Avena Originals Raw 4 Life Recipes

Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream

Raw Recipe Challenge Entry

by Rebekah McDonald, Avena Member — Red Deer, AB

Ingredients:

1 cup hazelnuts, soaked
½ cup almonds, soaked
4 cups water

Blend in a high speed blender (vita-mix) and then strain through a nut milk bag.

Pour the liquid back into the blender and add:

1 whole vanilla bean
2 Tbsp. Avena's TOCO
1/4 cup raw agave
½ cup cacao powder (Avena's nibs finely ground)
pinch of Celtic sea salt

Directions:

Blend well then pour into an ice cream maker. While that is freezing, place 1/8 cup of Avena's Cacao Nibs in a bowl and add 4 drops of peppermint essential oil and stir. Drop into ice cream maker just before it is ready to serve.