NEW RECIPE!

FROM MY SPATTERED KITCHEN NOTEBOOK!

VEGAN + GLUTEN-FREE / CAN BE SOY-FREE / NUT-FREE / HIGH-PROTEIN

Wanna eat a healthy, high-protein ice cream for breakfast everyday? That’s my current morning practice, and I’m waaay into it.

I’m very lucky to live in a neighborhood with an active and very generous Buy Nothing group. I have scored lots of really amazing things from my community over the years, but my favorite is the recent acquisition of a Ninja Creami machine!

If you’ve never heard of a Ninja Creami, it’s a countertop appliance the size of a small coffee machine that turns solid blocks of whatever you freeze into smooth, creamy delicious ice cream-like concoctions.

You might think the Creami churns out Nice Cream or soft serve, but no! It has a whirling 4-pointed blade that sort of shaves whatever you freeze into a fluffy powder, and then into a frozen, creamy ice cream analog.

So far I have been freezing bananas, soymilk, tofu and protein powder, and this magic, alien machine spits out a chocolate dessert akin to a firm, creamy ice cream.

I’m really into this high protein recipe! If you eat the entire container, it’s like 4 big scoops of ice cream, but with almost 45g of protein.

If you’re like me and don’t love protein powder, this is a great way to disguise it! Also, I don’t understand where the bananas go, but there is no banana flavor in this recipe, whatsoever. They just help make the ice cream creamy.

This recipe is light on the chocolate, which i prefer. If you want a more chocolate base, add another tablespoon of cocoa or cacao powder. You can also replace the cocoa with defatted peanut butter AKA PB2.

I love chocolate and peanut butter, so I often eat a serving of this with a natural, runny peanut butter for a huge treat! It’s also great with chocolate chips, and I want to try it with frozen raspberries, too.

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Chocolate Ninja Creami Ice Cream Recipe - Vegan + Gluten-Free

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Here's my go-to chocolate Ninja Creami recipe. It's high protein, vegan and gluten-free!

This recipe makes enough to fill a Creami container up to the "max fill line."

Prep Time6

Cook Time3

Freezing Time12

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American, Ninja Creami

Keyword: Creami, Gluten-Free, high protein, ninja, Vegan

Servings:

Calories: 295kcal

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas
½ cup unsweetened plain soymilk
5 oz extra-firm tofu
1 scoop protein powder 36g
2 tablespoons cocoa or cacao powder
Pinch salt

Instructions

Using a blender, strong food processor or immersion / stick blender - process all of the ingredients together until smooth.
Pour into a Ninja Creami container and freeze uncovered overnight.
Process on the "Lite Ice Cream" setting according to the Ninja Creami instructions. Process again on the "Respin" setting and enjoy!

Notes

I'm currently using MRM protein powder, which weighs 36g and has 150 calories per scoop.

I generated the macros using My Fitness Pal and the above protein powder. This recipe makes two servings.

For a more chocolate base, increase the cocoa or cacao powder to 3 tablespoons.

For a peanut butter base, replace the cocoa powder with PB2.
For a soy-free version, replace the soymilk with hemp milk, or another higher fat non-dairy milk.

Nutrition

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2 Comments

Jen Wren on February 20, 2024 at 4:47 PM

I watched an ATK review of the Creami in my late night youtube wanderings, and they basically said it wasn’t good, but I have the feeling they just weren’t making the right things in it, like they wanted to use it like a standard ice cream maker. I always skip breakfast, and don’t end up eating enough good stuff during the day, but I feel like when it warms up I might just enjoy eating ice cream for breakfast…
- KitteeBee on February 20, 2024 at 10:04 PM
  
  How weird!!
  I am freakin’ in love with this machine. I have a really expensive compressor ice cream maker I am thinking of selling just because I rarely use it and the Creami is so easy.
  
  However, I really love it for high protein, low fat desserts, because these freeze solid like a brick. The Ninja is basically like the triple shave ice machine from Hansen’s Snow Bliz!! It shaves down a frozen container of whatever you want and then the shaves form a thick ice cream texture.
  
  I’m happy to share with you , if you wanna check it out. I can’t believe I scored this for free from my neighborhood – it’s in like-new condition.
  
  I currently have roasted purple sweet potato in the freezer and am contemplating a blueberry flavor.
  
  xo
  kittee

Chocolate Ninja Creami Recipe! Vegan, Gluten-Free and High-Protein!