This Easy, Vegan Ice Cream Has 2 Ingredients You Won’t Expect
Anna Monette Roberts
Anna Monette Roberts
As Brit + Co's Food Editor, Anna Monette Roberts has an insatiable appetite for developing tasty dishes. When she's not dreaming about her next meal, she's . . . well, probably cooking up her creations. Her favorite foods include chewy chocolate chip cookies, Rosé Champagne, and gooey French cheeses — in no particular order.
Welcome to Single Serving, our new video series showcasing colorful, easily re-createable, and highly Instagrammable recipes for one. In our premiere episode, we’re making a super easy, naturally blue vegan “nice” cream. Made from frozen bananas, vanilla powder, and Blue Majik, a bright blue spirulina powder that is said to help reduce inflammation and boost your immune system, this “nice” cream can be upgraded to sundae status with the addition of toppings like coconut whipped cream, cherries, nut butter, and chocolate shavings. Dig in.
Blue Majik “Nice” Cream
(Serves 1)
Ingredients:
Optional Toppings:
Instructions:
- 2 bananas, diced into 1-inch pieces, and frozen overnight on a sheet tray
- 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
- 1-2 teaspoons Blue Majik, plus more for dusting
- splash of non-dairy milk, if needed
- coconut whipped cream
- pitted and de-stemed cherries
- freeze-dried cherries
- pitted and diced strawberries
- cherry chia jam (chia seeds reconstituted in cherry juice)
- nut butter
- dark chocolate shavings
- edible flowers (optional)
Anna Monette Roberts
As Brit + Co's Food Editor, Anna Monette Roberts has an insatiable appetite for developing tasty dishes. When she's not dreaming about her next meal, she's . . . well, probably cooking up her creations. Her favorite foods include chewy chocolate chip cookies, Rosé Champagne, and gooey French cheeses — in no particular order.