Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream
I hope you all had a fantastic Mother’s Day! I feel very blessed to have 2 little boys! Craig asked me what I wanted for Mother’s Day. I told him I would love to have a video of the boys growing up. Here is a little clip of the special video he made me:
My boys LOVE ice cream and they LOVE strawberries! So I made them strawberries and cream ice cream for them!
Keto Strawberry ice cream is their favorite!
KETO ICE CREAM TIPS
1. Add a pinch of salt: salt helps keep the ice cream salt. Salt also should be added to desserts! Click HERE to read why.
2. Use less Swerve (or erythritol): erythritol doesn’t melt and instead it crystallizes which causes low carb ice cream to get hard. Plus when you blend sweeteners you get a better flavor profile. What I do is use less Swerve and I use a few teaspoons stevia glycerite which is a non-bitter stevia which is a thick honey-like sweetener. Click HERE to find stevia glycerite.
3. Use Allulose instead! Allulose tastes just like sugar and keeps ice cream soft yet it doesn’t effect blood sugar at all! Click HERE to find Allulose!
Do NOT add alcohol. Some food bloggers recommend a tablespoon or two of vodka which may help keep low carb ice cream soft but if you are like me you will gain weight and most likely be kicked out of ketosis. On my trip to Italy, we discussed food a lot! Lani, a lovely woman on our trip told me she added little vodka to her ice cream to keep it soft and she was out of ketosis for 3 days! Not worth it!
Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup strawberries cleaned and stems cut off
- 1/2 cup heavy cream or coconut milk if dairy free
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or unsweetened hemp milk if nut free
- 1 teaspoon stevia glycerite non bitter stevia or 1/3 cup Allulose
- Few drops Monk Fruit extract
- 1/8 teaspoon Redmond Real Salt
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a blender and puree until smooth. Taste and adjust sweetness to your liking.
- Pour the strawberry ice cream into ice cream maker and churn for 15 minutes or until the magic happens and ice cream is thick. Store in airtight container in the freezer for up to a month.
- NOTE: If ice cream is too hard, allow to sit at room temperature for 8 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
TESTIMONY OF THE DAY
“This is SO embarrassing, and hard to share. But I’m proud of how far I’ve come! At my highest of about 178lbs, to my current 122lbs. I hated having my pictures taken, and honestly don’t have many of “before.” I’ve been on a year-long journey to discovering health and wellness. Craig Emmerich and Maria Wojcik Emmerich were the last push I needed to get it together! I’m living proof that ANYONE can do this! 🏼🥩 I’ve maintained my weight loss, my WOE, and will NEVER go back to the ridiculousness that I was doing before. THANK YOU Maria and Craig, for teaching us that there is a better way!” – Autumn
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Maria, this is the best Mother’s Day gift! Your boys are so blessed to be together and have wonderful parents. Happy Mother’s Day Maria. I want to make this ice cream. It looks yummy and has no vodka in it. Thank you. 🙂
No egg yolks? How does it stay creamy?
That is what the cream is for. 🙂
Maria, can frozen strawberries work?
Maria …. I’m confused how vodka can take you out of ketosis when it has no carbs …. Help me understand this … I love vodka !
Jenny
It has more to do with oxidative priority. 🙂
https://mariamindbodyhealth.com/youtube-video-oxidative-priority/
The strawberry ice cream sounds wonderful but I don’t have a ice cream maker. What else can I do please
You can try one of these methods. 🙂
https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-ice-cream-without-an-ice-cream-machine-171060
Love strawberry ice cream. Can’t wait to try this. Every recipe I’ve tried from you has been delicious. Hugs to your beautiful family!
Thanks!
Whose song is this? Gonna have to make this all summer!
Ben Harper. 🙂
Hi Maria, is there a reason why you don’t use xylitol when you make ice cream?
I discovered that when I use, it ice cream stay soft .
Xylitol will effect blood sugar and does have carbs.
Could you please check the amount of stevia used I made it and it is really sweet it called for tablespoon or should it be a tsp
Thanks! Updated.
What type of coconut milk is best for this recipe. Canned or refrigerated? I can’t want to make this for my family! Thank you for sharing your wisdom and recipes.
I used the canned coconut milk. 🙂
I don’t have the monk fruit extract, only Swerve. Not sure how much to use…
I don’t love stevia glycerite…how much monk fruit extract sweetener could I use? One to one ratio? Thanks!!