Carb suggestions?
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Thanks, but I was talking about starches, and I'm just not sure if those fruits you mentioned are starches.
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@yerrag Ah I didnt realize that. Yeah mamey sapote has a decent ammount of starch I believe. Also some in dates but they are mostly sugar.
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I like sapote. We call it Chico in the Philippines. I consider it a fruit that isn't starch-based though.
My crude test is to feed it to my cats, and if they take to it regularly, it is a starch. I would give them cooked sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, and saba (Philippine plantain) and they eat it just like they would eat bread and rice. Though I give them as treats, as they eat grated coconut with cooked fish mostly (for protein).As I don't think carbs are really all that suitable for cats, as I liken them to tigers and lions (though being human companions for a long time could have changed carbs as a suitable staple for cats, as they like to eat starch).
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@yerrag Chico and Mamey are two different fruits, both considered sapotes. Chico is the small less starchy variant. Mamey is large and the texture of a sweet potato.
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Gotcha. Thanks.
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@Jennifer Amazing, can you share your banana ice cream recipe?
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@edouard She shared it with me before
I believe 1 cup of raw milk, 1 medium sized frozen banana and 1 cup of another frozen fruit. I tried it in my Ninja Creami and it turned out really good. Frozen Strawberries and Frozen Jackfruit are good additions. -
Thank you for sharing the recipe with @edouard, @Snow. I did some tweaking to it using fruit juice powders instead of the additional frozen fruit to prevent the iciness they impart to the banana ice cream and the result is a perfect, creamy, soft-serve consistency. The base recipe calls for:
ā¢2/3 a cup of milkāI use raw cow or coconut milk
ā¢2 1/2 large frozen bananasāpeeled when spotty and cut into 1ā slices prior to freezing for easier blending
ā¢2 teaspoons of sugar or honeyāI use Wendell Estateās prairie honey for its neutral flavorTo make the ice cream, I first dissolve the sweetener (and any powdered additions) in the milk, then add the bananas and blend in a high-speed blender until smoothāabout 1ā2 minutes. I think the base is great as is, but Iāve tried many additions that turned out well. Some of my favorites include:
ā¢Jackfruit and honeydew melonāit reminds me of tutti frutti
ā¢Coconut milk and pineappleāit reminds me of a piƱa colada
ā¢Black raspberry and vanillaāI use vanilla bean powder
ā¢Cinnamon white chocolate chipāI use Ceylon cinnamon
ā¢Mint chocolate chipāI use a peppermint extract and semi-sweet chocolate chips
ā¢CoffeeāI use an instant, CO2 processed decaf
ā¢Peanut butter and chocolateāI use PB2 powder in the ice cream and top it with homemade Magic Shell (190 g of chocolate chips melted with 3 tablespoons of refined coconut oil) -
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@Jennifer Oo I definitely have to try that updated recipe. Where do you get those fruit juice powders? Also the flavor ideas all sound incredible
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My pleasure, @edouard.
@Snow said in Carb suggestions?:
@Jennifer Oo I definitely have to try that updated recipe. Where do you get those fruit juice powders? Also the flavor ideas all sound incredible
If you try any of the flavors, let me know what you think? I get the juice powders from Amazon. The brand is Micro Ingredients:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/31E32C21-F9E9-4AEC-9F8C-40574AE7E282?
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@Jennifer I will definitely let you know. Experimenting in the kitchen and making different ice cream flavors is so fun to me for no reason haha
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Sucrose, lactose, fructose. 600g per day balanced by potassium from fruits or milk.
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@Snow said in Carb suggestions?:
@Jennifer I will definitely let you know. Experimenting in the kitchen and making different ice cream flavors is so fun to me for no reason haha
Haha! Itās so fun to me too. Iāve had many experiments turn out bad, but ice cream isnāt one of them.