Easy Strawberry Ice Cream
Easy Strawberry Ice Cream
This Easy Strawberry Ice Cream is full of creamy deliciousness with decadent strawberry swirls. With only two ingredients, it has half the fat of traditional strawberry ice cream with more than double the protein. Now you can enjoy delicious ice cream without guilt. Our Easy Strawberry Ice Cream requires no special equipment (no ice cream machine needed) and only takes about 5-minute to prep.
Easy Strawberry Ice Cream Ingredients
- Daisy Strawberry Cottage Cheese Singles (4 packages): The secret ingredient in this delicious ice cream. The cottage cheese portion creates the smooth, silky, creamy texture that you love. The strawberry compote adds the decadent strawberry swirl deliciousness.
- Frozen Bananas (2): Adds sweetness and helps with the custard-like consistency of ice cream.
Substitutions, Variations, and Tips
- The best bananas for ice cream are ones that are just on the point of turning brown. They are naturally sweeter when they are just over-ripe.
- To get the perfect texture, bananas need to be frozen hard. It’s ideal to freeze them overnight to make sure they are entirely frozen. Don’t take them out of the freezer until you’re ready to use them. The 2 best methods for freezing bananas for ice cream:
- Throw whole unpeeled bananas into the freezer (the peels will turn black as they freeze). Bananas will last about 3 months in the freezer. When ready to use, peel with a knife and chop the banana into pieces.
- Peel ripe bananas, slice or half, and arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet. Freeze for one hour. Transfer pieces to a zip-top bag, remove air, and store frozen bananas up to 3 months.
- Any fruit flavor of Daisy Cottage Cheese singles will work well. Try them all for other delicious flavors such as peach, pineapple, and blueberry.
- Don’t over-blend the ice cream. You want to blend until just thick and creamy. Over-blending will make the ice cream runny.
- 2 hours in the freezer will yield the ideal texture for the ice cream. Freezing it longer will make the ice cream too hard to scoop.
- Ice cream makers may also be used following the manufacturer’s instructions.
- Try topping with chopped pistachios, mini marshmallows, or your other favorite ice cream toppings.
- You can also enjoy for breakfast!
How to Make Easy Strawberry Ice Cream
- Reserve fruit compote from 2 packages for swirling.
- Combine cottage cheese, strawberry compote from 2 packages, and frozen bananas in blender. Blend until completely smooth.
- Transfer into pan lined with parchment paper. Swirl reserved strawberry compote on top. Freeze for 1-2 hours or until frozen (enjoy within 2 hours of freezing).
- Let ice cream sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes before scooping and serving.
No Bake Strawberry Cottage Cheese Cheesecake
No Bake Strawberry Cottage Cheese Cheesecake
These rich and creamy No Bake Cheesecake Jars with Strawberries are so delicious you’ll crave them again and again. With cottage cheese replacing the heavier cream cheese in traditional cheesecake, these are not only lighter and fluffier, but they are also significantly lower in calories, fat, and carbs than traditional cheesecake. Now you can enjoy a delicious, decadent dessert without the guilt.
Quick and easy to make, these cheesecakes are perfect for date night, impressing your guests during the holidays, or as a simple weeknight snack.
Made with only a handful of ingredients, this dessert packs creamy deliciousness in every bite. These cheesecakes have 50% less calories and 60% less fat than a slice of traditional cheesecake that is made with cream cheese. Made with a few simple, high-quality ingredients, you can whip up these desserts in under 5 minutes.
No Bake Cheesecake Jars with Strawberries Ingredients
- Sugar (1 teaspoon): Adds a touch of sweetness to the strawberries.
- Strawberries (4): Look for bright red berries with bright green caps that smell fragrant. Naturally full of vitamins, including Vitamin C and nutrients, fiber, and antioxidants. They are also an excellent source of magnesium.
- Graham Crackers (6 tablespoons): Adds a light, sweet, crunchy texture that you know and love from classic cheesecake.
- Salted Butter (2 tablespoons, melted): Adds a bit of flavor and holds the graham crackers together.
- White Chocolate (2/3 cup): Good quality white chocolate provides a sweet, buttery, slightly milky flavor to the cheesecakes.
- Daisy Cottage Cheese (1 1/4 cup): The secret ingredient in these delicious cheesecakes. It lightens the cheesecakes and adds a silky, creamy texture that you love in cheesecake.
- Vanilla Extract (1/2 teaspoon): Enhances the flavor of desserts.
Substitutions, Variations, and Tips
- Feel free to use other fresh fruit toppings or swap the fresh fruit and sugar for your favorite jam (i.e., cherry).
- Animal Crackers, chocolate wafers, or gluten-free graham crackers may be used in place of traditional graham crackers.
- An immersion blender may be used in place of the food processor to create the creamy, light, fluffy cheesecake filling.
- Microwave white chocolate chips in short time increments to avoid scorching.
- Semisweet chocolate may be used in place of white chocolate, with chocolate wafers in place of graham crackers for the classic chocolate strawberry combination.
How to make No Bake Cheesecake with Fresh Strawberries Jars
- Gently stir together diced strawberries and sugar. Set aside.
- Mix graham crackers with melted butter. Set aside.
- Place the white chocolate chips in a microwave safe container. Microwave at 30 second intervals until just melted (about 1 ½ minutes).
- Pour blended cottage cheese and vanilla mixture into a medium mixing bowl then use a rubber spatula to gently fold-in melted white baking chips.
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the graham mixture into the bottom of a mason jar, scoop ½ cup of cheesecake filling on top and smooth with the back of a spoon.
- Sprinkle 1 more tablespoon of the graham mixture on top.
- Garnish with the strawberries.
- Repeat with remaining jars. Chill for 2 hours in refrigerator before serving.
