A few weeks ago, I was waiting patiently (yeah, real patiently) for a customer to arrive for a meeting. She would arrive 30 minutes late, swearing up and down that we had agreed on this time. But that's beside the point.
Point is, I decided to idly look around on Pinterest while I waited. And that's when I saw something that looked too good to be true. Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream...with only 2 ingredients. Well, I was sold.
Back to that spare time, thing. It wasn't until a couple nights ago that I remembered the pin when I saw a sad bunch of bananas on the counter, turning more and more brown by the minute. "Aha!" I thought to myself. "I can rescue these puppies."
I peeled them, sliced them and laid them out on a cookie sheet then popped them into the freezer. Kept them there for a few hours--long enough to make puffy paint, use said paint to create some mighty fine masterpieces and clean that mess and the kid who helped make it.
Next, I threw them in our blender and hit just about every button until I found the right speed---don't ask me what it was, because (a) your blender is probably different than mine and (b) I couldn't tell you if I wanted to---there were extra hands helping and we just kept at it until....
....a beautiful thing started to happen. Those frozen banana slices started turning into a creamy, frozen, heavenly dessert. I added about a tablespoon of natural peanut butter (after I took out a good bowlful for my little one who's got a nut allergy) and about a teaspoon of almond milk to help it along. You've gotta be patient (yes, I see the irony here in ME giving that advice!) here, and scrape down the sides of the blender every so often. But it WILL come together.I put Abby's now empty bowl into the dishwasher---the kid devoured this in no time flat!! Then I scooped out the yumminess into a tupperware bowl and back into the freezer...where I managed to forget about it for the rest of the evening (how does THAT happen!?). Driving home from work the next night, it hit me....I had a super delicious and uber healthy treat waiting for me. I could hardly wait until after dinner (but I did---lead by example and all that nonsense!) and then, I dug in.
Now, don't be too impressed. I did not make mine all fancy like this--but it did look an awful lot like this bowl of deliciousness. I ate it out of the tupperware. With a spoon---does that class it up any? Ehhh....you're not judging? Are you?
Perhaps you'll serve yours from your Grandmother's finest china, or maybe you'll fill a delicious cone with this goodness and top it with sprinkles (thus negating it's healthy qualities somewhat!), but however you do it, I hope you enjoy it and smile, knowing that it's a healthy alternative to ice cream, but you can barely tell the difference (no, really...I'm not just saying that!). Sorry that this isn't a "real" recipe...but you'll find what works for you. And I suspect that the next time I make it, it'll be different than the last!
Cheers!
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