Treat the kids to healthy ice-cream this summer

Looking for a healthy ice-cream treat for the kids this staycation? One that doesn’t come with a tonne of refined sugar or the plethora of artificial ingredients and one that you can whip up last minute? I’ve got you covered.

This recipe has just five wholefood ingredients in it, will take you about 30 seconds to whip up and is a real treat for your kids’ gut microbiome! It can be eaten out of the food processor (blender), or freeze it in popsicle moulds for a great mid-morning or mid-afternoon snack.

You can use the same base recipe to make all sorts of flavour combinations. Try a new variety every week of the holidays: strawberries, peaches, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, passionfruit … they all work a treat. Freeze the berries first if you want an ‘instant’ ice-cream, otherwise the mixture will be runny and you will have to wait for it to set in your moulds.

Ingredients:

1 frozen bananas

1 cup diced frozen mango

1 tbsp maple syrup (or raw honey)

1/4 cup cashews (or macadamia nuts)

1 cup of Greek / natural yoghurt

Place cashews/macadamia nuts in a food processor or thermomix (a mini food processor or vitamix would work too – but be sure to halve the ingredient portions) and blitz to form small crumbs. Add all remaining ingredients to the food processor and blitz until you reach a smooth, soft-serve consistency. Enjoy!