Banana Ice Cream with Walnuts

 

Banana Ice Cream with Walnuts

This heart-healthy and brain-healthy banana ice cream will keep you cool on those hot summer days! Bananas deliver potassium to help lower blood pressure and magnesium, which is also important for heart health.
Course Dessert
Servings 5

Ingredients
  

  • 5 bananas frozen, very ripe
  • 2 avocados ripe
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 dash cinnamon
  • ½ cup walnuts chopped

Instructions
 

  • Freeze bananas ahead of time.
  • Add frozen bananas and avocado pieces in a food processor and process until smooth. You may need to scrape down the sides.
  • Add vanilla extract and cinnamon. Process to ensure everything is well-blended.
  • Scrape into a bowl and add walnuts. Hand mix.

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