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Home » Food » Desserts » Healthy Raspberry Ice Cream in 5 Minutes – No Churning, No Refined Sugar

Healthy Raspberry Ice Cream in 5 Minutes – No Churning, No Refined Sugar

Desserts, Food, Sweet Treats & Snacks

Ice cream is one of the things we love the most as a sweet treat at home, and since I bought my first Vitamix machine, I have been making it regularly. I would make raspberry ice cream using some of our home-grown fruit.

Healthy Raspberry Ice Cream in 5 Minutes – Pro 750

The main thing was to create a recipe that would tickle our taste buds and feel moreish without any guilt whatsoever. As our first home-grown raspberries were just ready to eat, I was determined to make raspberry the star flavour of one of my new concoctions. My vegetable of choice was beetroot, simply because its colour would enhance that of the raspberry. Nobody eats it at home, so it would be perfect for my little taste experiment!

Healthy Raspberry Ice Cream in 5 Minutes – in Vitamix Container

I was also determined to make my creation healthy, avoiding refined sugar as much as possible. Do not get me wrong; I love sugar, but when we make smoothies or ice cream, we never add refined sugar, as it simply is not needed. If we want our sweet treats to taste sweeter, we just add honey or dried fruit.

Healthy Raspberry Ice Cream in 5 Minutes - quick & Easy

I am not going to play it cool and say I succeeded the first time round. I really struggled to get this ice cream recipe absolutely right. The beauty of having children around is they tell you immediately whether something is foul. Everyone apart from Crevette and I enjoyed it. My little man is a people-pleaser, so I am  sure he was just being polite. Beanie did not touch it, Hubby winced when he has a small spoon of it and the little ones were not impressed either. My mum refused to try it.

Healthy Raspberry Ice Cream in 5 Minutes - Served in Ice cream Cones

As for me, I think I only enjoyed it because I had made it. With hindsight, it was a very earthy-tasting ice cream and two whole raw beetroots were definitely too overpowering. It also lacked sweetness.

My second attempt was much more successful, with added honey and less beetroot (cooked & cooled this time). The third time round was heaven on a spoon! I had added a quarter of a chili pepper and the slight kick it gave the frozen treat was incredible!

Healthy Raspberry Ice Cream in 5 Minutes – Ready to be Eaten

The recipe is not set in stone. Quantities do not have to be precise, which is why I used cups only as the measuring unit. You can adapt the recipe and add more chili or halve the dried fruit if you prefer a treat that is not too sweet. It works well with raw or cooked beetroot, but you will need a really powerful blender if leaving it raw.

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Healthy Raspberry Ice Cream in 5 Minutes – No Churning, No Refined Sugar

Prep Time 5 minutes
Servings 6 scoops

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup full fat Greek yoghurt
  • ¼ cup honey
  • ¼ cup dried cranberries
  • 1 small beetroot raw or cooked, peeled and diced
  • ½ cup frozen banana slices
  • 1 ½ cups frozen raspberries
  • ¼ medium chilli seeds in, finely chopped
  • Optional : to serve
  • a few mint leaves
  • fresh raspberries
  • Ice cream cones

Instructions

  1. Blend all ingredients together.
  2. Enjoy straight away!

Disclaimer: I received the Vitamix Pro 750 photographed above free of charge. I was not paid for this post. All photographs and opinions are my own.

18/08/2015 · 17 Comments

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  1. Sarah (@tamingtwins) says

    19/08/2015 at 3:36 pm

    Oh YUM! This looks gorgeous. I often make instant ice cream with berries and yoghurt, but I’d never think to add beetroot or chilli – wowie! xx

    Reply
    • Mel says

      19/08/2015 at 10:08 pm

      Thanks my lovely. I always chuck loads of (mostly random) things in our smoothies and ice creams and this one is divine!

      Reply
  2. Vicki Montague says

    19/08/2015 at 9:06 pm

    Oh yum! Clever lady x

    Reply
    • Mel says

      19/08/2015 at 10:10 pm

      Thanks sweetie. x

      Reply
  3. nagimaehashi says

    19/08/2015 at 9:29 pm

    I am exactly like you! I never read manuals!! I love that this has different settings. So jealous – I want one. Sharing!

    Reply
    • Mel says

      19/08/2015 at 10:20 pm

      Sorry for teasing you Nagi. You would love the Pro 750. It is the Rolls Royce of blenders!

      Reply
  4. All about a Mummy says

    30/08/2015 at 8:32 am

    I need that blender in my life! Raspberries are my favourite fruit so I’ll give this a go (somehow, without a blender!) #recipeoftheweek

    Reply
    • Mel says

      30/08/2015 at 11:34 pm

      I used to make ice cream with a stick blender (my old soup one from the 1990s). It wasn’t as good as the Vitamix, but with cooked beetroot and slightly thawed fruit, it used to work.

      Reply
  5. Winnie says

    31/08/2015 at 8:23 pm

    Wowww
    This ice-cream looks soooooooooooo GOOD !!
    And I’m intrigued as you add chilli …

    Reply
    • Mel says

      31/08/2015 at 9:12 pm

      It is really good, and completely guilt-free! What more could you wish for?

      Reply
  6. hijackedbytwins says

    02/09/2015 at 9:53 pm

    Oh wow Mel this looks and sounds so good! We have some beetroot and chilli in the garden that needs using! This is a must try! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x

    Reply
    • Mel says

      03/09/2015 at 10:15 am

      Oh brilliant! I’d love to know what you think sweetie. x

      Reply
  7. Deb Harris says

    05/09/2015 at 8:39 pm

    Will this work using a regular blender or food processor? This sounds like you’re being indulgent while eating healthy. It sounds great.

    Reply
    • Mel says

      06/09/2015 at 12:00 am

      It is yummy! I would say if you’re using a stick blender or regular blender, just use cooked beetroot (will be softer) and you might have to give the fruit a few minutes to thaw slightly so they blend a bit more easily.

      Reply

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