Simple Banana Ice Cream – a low calorie dessert that will satisfy your sweet tooth when you’re trying to eat healthy. It’s simple, delicious and your waistline will love you.
Your 40’s! I’ve heard people say that once you reach your 40’s your body begins to morph. You start seeing signs of wrinkles, your hair begins to gray, hair grows in odd places, your boobies get a mind of their own, your arms begin to jiggle and the worst part is that inner-tube that begins inflating around your waist. I always thought that women in their forty’s were exaggerating, unfortunately they weren’t.
I never thought the 40’s morph could happen to me. All of my life I’ve been able to eat anything I wanted and my weight always stayed within 5 pounds of my high school weight. It wasn’t that I was really active, I just thought that I had really good genes. However, when I hit my forty’s everything changed.
The biggest change has been to my weight. When I first started seeing the changes to my weight I blamed it on the scale. Once I bought a new scale, I decided to just ignore the small increases. Now, the small increases have added up and can no longer be ignored.
About a month and a half ago I decided enough was enough and I had to do something about it. I wanted a plan that incorporated diet and exercise and I also wanted someone to hold me accountable. I did a little research and decided on joining Curves. When I joined curves I set a goal for myself and have been working really hard over the last month and a half to reach it.
I’m proud to say, as of today, I have lost over half of the weight that I wanted to lose, however I know it could have been more if I could just stick with the diet. The food on the diet is really good, but my sweet tooth is a huge obstacle. Ice Cream is the hardest for me, especially on hot summer days. So this week I decided to find some recipes that were healthy and that would satisfy my sweet tooth.
I found several healthy recipes, but this one is my favorite, because it not only satisfies my sweet tooth but it also satisfies my addiction to ice cream. Plus I like that it’s quick and easy!
- 1 medium banana, frozen
- 1 teaspoon milk, low-fat
- Place frozen banana slice and milk in a food processor, using the steel blade. Process until smooth and creamy.
- Serve immediately.
-ground cinnamon
-cocoa powder
-vanilla extract
For an Additional 50 calories:
-5 large strawberries
-30 chocolate chips, semi-sweet
-1/2 ounce walnuts, chopped
-2 teaspoons chocolate syrup
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Yum! Easy and delicious!! I like! 🙂
40s? Pft! I was a kid then.
That is just way to easy!! I cannot wait to try!!
Thanks for sharing!
Have a wonderful weekend!
This looks wonderful! and on Weight Watchers, bananas (actually, all fruits) have no points so you don't have to count it! 🙂
Yum!! Pinning to make later, this looks delicious!
Megan @cmongetcrafty.com
Sounds deeelish!! Come link up to Centerpiece Wednesday linky party and share this post with us.
Karin
Looks delicious.
Debi
Wow, I can imagine what we will have this weekend! hopping from the Trendy Tree house link up. Pinning this too!
Banana ice cream is the BEST! Healthy, low in calories and YUMMO! 🙂
I love banana ice cream. It is so good and guilt-free. I know what you mean about being in your 40s. It's like I'm a different person. Coloring my hair because I have to now instead of just because I want to. Yikes! And why does that hair keep growing out of my neck? Gross!
This is one of my FAVORITE treats…. I'm using Weight Watchers so this is a totally guilt free dessert option. Love the addition of chocolate chips!
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I'm co hosting with Katherine's Corner this week and came by to say hello. This is great, I've gotta try it. Thanks for sharing.
Angel
Sounds like a great, healthy treat! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday!
I've heard this recipe before, but I haven't experimented with it too much. It sounds really good. Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime!!
That looks delicious!!! Congrats on your weight loss too!
Congratulations! This year I'll be 50 and I am working on losing those extra pounds – you do have to stick to it – fortunately, Dearest and I are working together (sometimes cheating on the diet together 😉 ) We'll give this recipe a try! I appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
We will be featuring your post on a HUGE list of Rainy Day Summer Play activities on Share It Saturday this weekend! We will be sharing with all of our followers on our social media sites (including group boards and communities!!) Thanks for sharing with us at Share It Saturday!
Colleen
Robin, thanks for linking up to last week's Get Crafty Friday! You Banana Ice Cream has been featured this week. I can't wait to try it =) Have a wonderful weekend!
-Amy
Wow, this banana ice cream looks delicious and healthy! Thanks for linking it up to the Sweet Wednesday Link Party – Healthy Recipes, I appreciate you! The section about being in your 40's was funny too. 😉
Have a nice weekend.
Heather @ My Sweet Mission