One of the things that I have trouble with on Weight Watchers is ice cream. I can have it of course, but if I want to have more than a tiny toddler sized portion it costs me half my daily points. No thanks. I usually just avoid it all together since the portion sizes leave me kind of depressed. Then I heard about people making "soft serve" style ice cream by blending up a banana. I ignored the idea. It sounded dumb. I know what ice cream is like and a banana, even frozen is not ice cream like. Then desperation came a calling and I gave it a try. A few additions later and I was enjoying a dessert very similar to soft serve or a blizzard. It's creamy, with no icy bits. I love them so much I have been making them daily. You get a lot to eat and it's healthy. You could change the flavors on this and make them pretty much whatever you wanted, just stick with the banana base. I plan on trying to perfect a peanut butter flavor and a cookie dough, so I'll keep you updated!
Healthy Soft Serve- ww pts plus 3
1 peeled frozen banana (peel it before you freeze it)
1 c. frozen black cherries
1/4c. skim milk
1 packet stevia
1 package diet hot chocolate mix
1 tbs. mini chocolate chips
Put all of the ingredients in your blender pitcher or wide mouth mason jar
To make less of a mess you can screw a wide mouthed mason jar to the base of your blender and make the soft serve in that. Then you don't need a separate serving dish.
Blend until smooth and there are no chunks of fruit left. It should look like soft serve, the chocolate chips will still be intact.
-Kim
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