We are ADDICTED. Recently, Vu saw a scary report on 60 Minutes that chronicled the way that refined sugars react in your brain like COCAINE. And he divulged this to me just as I was reaching for the Ben and Jerry's at the grocery store. Needless to say, I did not go home with Cherry Garcia that day.
We're pretty good about our diets and sugar anyway, but ice cream is certainly our weak spot when either one of us has a sweet tooth. So, working off of a raw foods recipe, I came up with this little gem:
Banana-Blueberry Dark Chocolate "Ice Cream"
1 banana, cut into slices
1/4 - 1/3 c blueberries
1/4 of a bar of Ghirardelli 70% Dark Baking Chocolate, chopped
1/2 tsp agave nectar, maple syrup, or honey
- You can either throw all of these ingredients fresh in the food processor and then freeze afterwards, or you can put the frozen ingredients in and eat it right away. We tend to do the latter, since I prefer the Whole Foods 365 Brand Frozen Organic Wild Blueberries. We freeze the bananas first and let them defrost just a bit so they go through the processor more easily. The product is a bit more smoothie-like and creamy than frozen, but Vu prefers it this way :)
We've been making this almost every night since I figured it out. It TOTALLY fulfills my ice cream cravings, but it's SO much healthier and hopefully is not turning our brains to mush.
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