treat

Peanut butter ice cream two ways

Ingredients:

  • 3 small or 2 big bananas, very ripe (brown skin)

  • 2 heaped table spoons of peanut butter

  • 2 egg yolks (egg yolks, next to cream, is the key ingredient in classic ice cream. They make it creamy due to the presence of lecithin which is a fat emulsifier) but you can skip them if you´re not convinced

  • Splash of full fat coconut milk - enough to make the ingredients combine well without getting stuck, using a high speed blender

  • pinch of salt

  • maple syrup, to your liking (ice cream taste less sweet after freezing it so keep that in mind) but it is optional, especially if you are watching your waist line

  • optional: 2 servings of collagen protein powder - for more satiety and nutritional value

  • for the chocolate variety, add 2 table spoons of cacao or cocoa powder. Once blended, you can stir in cacao nibs for for some crunch

Instructions:

  1. Combine all ingredients using a high speed blender.

  2. Pour into ice cream moulds (e.g. Ikea, Amazon) or a container like a Pyrex dish or an old ice cream box.

  3. Freeze for a minimum of 3 hours.

    If you used a container, wait for a couple of minutes until the ice cream softens before serving. Scoop out and sprinkle with chopped toasted peanuts.

Peanut butter treats and snacks

After dinner:

If you´ve just had a meal and feel like something sweet, wait for 15 minutes and see how you feel then. By this time, glucose from food should reach your cells and the craving often goes away. If still craving a dessert (perhaps because of insulin resistance), try the options below. The fat in peanut butter will make you want less sugar. Do not have these as a replacement for a snack or meal. This can be used as dessert replacement only.

  • Max. 2 dates stuffed with a flat tea spoon of peanut butter, can be topped with an additional nut. Alternatively, you can stuff the date with ghee and top with a nut.

  • Max. 2 pieces of dark chocolate (min. 70% cocoa) topped with a flat tea spoon of peanut butter.

Between meals:

The options below make wonderful snacks if you get peckish between meals. It´s better to eat rather than letting glucose drop too low as this stimulates inflammation.

  • Apple quarters with 1/2 tea spoon of peanut butter on each.

  • Celery stick cut into three and filled with peanut butter. You can also top it up with hard cheese like cheddar.