Two Ingredient Vanilla Nice Cream

OK WOW! Boy do I have a treat for you! Say hello to your favourite summer treat – a Two Ingredient Vanilla Nice Cream! 

A real ice cream experience that’s naturally gluten-free, vegan, refined sugar free and best of all no ice cream maker needed. Plus this recipe is super simple and quick to make. Best of all, you get to have a nice treat that is completely healthy! 

I just love how the food knowledge has evolved and we can eat healthy ingredients and still enjoy the sweet life!

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I really love the flavour of the coconut nectar in this recipe – it adds a rich caramel like note to the bananas and vanilla.

If you’re new to coconut nectar, it’s a great low-glycemic sweetener that does not spike up your blood sugar as other sweeteners. It is a sweetener that I recommend the most, as per my cookbook Cut the Sugar, You’re Sweet Enough. I also really enjoy the flavour, however I think it takes a bit of an acquired taste when you first try it out. I would recommend mixing it partly with maple syrup if you’re not used to the coconut nectar flavour yet.

As for the vanilla extract, what I absolutely love using in some of my recipes is this Vanilla Bean Paste by Madagascar Bourbon – it simply goes beyond the vanilla extract experience, especially in this recipe where you also see the little vanilla bean shreds of seeds. I get mine at Bulk Barn if you’re in Canada and want to try it out.

I hope you’ll be trying out this recipe very soon. It’s an ongoing ice cream treat around here. It simply can’t be easier to make.

Cut the Sugar Tip:

• Enjoy natural sugar when you have a sweet craving. In this recipe, bananas contain natural sugar that is good for you.
• I used a low-glycemic sweetener like coconut nectar for an added sweetness and flavour boost to the pecan topping.
• I added protein and healthy fats and fibre through the addition of pecans which help to release sugar into the blood stream slower.
• The added protein also makes you feel fuller so your are satisfied with less!

 

Ella Leché is a cookbook author (‘Cut the Sugar‘), recipe developer, and photographer/stylist behind Pure Ella; where she shares delicious and healthy recipes. Eating PURE is clean ingredients, whole foods, plant-based nourishment and delicious desserts – with quality ingredients and sweeteners so they’re treats with benefits so you won’t have to feel deprived or restricted to eat healthier.
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