Easy Recipe for Healthy, Homemade "Ice Cream" (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, No Added Sugar!)

I've been getting requests for more recipes, so I thought I'd share this dessert I threw together recently: Cherry-Vanilla Coconut Milk "Ice Cream".  This one came to me last week during my long stretch of no grocery shopping.  I only had a few random veggies left (maybe I'll share my sauteed radishes story another time?) and I had completely run out of fresh fruit.  But I was craving fruit.  Then I remembered I had frozen cherries (I love to keep them on hand for smoothies!).  And then I realized I had some coconut milk (coconut milk, NOT coconut water/juice).  I figured I could make something tasty from cherries and coconut milk.  And I did.  Really tasty! 

Here's the recipe...

Cherry-Vanilla Coconut Milk "Ice Cream"
(Dairy- and Gluten-Free, No Added Sugar = NO Reason Not to Try This!)

Ingredients:
(for 2 servings)

• 1 cup frozen organic cherries
• 1/2 cup (classic / NOT "lite") coconut milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• (optional: add 1/2 banana -- adding banana makes it creamy; without banana, consistency is more like sorbet, but there is still some creaminess from the coconut milk)

Here's What You Do:

• Blend together all ingredients in a high-speed blender or food processor
• Pour into glass container/bowl (covered) and return to freezer
• Freeze for ~2 hours
• Enjoy. 
• (If your "ice cream" is kept frozen for an extended time, you may need to thaw it before eating.)

I hope you enjoy this simple, tasty, and very healthy alternative to traditional ice cream. 

Let us know if you like it and share with us your own healthy dessert creations.

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