
- Maple syrup. This is your sweetener. You can also use date syrup.
- Lemon juice. Only a little to brighten the flavor.
- Baobab powder. I love this powder because it boosts the vitamin C levels sky high.
Steps to Make
1. Blend up ice cream ingredients. And pour into a lined 4x9 inch loaf pan. Freeze at least 2 hours.
2. Then break up the frozen mixture with a fork and re-blend it creamy before scooping into cones.
3. We keep the remainder in the freezer, until ready to be re-blended and scooped. So healthy and delicious, even perfect for breakfast!
FAQS
How Does This Taste?
It tastes like a cross between a creamy ice cream and a sherbet - a touch of iciness in the texture. But it scoops wonderfully, and if you do have an ice cream maker, it would probably be creamier.
What Goes Well With Blueberry Ice Cream?
We serve ours in cones but it is also delicious on a slice of pound cake because it is not overly sweet.
Other Homemade Ice Creams
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📖 Recipe
Homemade Blueberry Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen blueberries
- 1 medium avocado
- ½ cup dairy-free yogurt
- ⅛ cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional for brighter flavor)
- 1 teaspoon baobab powder (optional for immunity)
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Instructions
- Blend up ice cream ingredients. And pour into a lined 4x9 inch loaf pan. Freeze at least 2 hours.2 cups frozen blueberries, 1 medium avocado, ½ cup dairy-free yogurt, ⅛ cup maple syrup, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon baobab powder
- Then break up the frozen mixture with a fork and re-blend it creamy before scooping into cones.
- We keep the remainder in the freezer, until ready to be re-blended and scooped. So healthy and delicious, even perfect for breakfast!
Notes
- Blueberries. Use them frozen.
- Avocado. You can use yogurt instead.
Teresa
Hi, I haven't made this recipe yet, but have a question? Could you use almond or coconut milk for a dairy free option?
Dee Dine
Hi Teresa, this recipe is already dairy-free. I recommend using a plant yogurt like coconut yogurt or cashew yogurt. Almond or cashew milk would be too thin and result in an icy texture. Hope that helps!
Barbara Joy
Oh I need to get some sugar cones and make this! THANK YOU!
Dee Dine | Green Smoothie Gourmet
So happy you like the recipe! Dee xx
Bianca Zapatka
This looks so delicious, Dee! 😍
Love the berries. ❤️
Lots of love,
Bianca
Dee Dine | Green Smoothie Gourmet
Thank you so much Bianca! Dee xx
Paula J stafford
I plan on making the blueberry citrus sherbert. Thank you so much for the recipe. Green smoothie gourmet rocks.
Dee Dine | Green Smoothie Gourmet
Thank you so much Paula, that's so sweet of you!!
Dee xx
K
Can anything be substituted for the avocado?
Debbie
K, the avocado is there to make it creamy - you could try banana or coconut cream. Good luck!
Aimee B.
This looks like such a lovely sherbet. 🙂
Debbie
Thank you so much Aimee! Dee xx
Ela
Dee!! This recipe sounds amazing. Only a few ingredients and all of them are healthy, that's wonderful. I can't wait to recreate your recipe. 🙂
Debbie
Ela! I hope you love it! Your weather is better for it then mine, haha! Congrats again on 300K on Instagram!! Hooray!! Dee xx
Nisha / RainbowPlantLife
Avocado in ice cream?! Love this idea, Dee! So healthy and nourishing but so fun and delicious too!
Debbie
Nisha, you are always so kind. Yes, I was perfectly thrilled with the way this tasted. I am not that tolerant of tasting avocado in desserts, so I am always on the look out to avoid that..and this one worked! Thanks again, Dee xx