Since Nick and I have changed our diet, I’ve found myself hankering for a few yummy things I can no longer just pick up at the supermarket.

I’m discovering a bit of a passion for concocting sweet treats and baked goods that we can eat, which is surprising, as I’ve never been much of a cook or baker in the past! I guess needs must, hmm?

Anyways, when you don’t eat grains, dairy or sugar {okay, we eat sugar once in a while, I ain’t giving up chocolate for the rest of my life!}, there’s not much left that’s sweet other than fruit, so I’ve discovered a new appreciation for it.

I almost never ate fruit before – I wasn’t much of a fan – but either my tastebuds have changed or my desperation for something sweet has kicked in, because man oh man, how good does an apple taste now?

One thing I love – but that we never ate much of – is ice cream. But of an evening, after a day of eating all-savoury food, we both had a hankering for a small sweet treat.

Thankfully, I knew from past experience that frozen bananas whipped up with the Bamix made a passable ice-cream substitute. However, with a little bit of research, I found something way better, and here it is.

A 3-ingredient, dairy-free, creamy ice-cream – paddle-pop style! This is perfect for anyone who eats paleo or vegan.

You can, of course, just whip this up and serve it in a bowl straight away, but I decided to make these little ice-cream pops so we had a small-serve sweet treat in the freezer when we wanted one. Automatic portion control, and you only have to make a mess once for a week’s worth of treats. Win-win!

Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 Frozen bananas
• A handful of frozen blueberries
• 100% natural coconut cream (I use Ayam brand, which has NO other ingredients)
• Sillicone cupcake moulds
• Plain wooden paddle pops

1. Before you make this, you’ll need to cut up and freeze a couple of bananas. The night before should be fine. I use pre-frozen blueberries, but if you’re lucky enough to have access to fresh ones, freeze them the night before, too!
2. Chuck about 2 banana’s worth of frozen banana chunks, a generous handful of blueberries, and two large dessertspoons of coconut cream. These 3 ingredients can be adjusted to taste.
3. Whiz them up with your Bamix or in your food processor till you have a thick, creamy ice-cream textured mixture with all the lumps gone.
4. Spoon into little sillicone cupcake moulds.
5. Pop a clean paddle-pop in the middle.
6. Put all your ice-cream pops on a tray and put it into your freezer.
7. Because most of it was frozen to begin with, these will probably be ready to eat within an hour or so!
8. Eat and enjoy your treat.

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