Vegan Salted Caramel Nice Cream

Posted on by lifebalanceproject

Dear friends,

I haven’t posted many recipes here. My website and social media posts are all about yoga, wellbeing, happiness and every time I make a healthy yummy treat I feel that I MUST share it with you. No surprise it’s another salted caramel flavour and yes, I’m addicted and 3 out of 3 recipes here have a salted caramel component in it 😉

Another obvious reason to share the salted caramel nice cream recipe is that it is summer in Australia and I love gelato. However, most gelato and certainly supermarket ice creams are very high in sugar, especially the salted caramel flavours. So here is a healthy, vegan, sugar free alternative for you. Try it and send me your feedback if you love it as much as I do. Ah….and it’s super easy and cheap to make too.

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Ingredients:

  • 2 frozen bananas (cut into pieces and freeze over night)
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • 1/2 cup of nut milk (I use home made almond milk)
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • Vanilla extract

Put all the ingredients in a high speed blender (I’ve been using my Optimum 9400 blender for many years) or sometimes use a powerful stick blender (needs to be at least 400W, I use Russell Hobbs)

Blend until smooth, creamy and thick and add toppings to your liking and serve immediately. I added walnuts, banana slices and drizzled melted good quality vegan  dark chocolate over it. What’s not to love?

Tip: I use frozen bananas as a basis for my nice creams, instead of the salted caramel version, you can add fruit to the bananas, e.g. mango. I also tried  avocado nice cream once… stay tuned I’ll share the recipe soon.

Enjoy and stay healthy & happy and do more yoga 😉

Sandra ❤

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salted Caramel Bliss Balls

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bliss balls

Salted caramel is probably one of my favourite flavours but I wanted to create a healthy snack and started to experiment. I found that the combination of dates and tahini create just the flavour I like, so here it is: I’m sharing my vegan and sugar-free recipe with you, no nasties but all the pleasure and taste.

You’ll need:

  • 1.5 cups of cashew nuts
  • 12  Medjool dates. You can can also use dried dates but you have to soak them in warm water for 2 hours. I find the taste is not quite as nice as Medjool dates, they have a nice caramel taste and are really soft.
  • 2 tbsp Tahini
  • Vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp of sea salt
  • (Optional 1/2 scoop of protein powder- about 20g)
  • 1 cup shredded  coconut
  1. Chop the dates on a chopping board.
  2. Place cashew nuts in a food processor and pulse until finely chopped, add the dates and mix with the nuts first, then add tahini, vanilla, cinnamon and salt (optional to add protein powder).
  3. Process everything well in the food processor until it becomes a  smooth, sticky dough, if the dough is too dry, you can add another 1 or 2 dates, a bit of water or a tbsp of coconut oil.
  4. Transfer into a bowl and mix through with a spoon or using your hands.
  5. Portion the dough with a small spoon and roll into balls with your hands.
  6. Transfer into a bowl with shredded coconut and coat the bliss balls in coconut.

Recipe makes about 15 bliss balls. Keep them in an airtight container in the fridge, they keep for about a week (not in my household 😉  Enjoy!