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Sackboy
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True.
One trick I learned is to add a frozen banana and it gives it an ice-cream-like texture.
Sackboy
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Nothing complicated, just freeze a few bananas and add them to the smoothie instead of ice-cream. It goes well with raspberries, but you need a bit of honey.
Don't freeze them with the skin on, or it won't come off. They also go black after a time.
If you like that, wayne, try an instant banana ice cream.
Freeze bananas. Put into a food processor. Add vanilla extract, sugar/sweetener and a little buttermilk. Blend. While machine is still running, pour in more buttermilk in a thin, steady stream. Blend until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Serve immediately.
I'm sure you can add other frozen fruit, or use other fruit instead.
Freeze bananas. Put into a food processor. Add vanilla extract, sugar/sweetener and a little buttermilk. Blend. While machine is still running, pour in more buttermilk in a thin, steady stream. Blend until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Serve immediately.
I'm sure you can add other frozen fruit, or use other fruit instead.
Mila
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I'm waiting for healthy Malva pud with healthy cream and healthy custard recipe...
The_Unbeliever
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Mila's probably still waiting for volunteers 
Sorbet is the obvious choice - ease up on the sugar if you want it ultra healthy but the sugar is important. Making a good syrup is the key.
Basil, mint and lime sorbet is one of my favourites - will get out the recipe later when I get home.
Another healthy dessert is a "fool". Yoghurt, fresh berries (macerated if you want), crushed biscuits, honey, fresh mint, in a glass - voila. Done in under 5 minutes; healthy; tasty.
I have a new machine at home - a blender that spins at incredible rpm - it turns ordinary skim milk into cream that is absolutely delicious. So if you can, try doing it at home. Use a blender with a circle head, tilt the glass at an angle, place the blender into the top portion of the milk to allow air to incorporate and blend. It will be cream in under a minute if you have a high speed blender. You can then use this instead of cream in fresh desserts - just do not use it as a replacement for cream as an ingredient in things like sauces or baking as the fat globules in cream are what help to stabilise a mixture, and there is very little in milk. This mock cream is just thick due to the air content. Ordinary cream is an emulsification of fat globules in water - far more than milk.
Smoothies are also great and the frozen fruit thing is a very good idea.
Another thing you can try is to place your fruit in a cooler box with dry ice. The CO2 give the fruit an effervescence like a soda pop...
Basil, mint and lime sorbet is one of my favourites - will get out the recipe later when I get home.
Another healthy dessert is a "fool". Yoghurt, fresh berries (macerated if you want), crushed biscuits, honey, fresh mint, in a glass - voila. Done in under 5 minutes; healthy; tasty.
I have a new machine at home - a blender that spins at incredible rpm - it turns ordinary skim milk into cream that is absolutely delicious. So if you can, try doing it at home. Use a blender with a circle head, tilt the glass at an angle, place the blender into the top portion of the milk to allow air to incorporate and blend. It will be cream in under a minute if you have a high speed blender. You can then use this instead of cream in fresh desserts - just do not use it as a replacement for cream as an ingredient in things like sauces or baking as the fat globules in cream are what help to stabilise a mixture, and there is very little in milk. This mock cream is just thick due to the air content. Ordinary cream is an emulsification of fat globules in water - far more than milk.
Smoothies are also great and the frozen fruit thing is a very good idea.
Another thing you can try is to place your fruit in a cooler box with dry ice. The CO2 give the fruit an effervescence like a soda pop...
blunomore
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Just eat the unhealthy version and work in one more day of exercise.
Kilgore_Trout_Redux
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Sago pudding or an Irish Coffee.
murraybiscuit
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+1 for sorbet or frozen yogurt.
in fact, froz yogurt may be slightly better in terms of GI - a small amount of fat can slow the absorption of sugars into the bloodstream.
you could also try pears poached in a red wine, water and sugar sauce with a light custard;
crepes / pancakes with an orange juice & zest syrup / cinnamon and sugar with fresh berries;
or mango/berries topped with mixed plain yogurt and whipped cream and a little bit of brown sugar sprinkled on top
in fact, froz yogurt may be slightly better in terms of GI - a small amount of fat can slow the absorption of sugars into the bloodstream.
you could also try pears poached in a red wine, water and sugar sauce with a light custard;
crepes / pancakes with an orange juice & zest syrup / cinnamon and sugar with fresh berries;
or mango/berries topped with mixed plain yogurt and whipped cream and a little bit of brown sugar sprinkled on top
murraybiscuit
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DJ what's the make of that blender?
It's the Bamix blender...
And the thing is unbelieveable. It has completely replaced my food processor, pessel and mortar and spice machine. It turns fresh nutmeg and turmeric into ground spice in seconds. And home-made mayo takes less than a minute, including getting all the ingredients out of the cupboard. It's an expensive machine, but well, well worth it.
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Kilgore_Trout_Redux
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Amen to that!