Are you running in the Rock & Roll Half/Full Marathon this weekend in Seattle? If so, please do consider this as quite possibly the BEST recovery snack to have in your first 30 minutes after running to replenish your depleted nutritional resources. Seriously, this is perhaps the most perfect post-race food and totally delightful at the same time.
Not to mention the fun for me of finally talking my daughter into the fact that ice cream is delicious and fun, even though it is cold. Hard to be ice cream without the cold part. Anyway, now she is totally into it and I can take heart in the fact that this ice cream is full of fresh fruit and calcium rich almond milk and juice. That's it! Also, feel free to play with the fruit and juice you toss in to work with whatever is in your freezer.
Of course this is good for an everyday ice cream treat as well!
Mango Banana Recovery Ice Cream
1 banana, frozen in pieces
3/4 cup or so frozen mango pieces
2-4 Tbls Almond milk (or any other milk-type... rice, soy, cow....)
2-4 Tbls Orange Juice (optional)
Directions:
In high powered blender or food processor, toss in the banana and mango, then add a few tablespoons of almond milk (I just put in a long drizzle). Start the blender or food processor going and slowly add a tablespoon (or glug) at a time of milk and/or juice. Use more milk to make it ice creamier and more juice to make it creamsickle-ey-er. Then scoop it into your favorite delivery item. Mia is a fan of the cone and they make perfectly good gluten-free cones to be had at any grocery store these days. Or any other cone, or cup, or cookie....
Makes about 3 good sized servings. I recommend immediate consumption for a good soft texture, but it does freeze well for later eating if for some unrecognizable reason you can't finish it all.
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| Beautifully smooth! |
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| Can you argue with that? |
