Ice cream is one of my favorite things, especially once the weather starts to warm up. There is also an strong emotional connection for me. It reminds me of a simpler time. Growing up in New England, getting ice cream after dinner in the summertime was a rite of passage. Even as I think about it now, I am teleported back to New Hampshire in the middle of July. I can almost taste that chocolate chip cookie dough with rainbow sprinkles from Golden Rod!

Fast forward to today, and my body can't handle the heavy cream and the processed sugar. As devastating as this might be, once nice-cream came around, I was pumped! It's really fun to play around with variations of this. Below, I will give you the base of any good nice cream, and from there feel free to explore however you choose!

Basic Banana Nice Cream:

Ingredients:

2 frozen bananas
1/4 cup of your favorite nut milk

Directions: Place into a high-speed blender and blend until desired consistency. It should resemble a soft-serve. Add more milk if needed. If you add too much milk by accident and it becomes watery you can put in in the freezer for 30 minutes so it gets hard.

Banana Nut Nice Cream:

Follow the Simple Banana Nice Cream recipe then add:

1 heaping tablespoon of nut butter
1/4 cup of whatever nuts you have on hand (walnuts, pecans, almond, pistachios all work great)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Pinch of salt

Directions: Blend in a high-speed blender and blend until desired consistency. Top with more crushed nuts and cocoa nibs (optional)

3 Ingredient Banana Strawberry Nice Cream:

1/4 cup strawberries
Pinch of sea salt

Directions: Blend in a high-speed blender and blend until desired consistency. If you'd like this to firm up more put it in the fridge for 30 minutes before enjoying it!