Blissed Out - Banana Split with Coconut Ice-Cream and Guilt Free Chocolate sauce!

This is my delicious banana split with a healthy twist I created for one of my all time favourite magazines

Holistic Bliss

What a magazine of gorgeousness it is!
If you haven't come across this magazine, jump on to their facebook page to find out more about them.
In their Spring issue
You will find my banana split recipe on page 12
So if you can get hold of the magazine you can have a copy of the recipe to keep and easily reference too!

    Coconut love banana split

With delicious, smooth coconut ice-cream, coconut, cacao chocolate sauce and the crunch of walnuts these dairy free, sugar fee, gluten free banana splits are a healthy & happy treat that look incredible!

Ingredients

·         1 banana per person

·         Chopped walnuts to serve

·         Desiccated coconut to serve

Coconut Ice-cream:

·         1 tin coconut cream

·         1 tin coconut milk

·         2 bananas

·         Vanilla paste

Chocolate sauce

·         ½ cup coconut oil

·         ½ cup cacao powder

·         ¼ cup stevia, xylitol, norbu (monk fruit powder), or another alternative.

·         1 teaspoon vanilla paste

Method

·         Make the ice-cream the night before so it can set overnight.
·         To make the ice-cream, pour both tins of coconut into a deep blender, add in the chopped banana and vanilla paste.
·         Blend together until smooth.
·         Pour into a sealable container and place in the freezer overnight.
·         Make the chocolate sauce by melting the coconut oil in a saucepan, once melted add in the cacao powder, vanilla and stevia, mix together over a low heat until it is all well combined. Taste for your level of sweetness, adjust if needed.
·         Remove from heat.
·         Remove ice-cream from freezer. Allow it to soften at room temperature.
·         Slice a banana in half per person.
·         Arrange on a plate or bowl.
·         Top with 3 scoops of the coconut ice-cream.
·         Drizzle with the chocolate sauce.
·         Sprinkle with the walnuts and a light sprinkling of desiccated coconut.
·         Serve!

Notes

·         This ice-cream recipes is also beautiful spiced up by adding a tablespoon (or to taste) cold strained strong chai tea at the coconut milk blending stage.

·         This chocolate sauce will harden when made ahead; warm it slightly in a saucepan just before serving for ease of use.

Toddler Tips

·         This is a fantastic sweet dessert for kids without all the preservatives and additives in many sweet treats.

·         The chocolate sauce will harden over cold ice-cream after a couple of minutes which is very appealing to kids.

Recipe and photography (c) RebeccaMugridge2013

{Join In} Sugar free for one week!

Join in a fun challenge for your health and happiness.

A sugar free Facebook Event

You can find plenty of delicious no added sugar recipes right here on my blog too.
WHY?
So many health experts agree that we all consume way too much sugar, some say it can even become like a poison in our bodies. Whether you consume a little or a lot a conscious decision to go sugar free for 1 week is a great exercise to become conscious of how much sugar your family does consume. You will find yourself shocked when your checking ingredients list, yes it is almost everywhere!

You don't have to give up sugar forever, unless you want too. This is just 1 week. To give our bodies a break and to become more aware of how much we consume and learn new ways of cooking to eat less of it in the future.

Feel free to share recipes, inspiration and ideas with the facebook event page or here in comments.
And check back here tomorrow for a very exciting guest blog interview you will LOVE!


So what can't you have in our sugar free week?Sugar cane sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, white sugar, icing sugar
Artificial sweeteners like aspartame (well technically you could as its sugar free but please don't, it is so bad and yuk :( )
You will need to check ingredients lists and packets.

What can you have?
Natural sweeteners like:
Stevia. (I like Natvia)
Honey.
Coconut Sugar.
Fruit.
Dried Fruit.
Concentrate Fruit Juice.
Xylitol.
Maple Syrup.
Agave.

 

 

TIPS

• SWAP soft drink for mineral or soda water with freshly squeezed lemons.
• Make yourself some sugar free sweet goodies for the week (see some recipe ideas below)
• Buy yourself a sugar free choccy bar, just in case or for a treat. Like Sweet williams.
• Swap cereals with homemade porridge with fruit and honey.
• Buy Jalna yoghurt (sweetened with fruit juice) or natural yoghurt.
• Check your bread! Yes lots of breads have sugar in them. Check the ingredients and find one that is ok, go bread free for the week, swap to a sugar free flat bread or bake some home made bready goodness!
• If you feel like an alcohol beverage try something like vodka with the Pink Sparkle Drink, fresh tomato and celery juice or fresh homemade orange and mango juice.
• Try including a fresh juice each day if you have a juicer to really pick up your health.
• Take some stevia sachets with you so you ask them to use these if you grab a latte when out.

You can also try some of these recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth or choccy cravings too!

 

 

Beautiful Beetroot Yoghurt Muffins
(Collect this recipe card from the Maleny IGA)

 

Rockmelon & Mango Mousse
(Collect this recipe card from the Maleny IGA)

 

Choccyliscious Muffins

 

Maleny IGA Healthy Maca Balls
(Collect this recipe card from the Maleny IGA)

On the Sunshine Coast? Grab all the ingredients for these delicious recipes from the Maleny Supa IGA !

 

 

Rebecca XX