Here is a great way to make healthy ice cream just with fruit and whole foods!

You basically blend frozen bananas with frozen fruit or flavourings of your choice.  It is so easy, delicious and healthy.

When I have bananas going spotty or see them on special at the produce store I freeze them.  I take the skins off and break them up into bendable chunks and put them in old revive salad containers.  Then when I want some ice cream I am prepared!!!

The ideal way is to put the ingredients through a screw juicer (like a champion) however this recipe will work in a food processor (with an S blade).  If you have an older or smaller one you are best doing small batches.

Just put the ingredients in and process.  It will look like it is just chunky  and doing nothing, but after around 1 minute it will start to turn into a silky creamy healthy ice cream!!!!

If you are having difficulty getting to this point you can either add a little water (slowly) to help it along, or soften your bananas for around 30 minutes before using.  Or you may need to turn the food processor off and press the ingredients down with a spatula or wooden spoon.

Here is the main recipe with some tasty variants: Don't forget to garnish!!!!

BASE RECIPE - MAKES 2-3 SERVINGS

• 2 ripe bananas frozen
• 2 tablespoons runny honey or date puree

ADD FOR VANILLA:

• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

ADD FOR CHOCOLATE:

• 2 tablespoons carob powder

ADD FOR NUTTY:

• 2 tablespoons peanut or almond butter

ADD FOR BERRY:

• ½ cup frozen boysenberries, strawberries, blueberries or blackberries

ADD FOR MANGO:

• 1 cup frozen mango chunks

GARNISH IDEAS:

• chopped roasted peanuts, almonds or cashew nuts
• fresh mint
• fresh berries
  

This is a delicious breakfast dish and healthy too!!!!

INGREDIENTS
MAKES 6 WAFFLES

• 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed (flax meal)
• 4 tablespoons boiling water
• 2 cups rolled oats
• ½ cup cashew nuts
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 ¼ cups water
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 tablespoons honey or 
• date puree
• oil spray

TOPPING SUGGESTIONS

• cashew cream
• honey or maple syrup
• fresh or frozen berries
  
• banana

METHOD

1. In a cup combine the flaxseed and boiling water and let sit for 5 minutes.  This will make a flaxseed gel that is a great binding agent.
2. Put the oats, cashew nuts, salt, water, oil, honey and flaxseed gel into a blender and blend until smooth.
3. Spray your waffle maker with oil and put the mixture in as per the waffle iron directions.  For my waffle maker I put in ½ cup of mixture for 
4. 4 minutes.
5. Put on a plate and smother with toppings of your choice.
   

You can also add a ½ cup cornmeal (polenta) to help make them crispy

INGREDIENTS - MAKES 8 SERVES

• 4 cups Italian Tomato Sauce (or any good jar sauce)
  
• 6 cups potato sliced thinly (around 2 medium potatoes)
  
• 1 large eggplant (aubergine) sliced thickly (around 
• 12 large slices)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 400g (12oz) tin brown lentils
• garnish: chopped parsley or coriander

CASHEW SAUCE:

• 1 cup cashew nuts raw
• 2¼ cups water
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons nutritional flaked yeast
• ½ teaspoon arrowroot

METHOD

1. Make the Italian Tomato Sauce.
2. Put the potato in a pot of boiling water and cook for around 10 minutes or until it is getting soft and starting to break apart.
3. Mix the eggplant, oil, and salt together and put on an oven tray.  Bake at 180°C (350°F) for around 10 minutes or until it starts getting soft.
4. Put the cashew sauce ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.  Cook in a pot while stirring for a couple of minutes until it thickens up.
5. In a 25x20cm (10x8in) rectangular dish, layer the ingredients:  Half the tomato sauce on the bottom, followed by the potato, followed by the lentils, followed by the remaining tomato sauce.
6. Distribute the eggplant and pour over the cashew sauce.
7. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for around 30 minutes or until it is cooked through.
8. Serve with a garnish of Italian parsley or coriander.
   

You can serve immediately, or let it sit for half an hour and it will firm up.
You can use a healthy jar of tomato sauce if you do not have time to make the Italian Tomato Sauce.