For us personally, there is hardly anything nicer than refreshing ourselves in the summer heat with a cool, delicious ice cream. Whether fruity, chocolate ice cream or spaghetti ice cream - everyone loves ice cream and the delicious dessert tastes fantastic all year round! Unfortunately, most ice creams from the store or the ice cream stand around the corner are full of sugar and are unfortunately not a good choice for a healthy, balanced diet. You can treat yourself every now and then, but if you want to stay in top shape even in the summer and don't want to ruin your diet, then you've come to the right place. Beautifully creamy, irresistibly delicious and prepared in no time - for a well-deserved cooling down, we'll show you how you can easily make high-protein ice cream yourself. So read on and enjoy!
Next to oneNo-bake chocolate cheesecakeEven a homemade one tastes wonderful in the summer. Making high-protein ice cream yourself is actually much easier than you think. And no, you don't necessarily need protein powder for this - there are many excellent protein sources that are ideal for this and we're sure you already have most of them in your kitchen.
Cottage cheese ice cream recipe
Have you ever heard of cottage cheese ice cream? It's all the rage right now and for good reason! To make the high protein yourself, cottage cheese and some of your favorite ingredients are mixed until you get a smooth and creamy consistency. It is a low calorie, healthy and filling dessert option and can even be eaten for breakfast. Depending on the toppings, the cottage cheese ice cream has between 100 and 200 calories per serving - a real dream, right? And so that it never gets boring, we have three different flavor combinations for you below.
Ingredients for 4 servings
Basic ingredients:
- 430 grams of cottage cheese
- 80 grams of honey or maple syrup
Peanut Butter Chocolate:
- 80 grams of peanut butter
- 60 grams chopped dark chocolate
Strawberry-Cheesecake:
- 100 grams fresh strawberries, diced small
- 50 grams wholemeal biscuits, crumbled
Banana ice cream:
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 TL Vanilleextrakt
preparation
- For the cottage cheese ice cream, first put the basic ingredients in a blender and puree until fine.
- Fold in the topping ingredients of your choice and mix well.
- Place the mixture in a sealable container and freeze for at least 3-4 hours. Stir well once every 1 hour.
- Before serving, leave it at room temperature for 10 minutes and voila - it's that easy to make your own cottage cheese ice cream!
Skyr popsicles with berries
High in protein, healthy and low in fat – Skyr is an excellent source of protein and has become an indispensable part of our kitchen. So it only makes sense that we use it to make our own high-protein ice cream. Our Skyr popsicles have just 130 calories per serving and provide our bodies with plenty of vitamin C.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
- 300 grams of Skyr
- 100 grams of Greek yogurt
- 100 grams of whipped cream
- 250 grams of fresh berries of your choice
- 40 grams of agave syrup
- 20 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 TL Vanilleextrakt
Preparation:
- Cut the berries into small pieces and puree them in a blender with 20 grams of agave syrup and the lemon juice until smooth.
- Mix the skyr with the yogurt and vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.
- Beat the cream in a separate bowl with a hand mixer until stiff and add to the skyr mixture.
- Remove half of the cream and mix with about 2/3 of the berry puree.
- Fill the ice cream scoops alternately into ice cream molds with sticks and place in the freezer for at least 4 hours.
- Remove from the mold and drizzle with the remaining berry puree.
- Enjoy!
Vegan ice cream with chickpeas
Would you like to make vegan high-protein ice cream yourself? Then you will love our recipe for chickpea ice cream! At just 230 calories, this is the perfect low-calorie dessert for summer! And we guarantee you – no one will notice that there are chickpeas in it.
Ingredients for 8 servings:
- 100 grams of dates, soaked in hot water
- 120 ml almond milk
- 120 ml canned coconut milk
- 170 grams of chickpeas
- 130 grams of peanut butter
- 20 grams of cocoa powder
- 20 grams of maple syrup
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 TL Vanilleextrakt
Preparation:
- Drain the dates well and stir them in a blender to form a smooth paste.
- Add the chickpeas, coconut milk, almond milk, cocoa powder, maple syrup, vanilla extract and half of the peanut butter and stir again until smooth.
- Place the mixture in a sealable container and drizzle the remaining peanut butter over it.
- Freeze for at least 4 hours and let thaw for 10 minutes before serving.
- And your vegan chickpea ice cream is ready!
High protein blueberry clusters
If you're looking for a delicious, healthy, protein-packed summer snack, look no further than this recipe! These blueberry yogurt clusters are going viral right now, and it's not hard to see why. Crunchy, creamy and full of flavor – these little ice cream bites taste heavenly!
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of blueberries
- 240 grams of Greek yogurt
- 180 grams of dark chocolate
- 1 tsp coconut oil
Preparation:
- Mix the blueberries and yogurt well in a bowl and spoon the mixture onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Freeze for 30 minutes and in the meantime melt the chocolate with the coconut oil in the microwave.
- Dip the blueberry clusters into the chocolate and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- If you don't have blueberries, you can use another type of fruit. Whether strawberries, peaches or apricots – everything is possible!
- Enjoy!
High-protein ice cream with peanut butter and bananas
Just 2 ingredients and 5 minutes of time - that's all you need to make high-protein ice cream yourself! The recipe is super variable and you can add other ingredients to your heart's content. How about chopped nuts, for example? Or some chocolate?
Ingredients:
- 350 grams of ripe bananas
- 50 grams of peanut butter
Preparation:
- Put the bananas and peanut butter in the blender and puree until fine.
- Place the mixture in a sealable container and freeze for 3-4 hours.
