This vegan blueberry banana ice cream is bananas and berries blended into a healthy spin on ice cream! Sometimes called “banana nice cream,” it’s oh so good.

Banana Berry Vegan Ice Cream | A Couple Cooks

Simple pleasures really are the best, right? As time passes, the more I’m satisfied by the simplest of things: a really good cup of coffee. Summer ripe tomatoes with sea salt and thin strands of basil. Convincing our bestie he needed an inflatable pool for summer pool parties. A campfire and shrimp boil with dear friends and good conversation. And making vegan blueberry banana ice cream on a hot summer day. Keep reading for the recipe!

Making blueberry banana ice cream

While Alex and I have a “foodie” side that’s intrigued by complicated techniques and 5-course meals, in truth a simple, stunning food combination is thousands of times better since it’s practical and approachable. And this blueberry banana ice cream recipe is all of that: painlessly easy but with the perfect ice creamy-y texture and fresh, natural flavor. So many times we find people (including us) just need IDEAS: easy alternatives to the fast and processed foods that have become mainstays in our culture.

So instead of buying ice cream, throw frozen bananas and berries into a blender with coconut milk or yogurt! It’s instant blueberry banana ice cream, perfect for people and kiddos of all diets. This recipe is not truly ice cream, it’s more like “ice cream”: or sometimes called banana nice cream! It’s just bananas, frozen berries and a little almond milk, blended together into frozen goodness. It’s a healthier take on ice cream that’s just as fun to eat: that’s why we just call it ice cream anyway! Because it’s such a hit with the littles, it’s one of our top vegan recipes for kids.

About the book: My Darling Lemon Thyme

This recipe is courtesy of the lovely and talented Emma Galloway, from her cookbook My Darling Lemon Thyme. Emma’s a trained chef and was raised vegetarian, and her food is artfully approachable, which we appreciate so much. When her children were young, she became aware of some allergies and made a diet change to gluten-free and mostly dairy-free. However, you’d never know it looking through the book: it’s completely gorgeous and full of family-friendly real food recipe ideas, like this blueberry banana ice cream. Her photography is fantastic, and makes us want to jump on the next plane to New Zealand to visit. We hope you enjoy this recipe, and the book, as much as we did!

A few notes on the blueberry banana ice cream recipe: it took us double the amount of yogurt listed to get this to blend, and even so it involved quite a bit of scraping and pureeing. We also added a bit of maple syrup and a hint of lemon juice to bring out the flavor — but depending on the ripeness of the bananas, yours may not need it. Enjoy!

Get the book: My Darling Lemon Thyme: Recipes from My Real Food Kitchen

Looking for healthy desserts?

While we go to desserts for a splurge, we love finding healthy desserts that are big on flavor. Outside of this vegan blueberry banana ice cream, here are a few of our healthy desserts:

This blueberry banana ice cream recipe is…

Vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, naturally sweet, and refined sugar free.