Heart-healthy homemade ice cream – with just one ingredient!

My new favourite food – and it’s not only easy, it’s also heart-healthy.  You can whip this up with just one ingredient that you probably have in your kitchen right now. That mystery ingredient, of course, is banana! Frozen bananas turn creamy instead of crumbly in the blender, with a smooth and delectable texture.

Here’s a step-by-step recipe: 

• Peel ripe bananas and cut into small chunks
• Freeze them
• Blend, blend, blend – scraping down the blender container if they stick. You can add a couple Tbsp of almond milk, plain yogurt, peanut butter or honey at this point if you like, but not really necessary
• Serve immediately (optional: sprinkle with a few sliced almonds or grated dark chocolate)

Calories per serving (with almond milk or yogurt added): 145; Total Fat: 2.1 g; Saturated Fat: 0.2 g; Trans Fat 0 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 8 mg; Carbohydrate: 29.2 g; Dietary Fibre: 4; Sugars: 14.4; Protein: 3.2 g

Thanks to http://www.kitchn.com for this yummy and healthy dessert idea –  great way to use up those overripe bananas.

Check out my other favourite heart-healthy recipes here for:

• chocolate fudge brownies
• watermelon, feta and black olive salad
• sushi pizza appetizers
• lasagna
• make-ahead blueberry almond French toast