Ice cream: 3 healthy recipes

With the return of the beautiful days, nothing better than to savor a delicious ice cream. Unfortunately, those offered by the trade are often very caloric and if they are good for the morale, they are much less for the health. So, to refresh yourself this year, here are 3 ice cream recipes to make at home and totally healthy!

1. Dark chocolate hazelnut ice cream

ingredients

• 60g of dark chocolate
• 60g blanched hazelnuts
• 10 pitted dates
• 500 mL of almond milk
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 Greek yogurt low in fat
• 1 pinch of salt

Preparation

In a blender, mix the hazelnuts, dates, cocoa powder and add a pinch of salt.
Slowly add yogurt and almond milk while continuing to mix.
Stir in the pieces of dark chocolate.
Reserve in the freezer for 3 hours and take out the ice cream for about 15 minutes before eating.
Enjoy!

 

2. Blueberry banana ice cream

ingredients

• 2 frozen bananas
• 1 Greek yogurt low in fat
• 120g of blueberries
• 1 pinch of salt

Preparation

In a blender, mix bananas and yogurt and add a pinch of salt.
Stir in the blueberries and mix again.
Reserve in the freezer for 3 hours and take out the ice cream for about 15 minutes before eating.

Enjoy!

 

3. Strawberry ice cream, banana, coconut

ingredients

• 4 frozen bananas
• 200g frozen strawberries
• 400mL of coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons grated coconut
• A dozen ice cubes

Preparation

In a blender, mix bananas, strawberries, ice cubes, and coconut milk.
Stir in the grated coconut.
Reserve in the freezer for 3 hours and take out the ice cream for about 15 minutes before eating.
Enjoy!
Dark chocolate hazelnut, banana and blueberry ice cream or strawberry, banana, coconut flavor: celebrate the return of sunny days with delicious homemade ice cream!

 

Ice cream is better known for its comforting side than for its health benefits. But a team of American researchers decided to make this food healthy by adding probiotics and fibers.

These researchers at the University of Missouri have begun adding elements such as fiber, antioxidants, and probiotics (bacteria that help digestion) to ice cream, to make it a healthy food.

“Our main challenges are texture, taste, and psychological adherence,” says Ingolf Gruen, professor of food chemistry at the University of Missouri, project leader, in a statement. “The nutrients we add often have a bitter taste and affect the texture of the ice, and we have to hide them,” he adds.

According to Ingolf Gruen, powerful flavors like chocolate mask the taste of nutrients.
Among the nutrients that could be added to ice cream, probiotics and fiber help with digestion. Probiotics fight inflammation of the small intestine, sometimes responsible for diseases.

Researchers also plan to add acai, a berry with antioxidant properties, or grapes from pressing, in wine companies.
According to researchers at the University of Missouri, a prototype ice cream good for health could appear in six months.

Source: http://munews.missouri.edu