Recipe: Banana Nice Cream Ice Blocks
We absolutely LOVE these banana nice cream ice blocks from our Preschool menu – a simple plant-based alternative to your favourite frozen treat!
With so many ways to customise this tasty Summer snack, it’s the perfect, healthy alternative that the whole family can get excited about – and the bananas only get creamier as they freeze!
Whilst we love our Strawberry Nice Cream at Sustainable Play, other winning combo’s are:
- Mint Chip Nice Cream– for a fresh minty-chocolate flavour, just add ¼ tsp peppermint extract to the blender, along with ¼ cup mini vegan chocolate chips.
- Chai Spice Nice Cream – simply add half a teaspoon of chai spice (homemade or store-bought) to the mixture.
- Decadent Chocolate Nice Cream – add ¼ cup cocoa powder to the mixture. We also love to add raspberries for a tangy surprise.
Banana Nice Cream Ice Blocks Ingredients:
- 4 bananas Bananas
- ½ cup Almond butter
- 2 cups Strawberries, frozen or fresh
Banana Nice Cream Ice Blocks Method :
- Combine all the ingredients in a blender.
- Blend until smooth and creamy.
- Pour the mixture into your ice block moulds and allow to set for a day.
- Repeat as needed to fill the moulds.
- Best enjoyed outside in the sunshine!
We offer Preschoolers fresh meals and snacks prepared onsite daily in our commercial-grade kitchen by our trained and passionate cook, all included in our daily fees. Our menu is 100% plant based, entirely free of animal products. The snacks and meals have been thoughtfully developed to appeal to children, but most importantly to be perfectly nutritionally balanced for children aged 2-6.
Our cook has crafted rotating seasonal menus in partnership with a registered dietitian and in consultation with Australian government guidelines for optimum age-appropriate nutrition. Our menu was also awarded the Excellence in Food & Menu Design award at the 2022 Excellence In Early Childhood Education Awards. This award recognised the hard work of our team to provide well-balanced, nutritious, and delicious food, that is considerate of the individual needs of children, allergies, sensitivities and cultures.
At Sustainable Play we encourage children to learn where their food comes from and to empower them with the tools to eat sustainably while being thoughtful to our planet and its animals. Children are encouraged to participate in planting, growing, and tending to fresh produce in the preschool garden – harvesting, helping prepare, cook, and then continuing the cycle by composting leftovers to be later used to feed our garden plants.[/ultimate_heading]