02.06.12
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Since it’s Monday morning, I’m assuming all of the celebrating/griping from last night’s game is all out of your system? I love football, I do, but as soon as the game is over, I’m onto the next thing. Which, in this house, means…
Valentine’s Day! For work, I’ve been spending the past few days working on some delicious (and adorable) heart shaped goodies! And, lucky for you, I have 5 days worth of cute, heart shaped treats and romantic inspired eats to inspire your Valentine’s Day! Starting tomorrow, it’s going to be all lovey and shizz on hurr.
But today? I’m sparing you myobsessionwith heart shaped goodies (I blame the 3 heart cake pans and cookie cutters I bought recently) and sharing something that is just plain good. Actually, not good, AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, FOOD-GASM inducing. And guess what? It’s easy and made from these delicious ingredients. [Plus, a few others].
So what do peanuts and bananas have to do with today’s dish? Well, everything!
This incredible skinny ice cream would be nothing without the amazing peanut butter and banana flavor! Made with reduced fat peanut butter, skim milk, light cream and soft, ripened bananas, this ice cream is not only incredible, it’s light! Each serving has less than 100 calories and 6 grams of fat.
Each bite has just the right balance of peanut butter and banana without beingoverpowering, and the texture? It’s creamy and has almost a custardy like finish. Smooth, sweet and oh-so-decadent, it’s impossible to tell it’s low-fat. Really. My friend Melanie was downright SHOCKED something so incredible, so delicious, so creamy and flavorful was low-fat andcompletelygluten-free!
I urge you to make this as soon as you possibly can. But I warn you. Once you make it (or any homemade ice cream for that matter), you will NEVER have the urge to buy the carton stuff again.
It’s like going from drinking Smirnoff to Grey Goose or Andre to Dom Perignon. And trust me, friends, downgrading from that is just plain wrong.
Skinny Peanut Butter & Banana Ice Cream
Serves about 7 – 8
Prep time: 10 minutes
Chill time: 2 – 8 hours
“Cook” time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 cup reduced fat peanut butter
- 2 ripened bananas, chopped
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups light cream
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
- In a large bowl, beat peanut butter and sugars until creamy. Add milk and beat until sugar iscompletelydissolved. Add cream and vanilla and stir until combined. Add in chopped bananas. Cover with foil and chill for at least 2 hours, or overnight.
- Once mixture has chilled, pour into a FROZEN base of anice creammaker. Turn ice cream maker on and let the machine stir/thicken the ice cream for at least 20 minutes. Once ice cream has reached desired consistency, scoop and enjoy!Immediatelyfreeze after serving.
Nutritional information per 1/2 cup:
Calories: 95
Fat: 5 grams
Carbohydrates: 12 grams
Protein: 6 grams
Fiber:2 grams
Weight Watchers Points Plus points: 3
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Claire
Categories:Eat Skinny Be Skinny Recipes, Food Photography, Gluten Free
Tags:Eat Skinny Be Skinny, featured, gluten free dessert, gluten-free recipes, healthy desserts, healthy recipes, low fat ice cream, low fat ice cream recipe, skinny ice cream
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Posted by Melanie on
Monday, February 6th, 2012
I'm still shocked. I bought a little thing of Haagen-Dazs and your ice cream is so much better, hands down. I might just show up unannouncedand invade your freezer...
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Posted by Priscilla McDonald on
Monday, February 6th, 2012
I love this! And your pics are stunning!
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Posted by Stephsbitebybite on
Monday, February 6th, 2012
oh you and this ice cream are my favorite things! I wanna take this ice cream and stack it up on a brownie!
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Posted by Jackie @ Domestic Fits on
Monday, February 6th, 2012
I love peanut butter! This is a great post, I'll have to give this a try when I'm not so dang cold all the time!
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Posted by Lauren on
Monday, February 6th, 2012
woah! I could do some serious damage to this... ;)
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Posted by Kristen on
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Oooo! That looks so good. I am so glad that ice cream is easy to make GF!!
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Posted by Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. on
Monday, February 6th, 2012
YUM!! I love bananas and peanut butter together!
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Posted by Baking Serendipity on
Monday, February 6th, 2012
I'm on to the next thing after the Super Bowl too :) This ice cream looks fantastic! Peanut butter and banana is one of my favorite combinations.
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Posted by Marina (YummyMummyKitchen.com) on
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Those candles are the cutest things ever! And the ice cream sounds perfect. I love making ice cream (obviously) and this sounds soooo good.
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Posted by Colleen on
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
I'm loving the stats on this ice cream. Plus, the combo of PB and banana sounds absolutely delicious. This is my kind of ice cream.
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Posted by Lizzy Do on
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Love this ice cream....I'd get my sweet fix without all the guilt! It looks marvelous!!!
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Posted by Kim Waters on
Monday, February 13th, 2012
That looks so amazing! I can't wait to try it!
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Posted by The Food Hunter on
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
I wish I had a big bowl of this right now.
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Posted by Angie on
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
I love the combination of peanut butter and banana! Great ice cream!
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Posted by Amanda @the_kitcheneer on
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
YUM! I love making ice cream with bananas! And the addition of peanut butter? Sounds so good!
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Posted by Martha @ A Family Feast on
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
So ice cream is one of my favorites...and anytime I can find a delicious AND skinny recipe - it's a win in my book. I'm looking forward to trying this!
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Posted by Paula - bell'alimento on
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
I know what ice cream will be happening next ; )
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Posted by christine on
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
peanut butter and banana just go together naturally don't they? this looks really good. I wish I had an ice cream maker!
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Posted by valmg @ From Val's Kitchen on
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
I've never made homemade ice cream. This looks delicious and sounds easy to make!
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Posted by Jenn @ Deliciously Sprinkled on
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
I love love love banana ice cream and the fact you added peanut butter to it makes it even more amazing! Can't wait to give your recipe a try! :)
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Posted by Courtney @ Neighborfood on
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
I love peanut butter and banana together and I"m sure it's even better in frozen treat form!
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Posted by Melissa from HungryFoodLove.com on
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
These flavors always go well together! and on ice cream form sound devine!
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Posted by Lauren @ Healthy Delicious on
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
ooooh I love this! I thought it was just going to be mashed frozen banana, but so happy to see that there's also cream and sugar in it. I bet it's delicious!
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Posted by Samantha on
Friday, July 4th, 2014
Peanut butter ice cream sounds just like a dream to me.
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Posted by Nutmeg Nanny on
Friday, July 4th, 2014
I sorta want to dive into a big bowl of this deliciousness.
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