Straw-Nana-Nut Ice Cream

We've mentioned one of our favorite apps before, the Whole Foods Market Recipes app...well this is a variation of one of their recipes.  It's a perfect summer treat that you won't feel guilty about eating! 

This recipe calls for a lot of strawberries & if you are like me you get tired of wasting 1/2 the strawberry by cutting off the stem.  I saw this pin on Pinterest about removing the stem with a straw & finally had the chance to try it out...IT WORKS!  It's super easy too.  All you do is insert the straw at the button & push the stem off (see below)!

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Ingredients:

• 2 frozen Bananas
• 6 oz Organic Strawberries (buy ORGANIC - Strawberries are one of "The Dirty Dozen")
• 1/2 cup of raw whole Cashews (soaked in water, see below)

Directions:

1. Soak cashews in warm water at room temperature for 2-12 hours.  Drain cashews once they have been soaked.

2. Dice organic strawberries.

3. Slice frozen bananas into 1/4" slices.

4. Puree strawberries & cashews in a Vitamix until smooth (start at the lowest speed & gradually turn it up to 4).  Add up to a 1/4 cup of water, if needed.  Add bananas & puree again, until very smooth.

5. Freeze in a sealed freezer proof container until just solid, approx 4 hours.

P.S. Be sure to check out our 4 Ingredient Banana Nut Ice Cream!

Four Ingredient Banana Nut Ice Cream

After our insanely hard hike on Sunday I wanted a banana but I didn't just want to eat the banana plain because how boring is that?  Plus, all of our bananas were frozen.  I LOVE banana and peanut butter together so this was a perfect fit!  I didn't know how amazing it would be but it was just that - AMAZING!

Try it out & let us know what you think!  Don't forget about our Four Ingredient Protein Bars & our Four Ingredient Pancakes!

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Ingredients:

• 1 Frozen Banana
• 1 Tbsp Natural Peanut Butter
• 2 Tbsp Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
• 1/4 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract (avoid HFCS)

Directions:

1. Slice frozen banana into small slices (you can do this before or after freezing).
2. Add all ingredients to a food processor & blend until it reaches custard consistency.
3. Serve & Enjoy!

Makes 1 Serving.

Macros:

• Calories - 210
• Protein - 6 g
• Carbs - 36 g
• Fat - 8 g

P.S. Check out our Honey Glazed Bananas too!

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- Whitney

Clean Eating Cookie Cake

Need something to get you through these gloomy rainy days of May here in the South? No problem! Brighten up your day the clean eating way with a little (and yes, I said little) treat sure to please! Freeze the rest for when you need another treat!

Clean Eating Cookie Cake Bake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/3 cup sucanat sugar OR Ideal Brown Sugar Blend
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp water
• 2 Tbsp unsweetened unflavored Almond Milk
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• 1 cup thick rolled oats
• 2/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate, at least 70% cocoa (We used Endangered Species 72%)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Spray a round, non-stick cake pan lightly with olive oil.

3. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. We find it easiest to use a wooden spoon as it sticks less.

4. Spoon mixture into cake pan.

4. Bake for 17-20 minutes depending on your oven temperature.

Makes 8 cookie slices.