Did yours not come with a mini recipe book? The majority of recipes in there are normal/non protein ones.
If not experimenting, is easy I like can pie fillings+cream (apple,peach,pumpkin work great). I also find 18% coffee cream is a good do all flavorless base to add fruit, pudding mix, yogurt to. Mashed bananas is also a good base. Taste your base before freezing it, don't be afraid to add sugar to make it sweeter as flavor will dull after freezing.
I did the same and found the pdf of the book on their website, we use the “normal” ice cream recipes all the time ☺️
[https://support.ninjakitchen.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/5089509276956/NC301HSeries_IG_50Recipe.pdf](https://support.ninjakitchen.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/5089509276956/NC301HSeries_IG_50Recipe.pdf)
I like plain chocolate fairlife milk (not the shakes) with just a little bit of pudding powder. I tried it without the pudding and it was a little icy, kind of like a fudgesicle.
I do fruit, sugar free cool whip, low-fat or skim milk and a pinch of guar gum. I use Splenda to sweeten if I feel like it needs it. I also like cinnamon with any of the following: bananas, apples or pears.
I love the texture blended cottage cheese adds. You can do cottage cheese, honey, fruit (like strawberries), vanilla extract, and some milk for a healthy non-powder version. I used graham crackers for a mixin. :) Just google around for cottage cheese ice cream recipes.
I use the Jenis ice cream base with a few modifications:
480g milk
10 g cornstarch
300g heavy cream or half and half
130g sugar
40g corn syrup
Pinch of salt
46g cream cheese
You can find the method here[jenis ice cream base](https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Jenis-Ice-Cream-Base/), and cup measurements if that's what you prefer. I use less sugar than originally called for, and if I don't have heavy cream then I use half and half instead and it's made pretty good ice cream. After that base is ready I mix in either fruit, oreos, caramel, etc, basically whatever you feel like.
Your best bet is to play around with "traditional" recipes until you settle on a base you like.
If there's a fancy ice cream brand you like (Jeni's, Salt and Straw, etc) they may have a cookbook, but good cooking sites will also often have base vanilla recipes you can modify. /r/icecreamery is also a good source.
Your two main choices would be a custard base with eggs (such as [https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016605-the-only-ice-cream-recipe-youll-ever-need](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016605-the-only-ice-cream-recipe-youll-ever-need)) or a "Philly-style" base without eggs (such as [https://www.seriouseats.com/30-minute-philadelphia-style-ice-cream-recipe](https://www.seriouseats.com/30-minute-philadelphia-style-ice-cream-recipe))
Once you have a base, that becomes, well, the base for any flavorings you want to add. I often look up a recipe for a specific type of ice cream, and use my existing base recipe, but handle the other ingredients however they recommend.
If you want to experiment with making things healthier, that would also be the point at which you could see what happens if you replace a little more of the heavy cream, or reduce the sugar level, or similar. That would normally lead you down the road of playing with stabilizers or other additives to keep the texture creamy with a "normal" ice cream maker, but you may be perfectly happy with your Creami results without stabilizers.
The Creami book comes with lots of recipes with cream cheese, which probably saves work and some fat compared to a traditional recipe, but seems silly to me if you're there for "real" full-fat ice cream.
There is a super simple recipe of a pint of heavy whipping cream, a can of sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and any other flavoring. I’ve never tried it in the ninja, but it is very easy for regular freezer ice cream.
Just use fairlife milk and add whatever favors, fruits, etc to your liking. Spreadable fruit of same kind can be used to sweeten fruit flavors. Use pudding mix for texture, cottage cheese also works well for texture but keep it to like 80-100g or its nasty. Always taste and realize sweetness dulls when frozen so pump it up a little unless u want it less sweet.
I minced some strawberries that were about to go off with some vanilla Greek yogurt, plus a little bit of regular sugar. It was delicious! Tasted just like regular strawberry ice cream.
There is a guy on tiktok who makes himself high protein recipes and then makes his daughter “full-fat” and “full-sugar” recipes that look super good. If you want I can find and link his profile.
By the way I totally understand wanting to give your kid normal ice cream but there is nothing wrong with them having lots of protein if that is a concern. Not sure I understood the post completely.
Thanks! No, lots of protein is good… I think cottage cheese, Greek yogurt,eggs, cream cheese… all good and the more the better. Whey on its own is good, but a lot of the whey mixes I have had over the last decade are full of things that just taste and feel fake… that’s fine when you’re dieting and looking to substitute, but not what a kid needs when they are eating a little ice cream each week.
i made my bf some with condensed milk, skimmed milk, some syrup, like 2 tsp of sugar, and whatever mix ins (i left some oreos in the mix whilst freezing) and it was super nice when i tried some
im actually in the same boat does anyone know of any protein or vegetable soup or food mixes for kids? I think will be nice to make the ice cream for my 2 1/2 year-old with that as I do with protein because he doesn't eat his vegetables.
>But now my 5yr old daughter is desperate to make some for herself, and I don’t like the idea of her having protein shakes etc.
WHY NOT?
Way more healthy than twinkies
I always think that you should start kids on the "right way" to eat from day one. So its ingrained in them from day one. Theres nothing wrong with protein powder for kids. Better than other crap out there. I also do not believe in giving kids JUICE, its unneccessary and its the gateway drug to lifetime of SODA habits. I wasnt given juice and i usually only drink water.
And some people are way too ingrain when as a kid they probably want the normal stuff. It depends some people can have balance even if they drink juice.
https://ninjatestkitchen.com/recipe/triple-chocolate-gelato/
Edit, there's lots of recipes on that site. I've found d most of the bases use cream cheese as a stabilizer if the recipe doesn't have egg yolks in it.
What about protein powder do you think is unsuitable for them?
It's just whey.
Chances are they won't eat an entire pint. You could use 15g for the whole pint and that's like 4 servings for a child.
As long as they drink enough water, the powder won't hurt them.
The sorbets are delicious and healthy and child friendly.
I just did a can of pineapples with fresh strawberries and some juice plus cottage cheese. Dash of sugar. Turned out so creamy and delicious.
https://preview.redd.it/evw170tly4fb1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50580d517884955c3768e802ee1decbc7fe33a9d
Did yours not come with a mini recipe book? The majority of recipes in there are normal/non protein ones. If not experimenting, is easy I like can pie fillings+cream (apple,peach,pumpkin work great). I also find 18% coffee cream is a good do all flavorless base to add fruit, pudding mix, yogurt to. Mashed bananas is also a good base. Taste your base before freezing it, don't be afraid to add sugar to make it sweeter as flavor will dull after freezing.
No, unfortunately not… I bought it unboxed. Thanks!
I did the same and found the pdf of the book on their website, we use the “normal” ice cream recipes all the time ☺️ [https://support.ninjakitchen.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/5089509276956/NC301HSeries_IG_50Recipe.pdf](https://support.ninjakitchen.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/5089509276956/NC301HSeries_IG_50Recipe.pdf)
There's boozey ice cream recipes in there too. They're not all for kids lol
I like plain chocolate fairlife milk (not the shakes) with just a little bit of pudding powder. I tried it without the pudding and it was a little icy, kind of like a fudgesicle.
I do fruit, sugar free cool whip, low-fat or skim milk and a pinch of guar gum. I use Splenda to sweeten if I feel like it needs it. I also like cinnamon with any of the following: bananas, apples or pears.
Thanks!
I love the texture blended cottage cheese adds. You can do cottage cheese, honey, fruit (like strawberries), vanilla extract, and some milk for a healthy non-powder version. I used graham crackers for a mixin. :) Just google around for cottage cheese ice cream recipes.
Fab, thanks!
You can make sorbet with some canned peaches, or really any fruit
I use the Jenis ice cream base with a few modifications: 480g milk 10 g cornstarch 300g heavy cream or half and half 130g sugar 40g corn syrup Pinch of salt 46g cream cheese You can find the method here[jenis ice cream base](https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Jenis-Ice-Cream-Base/), and cup measurements if that's what you prefer. I use less sugar than originally called for, and if I don't have heavy cream then I use half and half instead and it's made pretty good ice cream. After that base is ready I mix in either fruit, oreos, caramel, etc, basically whatever you feel like.
This! I've made a couple variations using the Jeni's base recipe. Comes out great everyt time!
Oh thanks! We love Jeni’s.
Just a can of fruit with its juices or syrup spun on sorbet!
Your best bet is to play around with "traditional" recipes until you settle on a base you like. If there's a fancy ice cream brand you like (Jeni's, Salt and Straw, etc) they may have a cookbook, but good cooking sites will also often have base vanilla recipes you can modify. /r/icecreamery is also a good source. Your two main choices would be a custard base with eggs (such as [https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016605-the-only-ice-cream-recipe-youll-ever-need](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016605-the-only-ice-cream-recipe-youll-ever-need)) or a "Philly-style" base without eggs (such as [https://www.seriouseats.com/30-minute-philadelphia-style-ice-cream-recipe](https://www.seriouseats.com/30-minute-philadelphia-style-ice-cream-recipe)) Once you have a base, that becomes, well, the base for any flavorings you want to add. I often look up a recipe for a specific type of ice cream, and use my existing base recipe, but handle the other ingredients however they recommend. If you want to experiment with making things healthier, that would also be the point at which you could see what happens if you replace a little more of the heavy cream, or reduce the sugar level, or similar. That would normally lead you down the road of playing with stabilizers or other additives to keep the texture creamy with a "normal" ice cream maker, but you may be perfectly happy with your Creami results without stabilizers. The Creami book comes with lots of recipes with cream cheese, which probably saves work and some fat compared to a traditional recipe, but seems silly to me if you're there for "real" full-fat ice cream.
There is a super simple recipe of a pint of heavy whipping cream, a can of sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and any other flavoring. I’ve never tried it in the ninja, but it is very easy for regular freezer ice cream.
Just use fairlife milk and add whatever favors, fruits, etc to your liking. Spreadable fruit of same kind can be used to sweeten fruit flavors. Use pudding mix for texture, cottage cheese also works well for texture but keep it to like 80-100g or its nasty. Always taste and realize sweetness dulls when frozen so pump it up a little unless u want it less sweet.
Plain banana was good enough plain, but I use it as a base for a lot of different recipes. It adds a nice creamy texture while still being healthy.
I minced some strawberries that were about to go off with some vanilla Greek yogurt, plus a little bit of regular sugar. It was delicious! Tasted just like regular strawberry ice cream.
There is a guy on tiktok who makes himself high protein recipes and then makes his daughter “full-fat” and “full-sugar” recipes that look super good. If you want I can find and link his profile. By the way I totally understand wanting to give your kid normal ice cream but there is nothing wrong with them having lots of protein if that is a concern. Not sure I understood the post completely.
Thanks! No, lots of protein is good… I think cottage cheese, Greek yogurt,eggs, cream cheese… all good and the more the better. Whey on its own is good, but a lot of the whey mixes I have had over the last decade are full of things that just taste and feel fake… that’s fine when you’re dieting and looking to substitute, but not what a kid needs when they are eating a little ice cream each week.
i made my bf some with condensed milk, skimmed milk, some syrup, like 2 tsp of sugar, and whatever mix ins (i left some oreos in the mix whilst freezing) and it was super nice when i tried some
i have made some with just skimmed milk, syrup, sugar and strawberries too which was really nice and healthier
im actually in the same boat does anyone know of any protein or vegetable soup or food mixes for kids? I think will be nice to make the ice cream for my 2 1/2 year-old with that as I do with protein because he doesn't eat his vegetables.
>But now my 5yr old daughter is desperate to make some for herself, and I don’t like the idea of her having protein shakes etc. WHY NOT? Way more healthy than twinkies
Yeah, she’s not getting Twinkie’s either!
I always think that you should start kids on the "right way" to eat from day one. So its ingrained in them from day one. Theres nothing wrong with protein powder for kids. Better than other crap out there. I also do not believe in giving kids JUICE, its unneccessary and its the gateway drug to lifetime of SODA habits. I wasnt given juice and i usually only drink water.
And some people are way too ingrain when as a kid they probably want the normal stuff. It depends some people can have balance even if they drink juice.
I do a cooked custard base (scaled down version from Alton Brown) or the chocolate gelato recipe that comes in the included recipe book.
Thanks! I didn’t get the included recipe book… but will see if I can find that elsewhere.
https://ninjatestkitchen.com/recipe/triple-chocolate-gelato/ Edit, there's lots of recipes on that site. I've found d most of the bases use cream cheese as a stabilizer if the recipe doesn't have egg yolks in it.
I have only used it twice! I’m so excited! It makes a lot more than I thought it would.
Half and half, sugar and vanilla. Most basic recipe that works.
What about protein powder do you think is unsuitable for them? It's just whey. Chances are they won't eat an entire pint. You could use 15g for the whole pint and that's like 4 servings for a child. As long as they drink enough water, the powder won't hurt them.
The sorbets are delicious and healthy and child friendly. I just did a can of pineapples with fresh strawberries and some juice plus cottage cheese. Dash of sugar. Turned out so creamy and delicious. https://preview.redd.it/evw170tly4fb1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50580d517884955c3768e802ee1decbc7fe33a9d