When Mr NQN turned two years old, his authority as the head boy and one and only child was threatened by the addition of two sisters. To add insult to injury, one was a baby and garnered more attention while the other one was an adopted older sister who snatched place as the eldest sibling directing the traffic and family.
Poor Mr NQN was suddenly in no man’s land, with no schtick to cling onto-literally. And he didn’t like it one bit.
With his two new sisters, they visited Finland where his now older sister was quite sick and had to be weaned off her diet of sugar and junk food that was the cause of her intestinal distress. She was given the Elliott treatment of natural, raw vegan food. One of the items that they made to help sell her on the new diet was raw, vegan pancakes. They were made the evening before by their “mummi”, aka their grandmother and stored in the fridge for the next morning’s breakfast. Mr NQN went to sleep no doubt dreaming of these pancakes and so did his new older sister. Because by the time they woke up the next day they were gone. His new sister had snuck into the kitchen and eaten the entire family sized stack during the night!
Tantrums no doubt ensued and there were cries of wanting to give his new sister back-or both of them if possible. I think that if we had listened carefully way back then we might have heard his screaming all the way in Australia. He gets on somewhat well with them now – to a point but I always make sure that he get his share of things. In fact he has so much food nowadays that he happily shares it with them. This ice cream would pass the Elliott test in that it is raw and vegan. I found it on JJ’s blog and bookmarked it immediately. It made use of two plentiful items at the moment: banana and avocado.
It’s a recipe that can be done without a churner and is ridiculously healthy and good for you-but of course I had to go ahead and add chocolate chips to it. You could also add cocao nibs which are healthier as per JJ’s more sensible suggestion. You can taste the banana so perhaps this should be better called chocolate banana ice cream but there is very little trace flavour wise of the avocado and it reminds me of raw food desserts in flavour. The ice cream is creamy and not overly sweet (you could add more maple syrup if you are that way inclined) and the perfect, refreshing way to overcome any hot weather.
So tell me Dear Reader, did you experience sibling rivalry and do you get on nowadays?
Vegan Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
- 3 medium or 2 large frozen bananas (ripe ones are sweeter)*
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips or cocoa nibs (use dairy free dark chocolate if you’re keeping this entirely vegan)
1. I hate sifting so I just start with whizzing the cocoa in the food processor to break up any lumps. Then add the avocado, banana and maple syrup and blend until smooth.
2. Stir through chocolate chips or cocoa nibs and then place in a freezer proof container in the freezer. Using a fork, break up any ice crystals every hour or so doing this three or four times to get a smooth consistency. Take it out of the freezer about 10 minutes before you want to eat it to ripen it.
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I love raw chocolate ice cream! I usually use also dates to sweeten it,really makes it yummy.Loved to read about Mr NQN and his sisters and Mummi’s pancakes ;D
P.S.I wanted to throw my baby brother out of the window when he was born…;D
Wow this ice cream is revolutionary! An i’m sure it tastes great! I have to try it! Can you send me some?
Very original and surely divine!
Cheers,
Rosa
I’m loving having bananas on hand again, so they are finding their way into a whole heap of things. I’m curious about this icecream, I think I need to give it a crack
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to make it. I love making icecream but I so rarely have room in the freezer for the base bit you have to freeze.
Yum! I love the no churn thing because I still don’t have an ice cream maker
Healthy icecream – I like it! There was and is sibling rivalry, but less so given that I moved out of home long ago and my brother is still there.
When I read this recipe was vegan I thought you might be making it for Mr NQN. To have two sisters arrive at once would be quite an assault. My nephew is experiencing the same thing as his parents have just adopted two girls, one two years older and the other two years younger. Apparently all is going well. As for me, there was plenty of sibling rivalry because I am one of five daughters – say no more!
As my Sister is 6 years younger than me we were brought up in 2 different eras and unfortunately don’t have much to o with each other.
When I was born in Singapore my sisters cried and wanted to swap me for another baby. They were very disappointed with my blond hair and blue eyes, wishing for an Asian baby instead!
Love this ice cream, perfect for my InTolerances!
I too wanted to throw my little brother out the window when he was born – apparently! I have no memory of it whatsoever. I couldn’t do it now – he’s 6 foot 7 inches tall! This ice-cream looks delicious and chocolatey! And I’m a huge fan of chocolate and banana so I should really try it…
So glad you made and enjoyed the ice cream! I’ve just finished mine off, making more this weekend!
Great looking ice cream and I love the pictures, those china diner glasses are really cute. GG
I almost hesitated to click here when I saw the word vegan, but of course I love stories about Mr’s family. I always feel like you are the princess who got him to escape some weird kingdom to come to yours. I was awful. I was the oldest and always took the biggest piece of cake. But my brother was a hoarder and saved all his candy and locked it up. I always ate all of mine at once. But, now I”m a saver. Still have all my Christmas candy which will last until summer.
This looks delicious and easy. I have long been friends with frozen bananas, but this takes the idea to new heights.
I think there must always be some small degree of sibling rivalry, naturally, but most of us thankfully grow out of it early on. Or at least I hope so!
I am so going to make this! Good call to add chocolate chips~Yum! I was the youngest of four and loved it, though my one and only brother,right above me, was a meany to me. Yep, we get along now~ever since we no longer were under the same roof. You sure know how to tell a funny story!
We drove our poor mother nuts with our fighting, but we gre up eventually and all is well now. It would need to be, I am nearly 60. It wouldn’t do to be having punch ups with my siblings.
This looks amazing. I will have to give it a whirl! Thanks for sharing
Yours truly and ice cream would normally walk in opposite directions, but this sounds SO fascinating [can't imagine what banana + avocado would together would taste like
!] I just have to make it! And perhaps show off? Siblings: I was to be the only child of very career minded parents already well in their thirties when I appeared on the scene. Not only was there no sibling rivalry but the only way they knew how to bring me up was as a little adult from the time I managed to walk! Almost more unusual than Mr NQN’s experiences. Retrospectively thinking I would not change one iota of it 
!
Really nice recipe, no added sugar.
This a great recipe and it would be great paired with some of these cookie recipes. Not just for Christmas!
Greg
Why do you use the avocado?
Love the sound of this, Lorraine. Yum! The Droste… is that cocoa or choc bits, I couldn’t read it. Would love to know where you found it… will you please kindly let me know.
Both my older brothers died… sadly! Both were quite young at the time. I have a sister and we get on well. I do wish that my own children had more siblings, or at least lots of aunts and uncles around them.
JJ’s recipe was one of my favourites from the Hop, because really, you’d have to feel healthy eating this ice cream!
Now that I don’t have to live with her we get along great. When we lived together, not so much. Its recipes like this that make me wish I liked banana.
That looks and sounds delicious. If possible might give it a try this weekend.
My eldest is still irked by being moved from her only child perch and it has been quite few years since it happened!
I love the idea of this, but avocados aren’t quite as cheap in South Oz as they are for you northern types.
Still, as it is chocolate it must go on my ever-growing list.
Thanks for posting this yummy recipe. I am going straight to the kitchen to make it. Also have my second batch of raw vegan cheese made with cashews 1/2 finished. The first attempt using macadamias was so good it disappeared in no time. Love all the vegan raw food available in Byron Bay & after my last visit was inspired to try some ideas with avocados which are particularly good for dessert & cake making.
That’s so original Lorraine! Mixing chocolate with avocado. The chocolate banana mix is what I’m used to. Another must try for this summer.
This sounds like something I would make. Strange, I thought that my sister’s addition was a nice thing. Someone to do something with.
I come from a family of 5 girls and 1 boy (who was a very late surprise). Growing up was always a fight to get your fair share, I had 2 sisters that if they could, they would take what was yours any chance they got. I remember Easter the year I was 5, Mom gave us all Easter baskets and told us to go on an Egg Hunt. Mom said that there were 10 Eggs each and we all found our eggs. We also received a stuffed bunny each and a small basket of more chocolate. I didn’t like chocolate very much back then so I would eat it slowly. My 2 sisters took turns stealing my chocolate out of my basket over the following weeks. I think maybe I had 4 or 5 of the eggs, the rest were eaten by my sisters.
I got over them taking my chocolate but it’s one of my first memories of learning about watching over what was mine. Learning who I could trust and who needed watching. I’m laughing as I write this, some memories you just have to chuckle at when looked back upon.
Funny post. I was the neglected middle child. I used to tell that to anyone who would listen. It wasn’t true, of course, but I had a favorite aunt who believed me.
This ice cream sounds really good.
Wow bananas and avocado in there – sounds delicious even if it is healthy and vegan!
This ice cream looks so deliciously rich, and pretty healthy!
My sister is 8 years younger than me and was a brat growing up. I once gave her chilli sauce after telling her it was tomato. Eek. But we get along now! She’s awesome
What an original ice cream…the creaminess of the banana and avocado would add to the overall lusciousness I’m sure. I am 10 years older than my brother so really the poor thing was just ordered around all the time
OMG…no cream, no eggs, this is absolutely perfect. And the best thing, no ice cream machine is needed…!!!
I always find it interesting to read about Mr NQN’s family. It makes me feel much less unusual.
Because of him, I don’t think you’ll ever run out of stories to tell!
Oh yeah bigtime rivalry with my sister – I was old enough (5) to know what I was losing (parent’s undivided attention) when she was born.
Do you think you could churn this icecream ifyou wanted to? To avoid having to break it up 3-4 times?
This is clearly a perfect Thermomix recipe…Well done…love the Mr NQN story as well…poor little tike!
My baby brother is 10 years younger to me, Trust me when he was born I thought everything precious to me will be snatched…
God I hated him so much back as a young girl… LOL
We both live so far away from eachother now but we both love and cherish our relationship.
The Ice-cream looks absolutely fabulous… yumm.
Im the youngest of 5, so even to this day have quite a bit of attention showered on me by my sis’s and bros’. And Im now 40. which is cool. (the attention, not being 40) Love vegan raw anything (ok, not potatoes). I am keen to make an avocado ‘cheese’cake that a friend has suggested. YAY for chocolate
T x
Hi Leah-yes you could definitely do it in the churner
—Heavenly.
I adore the rich gorgeous chocolaty colour of the ice-cream… & it’s healthy. So, does that mean, I can have ALL of it?
Kissss, Lorraine. Xx
i also experienced a sister rival she always annoyed me every time I’m with her.. oh well its just from a past we both grow matured now so wer not close as friend wer close as a real real sister
okay back to chocolate ice cream i dunno if it’s really easy to do but i will try 
i loved chocolates.
i don’t have a churner or ice cream maker (who does??), so thanks for posting a recipe that doesn’t need one…and a vegan recipe at that, too!
i have tried one vegan dessert like this and loved it, have to try one again!
This seems so weird yet enticing, so much so I know I’ll have to try it very soon!
Oh my gosh, why have I never thought of this?! I make raw avocado chocolate mousse and banana soft serve all the time, but never put the two together!
Also, my brother is one of my best-best friends. I love him, have so much fun with him, and we tell each other more than we tell almost anyone else. I’m so grateful for that
This sounds amazing! I’ve made ice cream by blending frozen bananas before so know what a lovely creamy texture they provide, but would never have thought to use avocado! Anything chocolate and healthy is a winner in my book
This is a great recipe isnt it. There was some sibling rivalry i n our house. The youngest never had to do any chores!
Healthy ice cream!?! How could you not love that? Will be great for my little one too
Sibling rivalry… i’m one of five so that was inevitable but we all (generally) get on pretty well now
How intriguing!
Oh, this looks great! Will forward it to my vegan friend.
What? Healthy chocolate ice-cream?! Just don’t tell my kids! Definitely had sibling rivalry but like I tell my kidlets, friends may come and go, but your siblings will be your best mates forever, and we are!
I’m not sure so about rivalry but when my brother was born, I was already 10. I wanted a sister so badly I hated my brother and would never play with him. He was a brat of a baby and was so active you can never predict what he’d do, whereas I was so quiet and shy I can sit in my room for hours and not go outside.
So, my brother took my junk food, spied on my room and annoyed me a lot. But mum took his side and said I needed to treat him better! I felt like he got all the love and attention…
We’re very close now that we’ve both grown up.
Love the recipe, it looks so delicious and rich even though it’s vegan!
This has gotta be the healthiest chocolate ice-cream I have seen! No milk, no eggs and no cream! I’ve gotta a friend who is vegan and I’ve promised to make him something, but wasn’t sure if i was going to like it.
But this is perfect!
Hmmm…My sisters are so much older than me that I basically grew up as an only child…so not much rivalry more like my parents like to sometimes compare me to my sisters
Wow, raw, vegan AND made without an ice cream machine. What a clever ice cream to satisfy any — or no — dietary restriction.
I have never had raw banana ice cream, but I’ve got some frozen bananas so I may have to give it a go. I have an older sister and a younger sister and as the middle child I can understand your hubs resentment. xoxo Mum
I love vegan cuisine and use a lot of avocadoes for healthy fats! I need to try this recipe and am so glad its made without an ice cream maker — don’t have any on me
We are always open to playing with new foods and vegan desserts CAN be good. You just have to finesse the right ingredients, especially if you’re used to animal products. Creamy, sweet, cold…ice cream can pass the test for sure.
This looks so good and so simple too! Love!
This looks so good and so simple too! Love! Will be making this for sure!
I come from a big family, and I’m the baby, so I guess I can’t complain. I pretty much always got my way. And, I love chocolate and banana together. I would keep this dessert all to myself and not share a bit!
drooling as always… I made avocado icing for Boo’s cake one year and it was AWESOME.
This sounds kinda weird but looks really good. I’m not an ice cream fan as it’s too creamy but I do love chocolate sorbet (make mine with droste as well) and I do love avocados so this might just be perfect.
wow! looks delectable & so healthy with all those awesome ingredients! lovely pics too
Love the story of sibling rivalry and the stacked pancake middle of the night thievery! I would have freaked too! So, I’m browsing through foodgawker, and I see a dish of what looks to be the creamiest dish of fattening ice cream. The comment read ‘fat-free ice cream with just one ingredient. Of course I had to see, along with 1000′s of others. It was simply frozen bananas gievn a whirl in the blender or food processor. What if you don’t like bananas? Then it isn’t the best fat-free ice cream lol
Avocado is good fat, and with this vegan ice cream, you get chocolate too..and I happen to have raw chocolate on hand! I’ve been dying to incorporate healthier eating into my diet, and I’ve bookmarked some vegan and raw food dishes that I could eat on occasion. THIS is definitely one of them, but I’d like to keep quarts of it in my freezer!
As for sibling rivalry.,.geesh, I could go on forever. My sister had weird jealousy/anger issues, and pulled some pretty awful on me, and behind my back. This has continued into adulthood, unfortunately. Sad, but we can’t choose our siblings. I wish it had been as simple as pancakes! :/
Saved! My kids love chocolate ice cream. Your presentation of ice cream is amazing. I love your food styling and photography~~!
I never thought about using avocado, it is kinda strange but it sounds good, I will try it
i was fortunate enough to be sandwiched between two brothers, and we were rivals in everything–sports success, grades, relationships. i love them to death now, but there were times when i hated them!
I would love to say that my sibling who is older than me by a lot, grew out of it but, he never did. He has golden child syndrome and therefore, has always paraded, overabused and dictated his authority towards me and as I didn’t always take it, we’d end up fighting. We don’t speak anymore and I prefer it that way as he’s very negative. I longed for a sister instead.
Ice cream looks devine Lorraine!!
ooh this sounds delicious – I laughed at your question about “did” you experience sibling rivalry – as though it is something we all grow out of!!! I have seen family in the generation above me still experiencing sibling rivalry and in my own family there is still tension from time to time but it gets ironed out – not sure it is the same as rivalry but it sits in a similar place!
Being a younger sibling, I always adored and emulated my sister but she couldn’t stand me because I was always following her around. We are very close now, although we really fought like cat and dog as children (but we had many good times too).
I was very skeptical of healthy icecream. I made this early this morning and it tasted delicious. I was enjoying a moment as a child again licking the bowl.
Can’t wait to trick my partner and make him play guess-the-ingredient game.
I’ve kept this in mind since the day you posted it, waiting for the perfect storm, which given the weather this weekend is something of a bad pun. I was waiting until I had a good stash of frozen bananas and some avocado that need using up in a hurry. Today was that day, even better due to cruddy weather – an indoors weekend with time spent pottering. I have made a batch and put it in the freezer, but it tastes yummy just whizzed too. The frozen banana makes it nice and cold and a yummy treat that I think could be served right away as it is, which I may do at my next Lime Farts dinner party. Now I am a vego, something like this will totally hit the spot. Thank you Lorraine. xx
Hi ck-Fabulous! And yes I did the same-it was when I had the bananas and avocado ready that I attempted it (keeping in mind banana prices which are now low!)
So glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for letting me know darling! xxx
I’ll give it a try. I think I’ll pass on sweeteners or cocoa, or chocolate chips…hmmm..I’ll kind of give it a try.
My sister and I never fought and we still get along, and even work together. I ♥ my sister.
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