Easy Ice Cream

Ice Cream!... who'd of thought?!

This recipe really had my interest and I thought I would try to make it Game On legal!  By the way Our Best Bites is like, the BEST food blog.  I love it!

This was sooooo yummy!! 

Easy Ice Cream

- 1 very ripe banana (not all mushy and brown....you want the kind with a few brown spots...you can see pics on the link I posted above)
- *1 portion of low-fat Ricotta cheese (the BEST kind to buy is Market Pantry brand found only at TARGET but other kinds are okay it'll just be a bit grainy)
- 1 portion of natural peanut butter
- dash of cinnamon (optional)

Peel banana.  Break off into chunks and freeze for several hours.  I froze mine in a plastic Ziploc overnight. 
Place all ingredients into food processor or a really good blender.  Pulse for about a minute.  Your mixture may look kind of grainy like cous cous but that is what you want.  You might have to scrape down the sides a bit, too.
Stir mixture with spatula and voila!!  You've got ice cream!  Eat immediately.


I was really surprised with how smooth, creamy, and satifsying this was.  Obviously, this tastes like banana but it's really not overwhelming and didn't make me gag, as bananas usually make me do.  This really does have the texture of soft serve ice cream!  LOVE it!



* The Ricotta serves as your protein for the meal.  Now, if you aren't really into Ricotta, you could maybe try protein powder, cottage cheese, or Greek yogurt as an alternate ingredient.  I haven't tried any of these things.  I was going to try chocolate protein powder, but I was so satisfied with the Ricotta that I didn't want to risk it not turning out well.


Carb = Banana
Protein = Ricotta
Fat = Peanut Butter