Exciting news! I just released the 4th and final high-protein ice cream book in paperback and Kindle! And by request, a glorious 200 page compendium with all four books (155 recipes) in both a full color posh version, and a budget friendly black and white version. Paperback only. (Ingredient FAQs later!)
My goals are high-flavor ice cream that’s high-protein, high-produce where flavor-appropriate, and low-fat within flavor reason.
Ninja CREAMi Delicious, Healthy, High Protein Ice Cream: Jen’s Protein Nice Creams 4 is out! And it is fabulous! So many people ask which book has the most chocolate, so there are nine new chocolates, two new coffees and a few other coffee bar bevvies, six oatmeal flavors (feeds good gut bacteria, but we’ll let people think they’re just yummy!), some classic desserts, classic ice creams, a couple of boozy treats, and a few that only live in my head. Ron the retired food chemist wanted pecan pie. Done. And my youngest wanted chocolate bourbon pecan pie. That one gave me gray hair but it’s finally right! 41 flavors, plus the one and only repeat. Two recipes in this book call for the mix-in This Brownie Is Innocent #3, from book 3. Each book is designed to be a stand alone ice cream shop, so I added that recipe in as a courtesy for people who might not have book 3. Paperback and Kindle. Amazon links below
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Jen’s Protein Nice Creams
Jen’s Protein Nice Creams 2
Jen’s Protein Nice Creams 3
Ninja CREAMi Delicious, Healthy High-Protein Ice Cream: Jen’s Protein Nice Creams 4
And one more request! A few people asked me to bundle all of the books together as one big book. So I did! All 4 books in one – 155 recipes – basically 5 Baskin Robbins stacked <eyebrow wiggle> Yeah, it’s a beautiful book! Just in time for the holidays! I think people are going to love it! Paperback only. I made two versions of the 200 page Compendium. The books are identical except for the ink inside. The covers are both in full color. Amazon links below!
- Full color. This is a gorgeous book for people who want the full lush deal. (Saves 35% overall)
- A black and white economy version for people prioritizing price over pretty. (Saves 52% overall)
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Ninja CREAMi Delicious, Healthy High-Protein Ice Cream: Jen’s Protein Nice Creams Books 1-4 The Compendium (full color)
Ninja CREAMi Delicious, Healthy High-Protein Ice Cream: Jen’s Protein Nice Creams Books 1-4 The Compendium ECONOMY (black and white)
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All three books have:
- Alphabetical order, so people don’t have to use the table of contents to find anything.
- A conversion chart on the last page for people with different creami models, so they can cut it out and use it as a bookmark.
- I taught creami math with pics for people that want to personalize their creami size to the gram!
- And cottage cheese/tofu/coconut yogurt/Greek yogurt options with number conversions for people with different dietary needs/wants.
I won’t show you the recipes, but here’s a few pages so you can see what to expect!
What’s in them?! Ingredient FAQs…
I’m not a nutritionist or a dietician. I’m a foodie. A massive foodie. I have created amazing tasting ice creams that fit my own nutrition goals. High-flavor, high-protein, high-produce where flavor-appropriate, and low-fat within flavor reason.
Is it healthy? Yes! I’ve been a “healthy” food blogger for 10 years and won monthly prizes for a few years for being the top contributor on a healthy meal prep group. But if you ask 10 health-conscious people, making intentional food decisions what “healthy” means to them, you are likely to get 10 different answers. So I’d rather tell you what I mean by that word, so you can tell whether or not it works for you!
Let’s start with sugar. The quick answer is no, I don’t add any sugar. But there is naturally occurring sugar in so many real ingredients. Cottage cheese has sugar. Fruits and vegetables have sugar. Protein powder has a little sugar. I am using Swerve in almost every flavor. It’s natural. It tastes like sugar. It has no aftertaste and it’s zero calories. Some people opt for honey or maple syrup, but those are calorically high and I don’t want to get my calories from sweeteners. You can absolutely sub in whatever sweetener you’d like!! The exceptions are a few flavors where honey is part of the flavor, so I’m using honey. And the topping on the crème brulee in book 3 and the compendium. That is the only flavor that gets actual sugar added.
Protein. The range is about 35-50 grams for a half of a Deluxe container (about 12 ounces of nice cream). Consistently eating healthy and working out worked just fine for me until I hit perimenopause. I run and lift weights. An unwanted 25 pounds showed up, quite uninvited, mostly around my abdomen. My target is 0.8-1.0 grams of protein per pound of body weight every day. I’ve been consistent and have taken off 17 pounds of those perimenopausal pounds from recipe development! I haven’t changed anything else except being consistent with those protein numbers and a slight calorie deficit. So happy about that! 8 more to go!
Puddings/Gums. I don’t use any of those at all. They’re unnecessary. Pudding tastes like pudding, and I want my ice creams to taste like decadent ice cream!
Is it low carb? Like “healthy”, people mean different things by “low-carb”. If you mean things like bread and pasta, nope, the ice creams don’t have anything like that! But if you mean produce, about half of the flavors in each book contain a ton of produce. And there are 6 oatmeal flavors in book 4 and the compendium. And my sweetener, Swerve, contains 12 grams of carbs per tablespoon. Zero calories, but it has carbs.
Fat. I try to keep the fat low within flavor reason. The fruit flavors are at the lower end of the spectrum (generally around 5 grams for half of a Ninja Deluxe container). The coconut, nut, and gelato flavors are at the higher end of the spectrum in my recipes (generally around 20 grams for half of a Deluxe container). If you enjoy higher fat in your diet, I’d recommend starting with book 3. That’s where you’ll find a few gelatos, a few coconut flavors, and some nuts. You can convert any of the flavors to gelatos if those numbers suit you better.
I list the protein, fat, carbs and calories by ingredient in all of my recipes. Everyone has food preferences. You can swap in by ingredient for preferences and allergies and modify the numbers for that ingredient. Some macro users don’t use the calories on nutrition labels, preferring to do calculations based on the protein, fat, and carbs. Everything is listed so you can ignore that calorie column and swap in your own calculations. Of potential interest – calories for Swerve are not adjusted with a carb calculation for many macro users. If that’s important to you, I encourage you to check with your preferred macro rules/coach/provider.
Substitutions! A few friends messaged that a specific milk or cottage cheese don’t work for their bodies, so I give alternatives on page 6 of each book, how to swap in tofu to convert the recipes to to-fruities! The macros are really close, but I give the adjustments to the numbers there, too. Absolutely sub in whatever milk and sweetener you’d like for your preferences/allergies!
You have a different Creami model? The measurements in my books are all for a Ninja Creami Deluxe. Have a different model? Here’s a handy-dandy measurement conversion chart for you! (It’s in the Compendiums and book 4, too!)
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Jen’s Protein Nice Creams
Jen’s Protein Nice Creams 2
Jen’s Protein Nice Creams 3
Ninja CREAMi Delicious, Healthy High-Protein Ice Cream: Jen’s Protein Nice Creams 4
Ninja CREAMi Delicious, Healthy High-Protein Ice Cream: Jen’s Protein Nice Creams Books 1-4 The Compendium (full color. Saves 35% overall!)
Ninja CREAMi Delicious, Healthy High-Protein Ice Cream: Jen’s Protein Nice Creams Books 1-4 The Compendium ECONOMY (black and white. Saves 52% overall!)
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Next! You need a machine!
I have the Ninja Creami Deluxe 11-in-1. The containers hold 24 oz and it has the most settings. All of my recipes are made for these 24 ounce containers. Those 24 oz containers are perfect for the hub and I to split. This machine is amazing!
The Ninja Creami 7-in-1 is also highly rated. It has a few fewer functions and the containers are 16 oz. If you’re going this route, just make 2/3 of each of my recipes and modify the nutritional info to 2/3!
An immersion (stick) blender.
Cuisinart Smart Stick Blender. This fits right into the container, so you can mix your base without having any extra dishes. It makes it all streamlined. You could do it in a food processor, but that’s a lot of cleaning after each flavor. The immersion blender makes it so easy and tidy that you’ll use it all the time! (And not ice cream related, but combining a stick blender and a mason jar, sauces and dips are a breeze!)
Extra containers!
The Ninja Creami Deluxe comes with 2 containers. After you blend your base, you have to stick it in the freezer for 24 hours before it goes in the Creami. I bought two extra sets of 4 containers so that I’d have a total of 10 to work with. I personally went with generic. They are cheap and work just as well! BE SURE TO GET THE RIGHT CONTAINERS FOR YOUR MACHINE!!!! THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE!
4 pack of the 24 oz Deluxe size 4 pack of the 16 oz 7-in-1 size
Wine glass covers.
10 Silicone Mug Cup Covers. Huh???? Yeah. Things expand when they freeze. The top of your concoction is perfectly level when you put it in your freezer. You pull it out and some weird frozen sculpture is trying to emerge from the surface. We don’t want to break our Creami blade! What to do? Some people put their mixtures in the freezer with the lids off until they freeze. Others shave down the icy protrusion. I just pop a wine glass cover right on the mixture’s surface and pop my lid on. Solved!
Protein powders
The first two are the main two I use for everything! (I’m putting links for the 2 lb containers, but the 5 lb are more economical!) The next three are fabulous, one recipe powders to add to your collection after the main two!
All 3 books Vanilla ice cream whey Extreme milk chocolate whey
Book 1 only Girl Scout Thin Mint Girl Scout Coconut Caramel S’mores whey (Amazon only has the 5 lb right now. I’ll update the link when the put the 2 pound back up.)
Books 2 and 3 Ryse Jet-Puffed (Several flavors and I’m in love with this stuff!!! It’ll be in book 3, too!)
Book 2 only Quest Salted Caramel
Book 3 only Unflavored Collagen – lots of recipes Vanilla Casein – 1 recipe
Sweeteners
The first two are my main. I just use the confectioner’s version for red velvet, but you could totally use plain. Absolutely sub in whatever your favorite sweetener is!
Regular Swerve, Brown Sugar Swerve, Confectioner’s Swerve – There’s an Amazon pack with all 3!
Extracts
Sometimes, even with 1 ½ to 2 cups of fabulous fruit in the concoctions, the flavor just wants a little boost to push it from yummy to fabulous! I love extracts.
Vanilla extract Almond Extract Rum extract Butter extract Strawberry extract Raspberry extract
Peach flavor Buttery sweet dough emulsion Boiled cider
Add to the bin for Book Two Mango Coconut
Add to the bin for book 3 Vanilla Bean Paste Cream cheese icing flavor Caramel flavor
Butterscotch flavor Rose water
Other Stuff
PB Fit (low fat peanut butter powder)
Max Mallows (zero sugar marshmallows) Only a 6-pack is available now. I’ll update this link when 1 or 3 are back up. Burnt Caramel flavor Max Mallows – pack of 6
Jordan’s Skinny Sauces Salted Caramel Fun addition, BUT!!!! It’s like a jack in the box. You lightly squeeze and nothing. A tiny bit more pressure and a violent stream rockets out! I look like Will Ferrell in Elf squeezing it in the most tentative manner. I just increased the size of the hole and it’s less dramatic. lol!
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