Vegan Cherry Ice Cream with Pistachio Chocolate Chunks

I wasn’t always an ice cream lover. There was actually a time in my life where I just didn’t eat ice cream. Weird, I know. Thank goodness those days are over. And now that I have my own ice cream maker, I get to have fun creating all kinds of flavors!!

Here is one that I made a while ago and just never got around to sharing with you.

You do not need an ice ream maker to make this. It’s just more convenient and faster with one.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup dairy free milk (I used almond)
• 1 cup cashews soaked in warm water for at least 30 minutes
• 1 cup coconut cream
• 2 cups frozen cherries
• 1 banana
• 2 TBS lucuma powder
• 3 TBS honey
• 1/4 cup chocolate chunks. I added 1oz or 20 g of pistachios to the chocolate before freezing it for this recipe.

Steps:

• put everything but chocolate in the blender and blend until smooth
• if using an ice cream maker, follow those directions, adding chocolate towards the end

If not,

• then either freeze in ice cube trays and run them through a champion juicer with the blank attachment, fold in chocolate before serving, or put them in the blender with a little bit of milk to get it going, add chocolate before serving
• or in a shallow dish that you will then have to take out at least 30 minutes before eating to let if get somewhat soft. Add chocolate before freezing
• Top with pistachios and extra chocolate chunks

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