Chop the coconut: 30 divine and dairy-free coconut ice creams (World's healthiest ice creams)
Dairy free - coconut milk replaces dairy
These 30 coconut ice creams provide delicious taste for every mood and season. For explosive fruit flavor, try Banana Walnut, Fruity Granola, Grapefruit, Lemon-Lime, Mango, Orange Vanilla, Pineapple, or Pomegranate Coconut Milk Ice Cream. If you love ice cream with a swirl, try any of these: Apricot Swirl, Berry Swirl, Kiwi Swirl, and Papaya Swirl.Â
If you think fruit paired with chocolate is a delightful combination, Cranberry Chocolate or Sweet Cherry and Dark Chocolate will be perfect for you. Your sweet tooth may crave Caramel, Cocoa, or Maple Pecan Coconut Ice Cream.
If your palate is ready for something sophisticated or unusual, check out the recipes for Avocado, Coffee, Date Pistachio, Ginger, Green Tea, Lychee, Mint Tea-Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, or Sweet Potato Coconut Milk Ice Cream.Â
But wait, isn't coconut milk bad for you? No, no, no. The poor coconut is so misunderstood. Decades ago, a study indicated that coconut oil could be harmful to heart health. However, that flawed research used refined and hydrogenated coconut oil trans fats, NOT the unrefined, organic, virgin coconut oil sold in health food stores today. The fat in coconuts is bad for you only when it is hydrogenated and turned into trans fats, as is done in some processed foods.
Coconut ice cream is higher in calories than other healthy ice creams, so you'll want to limit the ice cream serving size to a cup or less, but you can increase the volume and nutrients by topping your ice cream with chopped fruit, cocoa nibs, or berries.
Cookbook author Cindy Stratton, explains the health benefits of coconut milk: