While eating healthy and enjoying sweets seldom go hand-in-hand, choosing the right combination of nutritious ingredients can allow for guilt-free indulgences like this Cherry Garcia Ice Cream.

Joel Marion’s simple, highly effective weight loss program allows readers to enjoy social dinners without restriction, satisfy nighttime hunger with fat-burning sweet and salty pre-bedtime snacks and indulge cravings with strategically timed cheat meals.
This healthy Cherry Garcia Ice Cream recipe is a part of his diet program.
Joel Marion, CISSN, NSCA-CPT is a 6-time bestselling diet book & healthy recipes cookbook author who has been featured all over the media throughout his 18-year career, including in the pages of more than 20 popular national newsstand magazines such as Men’s Fitness, Woman’s Day, Oxygen, Clean Eating, MuscleMag International, and Muscle & Fitness Hers.
Joel is also the Co-Founder of BioTrust Nutrition, one of the fastest growing and largest eCommerce supplement companies in the United States, and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Born to Impact.



Cherry Garcia Ice Cream
Ingredients
- ¼ c cup fresh Bing cherries, pitted and halved
- ¼ c stevia-sweetened dark chocolate bar, chopped
- 3 overripe frozen bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- ¼ c unsweetened coconut milk
- pinch sea salt
Instructions
- Chill halved cherries and dark chocolate pieces.
- In food processor, pulse frozen bananas, milk and salt until smooth, creamy consistency of soft serve is achieved. Stir in cherries and chocolate. Serve immediately or place in freezer-safe container and freeze until serving.
Notes
Source
Recipe courtesy of “Always Eat After 7 PM” via Family Features
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