Comments on: Student’s fruit-based dessert whips it good http://dailytrojan.com/2010/02/02/student%e2%80%99s-fruit-based-dessert-whips-it-good/ University of Southern California Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jwoolman http://dailytrojan.com/2010/02/02/student%e2%80%99s-fruit-based-dessert-whips-it-good/comment-page-1/#comment-4953 jwoolman Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:38:58 +0000 http://dailytrojan.com/?p=7853#comment-4953 Because of dairy allergies, long ago I discovered that any soft fruit could be cut up, frozen for a couple of hours, and then whipped up in the blender with a little cold water, depending on the consistency desired. I use an old vita-mix, which is strong and quick, but any regular blender should do okay. Mine are milk shake consistency without any milk - just the fruit. Honeydew melons make a tasty shake all by themselves. Peaches or nectarines likewise. Never thought of blending more than one fruit together, though, since I was looking for different foods to eat each day rather than mixing different types. Also didn't try to get it to soft-serve ice cream consistency, but the recipe books that came with the vita-mix suggest this is possible also. It's a great idea for peddling to people without a blender handy, though, especially if it's kept non-dairy so people who can't eat ice cream can enjoy it. Also using just fruit should keep it high fiber, which is a plus for many people If you can eat the fruit, then you can substitute Whips with no nutritional hit. Nestle has a really good frozen strawberry lemonade, comes in 12 oz cups (3 servings). Must really load it with the strawberries because it has a lot more fiber than expected. But other than some frozen fruit bars and banana pops (half a frozen banana coated in chocolate), that's the only mainstream item I've noticed in our stores that comes close to the Whips, which unlike the others has nothing else but fruit and sounds a lot more interesting. I'll be waiting for the franchise to hit Indiana... Because of dairy allergies, long ago I discovered that any soft fruit could be cut up, frozen for a couple of hours, and then whipped up in the blender with a little cold water, depending on the consistency desired. I use an old vita-mix, which is strong and quick, but any regular blender should do okay. Mine are milk shake consistency without any milk – just the fruit. Honeydew melons make a tasty shake all by themselves. Peaches or nectarines likewise. Never thought of blending more than one fruit together, though, since I was looking for different foods to eat each day rather than mixing different types. Also didn’t try to get it to soft-serve ice cream consistency, but the recipe books that came with the vita-mix suggest this is possible also. It’s a great idea for peddling to people without a blender handy, though, especially if it’s kept non-dairy so people who can’t eat ice cream can enjoy it. Also using just fruit should keep it high fiber, which is a plus for many people If you can eat the fruit, then you can substitute Whips with no nutritional hit.

Nestle has a really good frozen strawberry lemonade, comes in 12 oz cups (3 servings). Must really load it with the strawberries because it has a lot more fiber than expected. But other than some frozen fruit bars and banana pops (half a frozen banana coated in chocolate), that’s the only mainstream item I’ve noticed in our stores that comes close to the Whips, which unlike the others has nothing else but fruit and sounds a lot more interesting. I’ll be waiting for the franchise to hit Indiana…

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