If you like making vegan ice-cream, it may be worth investing in a small ice-cream-maker. These are simple to use, and stop you having to keep returning to the freezer every few hours to churn the mix. Just mix the ingredients, pour into the pre-chilled bowl and turn it on for homemade ice-cream in 20 minutes. Black Cherry Ice Cream (Addicted to Dates) combines dark cherries with vanilla and amaretto. Also read of the best brands of artisan vegan ice cream.
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It’s really easy to make homeade ice-cream in a small machine. Just pour the mix into a chilled bowl, turn it on and in 20 minutes you have ice cream. This way you can experiment with flavours, although eat it up quicker, as it won’t last months, like conventional brands.
This vegan strawberry ice cream (Addicted to Dates) is made with canned coconut milk (choose brands guaranteed free from monkeys used to harvest the coconuts). All you do is pop the can of coconut milk in the fridge for several hours (or overnight) and it will solidify. Packed with fresh berries, it has perfect scoop without too much (or any) coconut flavour.
Prefer the traditional flavour? Try this vegan vanilla ice cream (Addicted to Dates). This chocolate ice cream (Rainbow Nourishments) only needs 2 ingredients!
vegan mint choc-chip ice cream
This recipe for vegan mint choc-chip ice cream (Crowded Kitchen) is kind to animals and plastic-free, and easy to make at home. You don’t need an ice-cream machine and you can store leftovers in the freezer for up to 3 months (just thaw for 15 to 20 minutes before serving).
The ice-cream is made with canned coconut milk (Nature’s Charm is a good brand in tins, free from monkey-slave harvesting) and soaked cashews, to repliate the creamy texture of dairy. The green colour is indeed from fresh mint! Adding a little real mint extract on top makes this ice-cream taste like dessert, not toothpaste! It also has flecks of real dark chocolate mottled through.