A refreshing raspberry ice cream, a healthy fruit ice cream recipe. High in fiber and protein and no refined sugar! Easy to make using fresh raspberries and a blender. No ice cream maker needed and this mouth-watering frosty treat is low in calories!
Open a can of room temperature coconut milk : Shake cans before opening or open them and sit the cans in a pot of hot water so combine the solids if they separated out.
1 cup full fat coconut milk
Make date paste : Soak for 10 medjool dates in just boiled hot water, rinse and pit.Blend with ¼ cup almond milk and ¼ teaspoon vanilla. This makes ½ cup of date paste. This recipe is for ½ cup - I recommend you double it if you have the dates so you can have extra date paste. Refrigerate any extra date paste and use as a sweetener for smoothies, ice cream and coffee.
10 dates, ¼ cup dairy-free milk, ¼ teaspoon vanilla
Blend up Ice Cream : Blend up the raspberries, date paste, coconut milk, and salt until smooth and uniform. Taste at this point. If it is not sweet enough, add more date paste and blend again.
4 cups raspberries, ½ cup date paste, 1 cup full fat coconut milk, pinch salt
No Churn Process
If you have ziplock bags or plastic wrap and a cookie sheet, you don't need an ice cream maker to make no churn ice cream in just two steps.
Step one : Pour the blended ice cream mixture into zip lock bags and seal them so when you lay them flat, the mixture is about ½ inch deep. I normally lay these bags in a cookie sheet to keep them flat in the freezer because my freezer is jam packed. But you can also just lay the bags flat on top of each other in the freezer if you have a flat area. Freeze for 4+ hours.
Step two : After that time, break up the frozen ice cream bark into chunks, and add those pieces to your blender. Process for a half a minute or so, stop the blender and scrap the sides and process again. After 2-3 minutes of doing this, you should have a creamy ice cream texture.
Step three : Pour the re-blended mixture into a parchment lined loaf pan.
Cover the ice cream surface with plastic wrap so that every spec of the surface has plastic touching it. This is to seal out the air and avoid ice crystals from forming. Freeze until it reaches your desired texture - I freeze it at least four hours so we can scoop it.
Notes
How Healthy Are DatesDates are not only great at controlling blood sugar, but also full of other nutrients, antioxidants and those magical polyphenols, micronutrients found in some plant-based foods that are packed with potential health benefits. There are also some studies that suggest dates promote brain healthy by reducing the collection of plaques in the brain. Plaques contribute to brain fog and further disease.They are healthier to eat than refined sugar, but obviously need to eaten in moderation due to high sugar content. Read more about date nutrition here.Are Raspberries Good For You?Yes! Like dates, they are full of fiber and also low in sugar. The average GI score range is between 55 and 70. Berries, including raspberries, score below 40.