Vegan Cheesecake Ice Cream

My fiance loves Cheesecake Ice Cream, so I resolved to make a healthier and lower calorie version of it. It turned out delicious and creamy, but not 100% exactly the same as cheesecake ice cream. But We both loved it so much, I am going to share the recipe with you.

Vegan Cheesecake Ice Cream

(Free of Dairy, Gluten, and Refined Sugars)

Makes about 8 servings (½ Cup each)

Ingredients:

* 1 Cup Soy Milk (Unsweetened Vanilla)

* 1 Cup Almond Milk (Unsweetened)
* 1 Cup Tofutti Cream Cheese (an 8oz tub)
* ½ Cup Agave Nectar
* 1 Tsp Lemon Juice
* ½ Cup Almond Milk mixed with 2 Tbsp Cornstarch
* ¼ Tsp Vanilla Extract

 1.      Combine soy milk, 1 cup almond milk, cream cheese, agave, and lemon juice in a saucepan. 

 2.      Heat and mix with a whisk to melt the cream cheese, and whip it to get frothy.

 3.      Once the mixture is boiling, take from heat and add cornstarch/milk mixture. The liquid should thicken slightly.

4.      Stir in vanilla extract.

 5.      Pour into a covered container and put it into the refrigerator for a few hours.

 6.      Freeze cream cheese mixture according to your ice cream maker’s instructions.

 7.      Ice cream will be soft, so scoop it into a covered container and freeze (stirring every 2 hours) until it reaches the desired consistency.

 

  

8.      Serve with fresh berries, warmed fruit spread/preserves, or crushed graham crackers.

 Here I have a serving of Cheesecake Ice Cream with 10 Blueberries, 1 Tbsp Warmed Blueberry All Fruit Spread, and 8 Gluten Free Animal Crackers (6 Crushed on the bottom, two reserved for the top).
What a delicious and indulgent dessert for less than 280 Calories!

Each ½ cup serving Vegan Cheesecake Ice Cream has about:

Calories: 146

Total Fat: 6.1g

Saturated Fat: 2.0g

Cholesterol: 0mg

Sodium: 157mg

Total Carbohydrates: 20.8g

Dietary Fiber: 1.7g

Sugars: 14.7g

Protein: 2.3g

Vitamin A: 2%

Vitamin C: 0%

Calcium: 4%

Iron: 2%

For the same serving size of Baskin-Robbins New York Cheesecake Ice Cream:

Calories: 280

Total Fat: 16.0g

Saturated Fat: 10.0g

Cholesterol: 50mg

Sodium: 135mg

Total Carbohydrates: 31.0g

Dietary Fiber: 0g

Sugars: 27.0g

Protein: 5.0g

Vitamin A: 10%

Vitamin C: 2%

Calcium: 15%

Iron: 2%