We love this “n’ice cream” recipe from fellow healthy chef,
Lee Holmes.
You can now happily wave your regular dairy-filled, chemical cocktail goodbye and swap it for this soothing dessert. We featured this recipe on our
Happy Gut Facebook Live, our first from the Happy Gut Kitchen, see it here.
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“This is a recipe you could do blindfolded wit h one arm tied behind your back, it’s that easy,” says Lee, author of Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health. “ And also so utterly delicious and creamy.”
“Avocados make a decadent treat like ice cream into an omega-3-rich inflammation fighting machine, which is also excellent for brain health,” adds. Dr. Pedre.
All it takes is just five ingredients and five minutes to whip it up and you get a beautiful thickness in the ice cream with the help of avocado. Avocados are also ridiculously beneficial; full of monounsaturated fats and vitamin E, they’re also easy on the gut lining. Avocado’s beneficial fiber helps promote healthy digestion. The vitamin C found in avocados also promotes digestive health. Your digestive tract contains collagen — a type of protein that forms tight fibrils to provide tissue strength. Collagen fibers wrap around your intestinal walls, and the vitamin C in your diet helps you produce enough collagen to maintain tissue strength. Add avocado to your diet and you’ll increase your intake of B-complex vitamins. These nutrients support healthy digestion because they help your cells derive fuel from your food.
When you include more avocado in your meals, in no time you will feel the benefits of a fully-functioning happy gut!
Gluten-free Nice Cream
WF DF GF SF VEG VG
Servings: 2
Makes about 2 cups
Prep time: 5 minutes,
freeze for 1–2 hours
Ingredients:
1 avocado, pitted and peeled
1/2 cup of additive-free coconut milk, chilled
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon of alcohol-free vanilla extract
6 drops of liquid stevia or sweetener of choice
Step 1:
Purée all the ingredients in a blender until smooth and creamy.
Step 2:
Churn the mixture in an ice-cream machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions, or cover and freeze for 1–2 hours or until just frozen, then stir vigorously or beat with a hand mixer.
Step 3:
Return to the freezer, then stir every 30 m inutes two or three more times and then r eturn to the freezer until completely frozen.
There you have it! Delicious Avocado Nice Cream!
Contributed by Lee Holmes
