{raw food recipe} Not Your Average Chunky Monkey Ice Cream

This ice cream is from my good friend Joanna Steven, owner of Sirova, new mom, researcher, and one downright cool raw chic.

Who knew you didn’t need dairy or an ice cream maker to make delicious and creamy ice cream? Frozen bananas blend up beautifully to make a firm yet creamy ice-cream, and the walnuts and chocolate chips add the finishing touches to make a wonderfully nutritious yet delectable frozen treat.

INGREDIENTS (FOR THE ICE CREAM)

3 bananas, frozen while ripe but not too spotty
1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

INGREDIENTS (FOR THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS)

1/4 cup cacao powder, sifted
1/4 cup melted coconut oil (about 2 ounces)
Pinch Celtic sea salt
1-2 T agave nectar

INSTRUCTIONS (FOR THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS)

Sift the cacao powder into a bowl, and set aside. Mix the coconut oil, salt, and agave nectar with a fork.
Mix the coconut oil mixture with the cacao powder with a fork or whisk until smooth. Pour into chocolate molds, and set in the fridge or freezer to set. Chop when firm.

INSTRUCTIONS (FOR THE ICE CREAM)

Blend the bananas in a food processor (not a blender) until smooth and creamy.
Fold in the chocolate chips and walnut chunks.
Serve immediately.

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