So there’s a funny story behind the pictures that go along with this recipe…
You see those lovely little blueberries in the pictures? Those barely made it to the shot. I had a handful of blueberries remaining after making the bars, and it happened to be lunch time for my dog. Her lunch usually consists of a cooked starch, lentils, vegetables, and fruit (yes, she is spoiled). To make some space in the fridge and get my puppy some antioxidants, I threw in the last handful of blueberries.
While she started munching, I started setting up to take pictures. That’s when it hit me: I just gave away the last of the blueberries, and I needed some for these pictures. So, I barged in on her munching, pushed her out of her bowl, picked all the blueberries back out, and washed them off. She was a little thrown, but the blueberries were perfectly usable. Moral of the story: anything goes to get the perfect shot.
Lemon Blueberry Ice Cream Bars
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- LEMON COOKIE
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup coconut nectar
- 2 tbsps lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1/4 tsp salt
- BLUEBERRY ICE CREAM
- 2 frozen bananas
- 3/4 cup frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
- FOR THE COOKIE: Grind the oats in a food processor.
- Add the coconut nectar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and salt.
- Process until the dough forms a ball. If it is too dry, add a little water.
- Press half of the dough into a loaf pan lined with plastic wrap. Flip that cookie layer out onto a plate, and press the other half of the dough into the lined loaf pan.
- FOR THE ICE CREAM: Blend the bananas and frozen blueberries together until creamy.
- In a bowl, stir in the fresh blueberries.
- Spread the ice cream into the pan on top of one cookie layer. Lay the other cookie layer on top.
- Freeze for at least 4 hours before cutting into 4 bars.
hello! do you think i could use date paste (dates + water blended) instead of the agave nectar for the cookie?
I actually think date paste would work fine. The color will be a little different, but otherwise I think its a good idea!
thanks! i’ll try it soon and see.
MUST MUST make this – I only have raspberries but don’t care, this looks too good to pass up!
I think raspberries would be awesome in there!! Like raspberry lemonade…but in ice cream bar form of course 😉
i made these yesterday and they were preeeetty good. nice way to use up blueberries that wouldve gone to waste. thanks!
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I’m glad you liked them and saved those blueberries just in time 🙂