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Mange “Ice Cream”

16 ounces frozen mango
3/4 cup vanilla soy milk
1 ounce cashews (a small handful)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
8-10 stevia drops (optional)

Put everything except for the mango into the Vitamix. Start on low and slowly adjust to the high speed. Run until the nuts are totally smooth. (If you don’t run this for long enough, you’ll have gritty ice cream.)

Stop the Vitamix and add the frozen mango. Restart the blender again and ramp up to high speed. Use the tamper to press the fruit into the blades. Within 30-60 seconds, all of the fruit will be blended and your ice cream is ready to eat.

Tip: In the hot part of summer when we’re making this dessert often, I make up the liquid portion and keep it in the fridge. Then when it’s time to make the ice cream, just put in a little more than 3/4 cup of the liquid base, add the fruit and dessert is ready in less than a minute!

Serving ideas: I put a scoop of ice cream in the middle of a dessert plate and line the outer edge of the plate with sliced strawberries or bananas.

Mix-ins: If you like chunks in your ice cream, you could put one of the following in on very low speed after the ice cream is otherwise done.

• Coconut shreds
• Mango chunks
• Strawberries
• Macadamia nuts
• Diced pineapple

Nutritional Information Per Serving: 108 Calories; 5g Fat (34.7% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 8mg Sodium.

Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

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