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Paleo Friendly Mermaid "Ice Cream"

Crafted with ease and taste in mind, this recipe is a great choice.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 5 servings
Calories: 192 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American , International

Ingredients

  • 13.5 oz can light coconut milk (use full fat for creamier ice cream)
  • 1 cup white sweet potato mashed (~300 grams)
  • 1 coop Jay Robb Vanilla Whey Protein 
  • 1 coop Cellucor vanilla casein protein
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 vanilla bean pod beans scraped
  • Natural food coloring or pureed fruits for coloring - see note
  • Optional: 1 1/2 tbsp whipped cream flavor vodka (helps prevent freezing)

Instructions

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  1. Add all ingredients to a blender except food coloring and blend for about 1 minute to help incorporate air into the mixture.
  2. Divide the mixture into 3-4 bowls, depending on your color preferences. Add food coloring to create blue, purple, green and pink mixture.
  3. Pour mixtures into a bread loaf pan or plastic container.  It helps to tilt the pan, add about half of one color, then about half of another color, continuing to layer the colors in blobs.
  4. Once all the ice cream mixture is in the pan, gently swirl with a knife, being careful not to overmix the colors.
  5. Freeze overnight or for at least 4 hours.  Thaw on the counter for 15-20 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • I topped my ice cream with these pearly sprinkles!
  • Keep things paleo by using grass fed protein powders and skipping the sprinkles and vodka.
  • You can also color/flavor your ice cream using fruit puree.  I actually used some leftover raspberry puree to color the pink you see here.  Here's how you can do it yourself:
  • Pink - Boil 1/3 cup raspberries with a touch of maple syrup for 10-15 minutes.  Mash raspberries and strain seeds out.  Mix into 1/4 of ice cream mix.
  • Purple - 1/3 cup blueberries, same method as above except instead of straining, just add the blueberry mash to blender with 1/4 of the ice cream mix.
  • Green - Blend a handful of spinach with 1/4 of the ice cream mix.
  • Blue - It's hard to get that color easily with fruit puree, though you could use some blue spirulina - but I recommend just using food coloring for this one.

Nutrition Information

Calories 192kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 28g (9%) Protein 11g (22%) Fat 4g (6%) Cholesterol 4mg (1%) Sodium 101mg (4%) Potassium 435mg (12%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 15g (30%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 5servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 192

% Daily Value*

Calories 192kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 28g 9%
Protein 11g 22%
Fat 4g 6%
Cholesterol 4mg 1%
Sodium 101mg 4%
Potassium 435mg 9%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 15g 30%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.