Strawberry Banana Nice Cream

The best alternative to ice cream!
You are going to love this healthy guilt free dessert!  And there are only 3 ingredients!

Ingredients:

-2 frozen bananas
-1 cup frozen strawberries
-1/2 - 3/4 cup of your favorite soy or nut milk

Directions:

Place bananas, strawberries, and 1/2 cup of soy or nut milk in a high speed blender.   Blend on high until a cream is created.  Use a rubber spatula to scrap the edges to help blend the ingredients.  We want to use as little liquid as possible.  If needed, add the remaining 1/4 cup soy or nut milk, 2 Tablespoons at a time.  Serve and Enjoy.

Taco Bean Rolls

Enjoy as a snack or add a side to make it a main meal!

Ingredients:

-1/2 yellow onion
-3 cups pinto beans
-2 teaspoons of your favorite taco seasoning
-1 Tablespoon garlic
-1 (4 oz) can of mild green chilies
-Kernels from 1 ear of corn
-Juice of half a lime
-12 tortillas

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 deg. F.
Saute onions in a pan over medium heat until translucent.  Add 1 tablespoon of water or vegetable broth at a time if onions start sticking to pan.  Add garlic and taco seasoning.  Mix and turn off heat.

In a bowl, mash beans.  Add onion mixture, chilies, corn, and lime juice to beans.  Add spoonful of mixture to tortillas and roll.
Grease pan so tortillas do not stick.  Cook for 10 minutes or to desired crispiness of tortilla.

Serve with guacamole, pico de gallo, or your favorite dipping sauce. 

Tropical Nice Cream

What's better than ice cream? Nice cream!  Made of 100% raw fruit.

Ingredients:

-1 young coconut (for the meat and the water)

-1 frozen banana

-1/2 cup frozen mango 

-1/2 cup frozen pineapple

Directions:

Crack open the coconut

Pour the water into a cup and scoop out the meat.

Place the meat, banana, mango, and pineapple in a blender.  

Pour in 1/4 cup coconut water and blend.  

Add a small amount of water at a time until you reach desired consistency. 

Be very careful not to add too much water. You don't want the nice cream to be runny. 

Serve back in coconut shell or bowl.

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Stuffed Bananas

They are SO good! You will eat them until they are gone! 

Ingredients:
-2 small bananas or 1 large banana. 
-Peanut butter 
-Chocolate (See below)

To make the chocolate: 
-2 Tablespoons cacao 
-5 teaspoons non-dairy milk 
-4 teaspoons raw sugar.  

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together. Put the chocolate in a pot on very low heat and cook for about 3 minutes or until sugar is melted. Do not burn the chocolate! This is what makes them heavenly! Place in a bowl to slightly cool.

Cut banana(s) into 1inch circles. 
Carve out the center of the banana(s). 
Place wax paper on a tray.
Put peanut butter in a plastic bag, cut hole in corner and squeeze peanut butter through hole and into the banana. 
Place bananas on the wax paper. 
Put bananas in freezer while making chocolate. 
When the chocolate is made, dip bananas in chocolate and put back on wax paper. Place in freezer until completely frozen. 

Pineapple Bowl

This Pineapple Bowl is SO simple!

Ingredients:
-1/2 pineapple
-1 banana
-5 strawberries
-Coconut cream (as much as you like)

Directions:

Place coconut cream in the fridge overnight.
When ready to use, place the coconut cream in a blender until creamy.
Scoop out the pineapple.  Careful not to cut through the outside of the pineapple or the coconut cream will leak through.
Slice the pineapple that was scooped out.
Slice the banana and strawberries.
Fill the pineapple half way with coconut cream and continue filling with the sliced fruit.

Enjoy for Breakfast, a snack, or dessert!


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