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Now that summer is in full swing ice cream is a must-have dessert in my kitchen. I love trying new flavors and this summer I’ve been making my own frozen treats too. I decided I would attempt to make an avocado and coconut ice cream. I know that most people don’t think of the color green when they think of ice cream, but avocados are a fruit after all. The coconut was the “safe” choice since I already know it goes so well with desserts. The avocado was the adventurous side of this recipe.

Let me just say this recipe put the cream in ice cream. I loved the sweet and creamy results I got and was amazed that I didn’t need any dairy to achieve it. That’s the magic of avocados for you! My favorite part of this recipe is how simple it was to make. The pre-ice-cream prep time was less than 15 minutes. It’s a great activity to do with little ones!

Tip: If you don’t have an ice cream maker don’t worry! There are several ways to make ice cream without it. Click on this link for 5 different ways to make ice cream without an ice cream maker. This is a very fun activity for kids, as well as a great learning experience for all!

Ingredients For Avocado & Coconut Ice Cream

- Serves about 6

• 3 large Avocados from Mexico
• 1 1/2 cups of coconut milk
• 2tbs of lemon juice
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1tbs of vanilla extract

Easy Avocado & Coconut Ice Cream Recipe

- Cut your avocados in half and take out the pit. Scoop out the pulp. You should have about 3 cups of the avocado pulp.

- Mix avocados and lemon juice with a spoon. Tip: the lemon juice is not for flavoring. The lemon juice keeps the avocado pulp from turning brown.

- Combine the  avocado pulp, coconut milk, sugar, and vanilla extract .

- Blend all your ingredients in a blender or food processor.

- When all the ingredients have blended to a smooth, creamy looking texture you can add them to your ice cream making device.

- When your ice cream is done you can add shredded coconut or any of your favorite toppings. I would suggest fresh fruit as it goes well with the creaminess of the avocado coconut ice cream.

 For more avocados dishes visit the Avocados from Mexico community page where you can find recipes by other fans and upload your own as well.

Triples — sandwiches like the ones you see in the photo above — were a staple of my childhood back home in Peru. And yet, I hadn’t really made them for myself or my kids until late last year. I was craving one from a specific sandwich place back home, when I wondered out loud: “Why can’t I just make it at home? It’s not like it’s that complicated…”

The next day, I went shopping for all the ingredients and requested my daughter’s help making these delicious sandwiches that contain three simple, but healthy ingredients: avocados, tomatoes and hard boiled eggs. And I was so happy when she took her first bite and instantly fell in love with it! Here’s my version of this yummy sandwich (I use 4 slices of bread instead of the traditional 3).

INGREDIENTS: (For one sandwich)

1/4 Avocado cut in thin slices or mushed up

1/2 Roma Tomato thinly sliced

1 Hard boiled egg sliced

4 thin slices of bread

Mayonnaise

DIRECTIONS:

Spread some mayonnaise on one of the slices and layer the slices of avocado on top and sprinkle them with a bit of lime juice so it doesn’t turn black. Cover it with the second slice of bread and put the slices of tomato on top. Cover with a third slice and put slices of hard boiled egg. Cover with fourth and final slice of bread.

Get rid of the bread crusts and cut sandwich into triangles.

Can a healthy sandwich get any simpler than that?

Disclosure: As part of the Walmart Moms program, SpanglishBaby received compensation and the products to facilitate this post. As always, all stories and opinions are our own.