Spinach Ice Cream?
The spinach will be our little secret; I swear you cannot taste it at all!
It’s an ice-cream version of a recipe posted a few weeks ago.
This recipe: Mint-Chocolate Milkshake.
(That shake is one of my fave recipes on the whole blog!)
Finally the weather’s getting warmer. When I discovered that the temperature was a perfect 74 degrees, I decided to celebrate: with ice cream. Taking advantage of the waning spring-break hours, I invited two friends over to eat ice cream on the patio.
Yes, I really did serve spinach ice cream. And yes, my friends really did eat it all up! I honestly don’t even know why they allow me to feed them anymore, for how many times I’ve snuck funny things into their food—tofu chocolate mousse, spinach ice cream, kale milkshakes…My friends laughed when I told them the truth (after they finished eating). Then they requested more. (For theirs, I replaced the cacao nibs with regular chocolate chips. I know not everyone shares my love of those bitter little crunchies.)
Spinach Ice Cream
(sugar-free)
One of my Raw Dessert Recipes.
- 2 frozen bananas, as ripe as possible
- 2-3 drops pure peppermint extract
- scant 1/16th tsp salt
- 1/4 cup or more frozen spinach (I used 40g) (If you don’t like spinach, you can sub food coloring or omit completely.)
- scant 2 tbsp milk of choice (I used almond milk)
- chocolate chips or cacao nibs
Blend everything together in the Vita-Mix. (If you don’t have a high-powered blender, just add more liquid; it won’t be as ice-cream-like, but it’ll still taste good!) Use an ice-cream scoop for authentic-looking ice cream.
Not a fan of spinach?
If you prefer, try this recipe for real Healthy Mint-Chip Ice Cream.
(The above link is also much healthier than traditional mint-chocolate chip ice cream… but it doesn’t have spinach! So check that one out if you still don’t trust me about spinach ice cream!)
After my friends left, I continued the St. Patrick’s Day theme (and the leafy-green theme) with dinner. It’s just a simple stir-fry over bulgur. But the mache greens look like four-leaf clovers! I also ate a spoonful of raw cashew butter, straight-up. Anyone else like eating nut butters straight-up?
How do you get your daily servings of leafy greens?
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Can’t wait to try this ice cream.
You are TOTALLY amazing!!!!! What a wonderful ice cream!!! I can’t believe it has spinach in it and you can’t taste it! I’m definitely trying this! I can’t wait! thanks so much for sharing the recipe! 🙂
Aww you are so sweet! I hope you like it 🙂
This also works well with zucchini as the base for the ice cream!
Oh wow, now I want to try that! Sounds fun!
OMG!!
Can you make this without banana? We can’t have them.. 🙁
Try subbing Thai coconut meat (the white, triangular coconut, not the brown one). Or maybe even mango or pear? Let me know how it turns out if you do try! 🙂
I’m sure when you said frozen spinach, you were refering to raw frozen spinach… didn’t know if that confused anyone since cooked spinach is usually used from a frozen state. Or am I confused?
I am a lover of the green smoothie for getting dark leafy greens in my diet. In fact, strangely, I’m not a big fan of salads. Prior to my discovery of green smoothies I NEVER got greens in my diet. I’ve gotten pretty lazy lately. I buy bagged organic fruit instead of fussing w/prepping fresh fruit, but I always use fresh greens. I found THE BEST organic delivery service. They deliver a box of goodies to my front door once a week for a very reasonable price.
I spent a year drinking only baby organic spinach w/different fruits before I was ready to branch out into the darker and bitter greens. Today I can say that I not only love Collards, Rainbow Chard, Carrot Tops and Kale, but I’m a huge fan of Dandelion greens too! still don’t like salad though 😉
I meant the kind that’s already cooked and comes in a package… but now that I re-read my recipe, it’s supposed to be a “raw” recipe. I didn’t think about that! Oops!!
But I’m sure raw spinach would work fine in the recipe! 🙂
OMG! This was absolutely amazing!
I prefer it right after mixing it when its more milkshakey.
I topped mine with mint & darkchoco chips 🙂
Now i need to try experimenting other ways of this 🙂
This was an absolute treat Had to use fresh spinach and vanilla instead of mint – all out :/
However it was still delicious.
You’ve got quite the knack for raw foods and I have quite the knack for making them for my toddler and myself.
I get green leafy veggies in my smoothies! I put frozen pineapple, spinach and apple juice in the blender! super yummy!
I love my nut butters straight up!! And I’m so jealous that you had 74 degree weather today…
I am so excited to try this ice cream!