I am so in love with this. I cannot believe A. how easy it is and B. how delicious and healthy it is. So my old middle school BFF, Stephanie @ The Cozy Cook who I reconnected with over some Poutine, posted this Soft Serve Banana this weekend and the minute I saw it, I had to try it. Have you checked out her blog yet? You should, because it is amazing. Not only is she and her little pup Toby so stinkin’ cute, but her food and photography is killer!
Anyway seriously, once I saw this I cut up some bananas and threw them in the freezer. Because well, we always have bananas in this house. Then I decided to make a really simple and delicious strawberry sauce to top it with. Because what’s more delicious than bananas and strawberries? Not much. Not much at all.
Plus, look at these beautiful strawberries.
I just tossed them into a small pot and let them simmer away on medium-low with a little bit of fresh squeezed lemon juice and just a touch of honey. I don’t think adding more sugar to fruit anything is necessary at all. I let these cook down until nice and soft then I mashed them up until it was as sauce-like as I wanted.
Then I just added the frozen sliced bananas to a food processor and blended them while slowly adding just a little bit of milk as it blended to give it a little added creaminess. And whoa. It’s like ice cream without an ice cream maker!
Then to top it off I added just a little of the strawberry sauce…
…and a little more…
…Ok, I added a lot.
I was soooo impressed by how much this satisfied an ice cream craving. We’ll now be keeping this in our fridge for when either of us need a little fix- this is an incredibly healthier and equally delicious alternative! Thanks, Stephanie!!
- 3 bananas sliced and frozen
- 1/4 cup of milk (skim, 1%, or 2%- whatever you have)
- 1/2 lb of strawberries
- Juice from 1/2 a lemon
- 1 teaspoon of honey (optional)
- Slice strawberries and add to a sauce pan. Add lemon juice and honey and cook on medium-low until strawberries are cooked and soft. Mash into a sauce and continue cooking until it is the consistency you want.
- In a food processor add frozen banana slices and blend. While blending, slowly add milk until creamy.
- Dish and serve with hot strawberry sauce on top!
Soooo good! Total have to try this! 🙂 mmmm so many recipes to try! Yummy!
Thank you! 🙂
My pleasure!!!!
Hi Tracy, Thank you for visiting my blog and the follow which led me to discover yours. You have wonderful blog and looking forward to read more from your space.
cheers,
Aiswarya @ My Kitchen Moments
Thank you, Aiswarya! I’m happy to have found your blog too- I’m excited to learn some more about Indian cooking and try some of our recipes 🙂
I love this!!! Will have to try it! Thank yoi for sharing!
You wont be disappointed!
That’s a winner!
My husband thought so too! 😉
I am SOOOOO happy that you made this, I seriously thought of your when I was making it because I knew you always had bananas on hand! I LOVEEEEE that you made strawberry sauce- the banana and strawberry combo is my FAVORITE. I wanted to freeze strawberries and use the same procedure with them in the food processor and do a parfait, but I was too lazy to go get strawberries (and guess what, after that, I realized after that I already had some in the freezer to snack on , OOPS!) Oh well, the chocolate topping was delish too. I’m glad you tried the milk and it worked out because that was another thing I didn’t have but wanted to try (needless to say I need to go grocery shopping). Anywayyyy thanks for the shout outs too you’re the best, LOVE that this reunion started over poutine, it was meant to be! 😉
Hahahah I love you! I only added the milk because my bananas didn’t cream alone and I was like “how the heck did Stephanie get it so creamy?!” So I just cheated and added the milk 😉 Omg strawberries is a GREAT idea!! I can’t wait to try that!!! xoxox
I let mine defrost SLIGHTLY – maybe that’s why?! Well between us we’ve got it covered, YEAAHH!
Oh I love it! Such a nice dessert, easy and delicious! That’s a keeper:)
Thank you! 🙂
Yum!
I will have to try this. We freeze our bananas when they get overripe for future baking projects, this sounds great too. My boys would go bananas for this, couldn’t resist the pun!
hahahaha! I’m sure your little monkeys will love it!!! 😉
This looks divine Tracy! The strawberry sauce makes me want to sing!
What a compliment!! Thank you! 😀
Hello!
My name is Leah Rodrigues and I am a contributing editor on Foodista.com. We featured your recipe for Soft serve banana ice cream on our website. The post included a photo (crediting Scratch it) with a link to your website for recipe instructions. If for any reason you would like me to delete the post, let me know as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Leah
Hi Leah, wow, thank you!! I look forward to seeing it on your site!