As soon as temperatures rise, the question comes up in many families: how to cool children without increasing the number of industrial ice creams full of added sugars and additives? A solution is attracting more and more parents and nutritionists: a homemade frozen dessert, ready in a few minutes from frozen fruit, which remains delicious while remaining very simple.
This solution is strawberry banana ice cream with no added sugara real “100% fruit” ice cream also called nice cream. A nutritionist, mother of young children, says on Vitónica: “I always prepare this 100% natural and sugar-free ice cream at home.”before detailing the method. The article that made it popular presents it as a summer ritual; here, the challenge is to understand why it reassures and how to achieve it at home.
Homemade strawberry banana ice cream: the two-ingredient 100% fruit recipe
For this ice cream, the base is very clear: two very ripe bananas and about six strawberries, as Vitónica details. Simply peel the bananas, cut them into slices of around 2cm, wash the strawberries and cut them in half if they are large, then place everything in the freezer for almost 3 hours.
Once the fruit is hard, put it in a blender or food processor. Mix in batches until you obtain an ultra creamy ice cream texture, without a drop of added sugar or fat. For variety, the Spanish nutritionist suggests adding a little orange juice, milk or beaten fresh cheese, and specifies that “It only requires two ingredients”if we stick only to fruits.
Why this natural ice reassures parents and children
Compared to commercial ice cream, often rich in added sugars, syrups, colorings and flavorings, this homemade 100% fruit ice cream only provides the sugar naturally present in banana and strawberry. The Recipe for Diabetics site points out that strawberry ice cream without added sugar can be around 75 kcal and around 7 g of carbohydrates per serving, which is a reasonable load.
For little ones, this composition is reassuring, especially if we follow Vitónica’s recommendation to use only fruit for a version suitable for babies and vegan families. It remains important to serve a very smooth texture to avoid pieces that are too hard, to introduce the strawberry separately to babies sensitive to allergies, and to pay attention to portion size.
Tips for always having some in the freezer all summer long
To save time, many parents prepare bags of banana slices and half-strawberries already ready in the freezer. All you have to do is take out a bag, mix, and the dessert is there in five minutes. Specialized blogs recommend keeping the finished ice cream in the freezer for a few days and taking it out 10 to 15 minutes before tasting to regain the creamy side.