Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Assorted Fruit Sorbets



Well, as most of my friends and family know I have started to eat a lot more healthy while striving to lose weight in the process. And as summer kicks in in Texas, we usually stock our freezer filled with different types of ice creams. I got to checking the labels and realized that one serving of some of our favorite flavors was like eating a WHOLE meal for me. I need something with more nutrition and less sugar and calories for us to snack on.

With that I started check out homemade ice cream and sorbet recipes... almost every single one of them had 3 egg yolks, whole milk and at least a half a cup of sugar in them.

There had to be a healthier solution!

So, I got in my kitchen and started playing around and I came up with these egg free, sugar free, low calorie and very healthy solutions that are not only great tasting but super easy to make as I always keep my food processor on the counter anyway!

We've made peach and mixed berry so far. Right now I have blackberries that were on sale this week for 77 cents a pint flash freezing for us to make tonight. And with the summer fruit sales and this recipe, we could have sorbet every night for dessert without any guilt what so ever!

Blackberry Sorbet
*1 fluid ounce Lemon Juice (Squeeze of Half a Lemon)
*12 ounce Blackberries, Frozen
*16 ounce Almond Breeze Non-Dairy Beverage, Unsweetened

Put all items in the food processor, process til smooth and enjoy right away or freeze for later. Makes 4 - 3/4 cups servings.

Calories 58, Total Fat 1.9 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Trans Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 91 mg, Total Carbohydrate 10 g, Dietary Fiber 5 g, Sugars 4 g, Protein 2 g, Vitamin A 84 µg (12%), Vitamin C 21 mg , (28%), Calcium 125 mg (13%),
Iron 1 mg (4%)


Peach Sorbet
*1 fluid ounce Lemon Juice
*16 ounce Peaches, Frozen
*16 ounce Almond Breeze Non-Dairy Beverage, Unsweetened

Put all items in the food processor, process til smooth and enjoy right away or freeze for later. Makes 5 servings, each a little more then 1/2 a cup.

Calories 53, Total Fat 1.2 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 72 mg, Total Carbohydrate 10 g, Dietary Fiber 2 g, Sugars 6 g, Protein 1 g, Vitamin A 144 g (21%), Vitamin C 83 mg (111%), Calcium 80 mg (8%)

Mixed Berry Sherbet

*1 teaspoon Vanilla extract, vanilla
*1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
*1.5 cup Almond Beverage, Organic - Low Fat Original Almond Milk
*12 ounce Mixed Berry, Frozen Grade A Fancy (Sprouts)

Put all items in the food processor, process til smooth and enjoy right away or freeze for later. Makes 4 servings.

Calories 69, Total Fat 1.2 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Trans Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 53 mg, Total Carbohydrate 14 g, Dietary Fiber 4 g, Sugars 9 g, Protein 0 g, Vitamin A 56 µg (8%), Vitamin C 11 mg (14%)


Bing Cherry Sorbet
*12 oz Bing Cherries
*16 oz Almond Breeze Non-Dairy Beverage, Unsweetened
* 1/4 tsp Almond Extract

Put all items in the food processor, process til smooth and enjoy right away or freeze for later. Makes five 1/2 cup servings.

Calories 61, Total Fat 1.2 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Trans Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 72 mg, Total Carbohydrate 12 g, Dietary Fiber 1 g, Sugars 8 g, Protein 5 g, Vitamin A 75 µg (11%), Vitamin C 4 mg (6%), Calcium 90 mg, (9%), Iron 0 mg

2 comments:

Cat said...

Those sound yummy.

Don Stauffer said...

I'll have to try some of those out