TJ's Taste

THM • Keto • Low Carb • Healthy Carb Recipes & More!

MENU
  • Start Here
    • Meet TJ
    • What is Trim Healthy Mama (THM)?
    • Recipe Acronyms & Features
    • Sweetener Conversions & More
    • Glossary of Cooking Terms
    • Choose Your Freebie
    • FAQs
    • Close
  • Recipes
    • The Ultimate Sugar Free MarshmallowsCourses
      • Appetizers & Snacks
      • Soups & Salads
      • Beverages
      • Breads
      • Condiments
      • Desserts
      • Main Dishes
      • This & That
      • Side Dishes
      • Everything
    • shakeDiets
      • Dairy Free
      • Egg Free
      • Gluten Free
      • Keto
      • Low Carb
      • Low Fat
      • Nut Free
      • Paleo
      • Sugar Free
      • Vegan
      • Vegetarian
      • Whole30
    • Chicken and Grape Salad FeaturedFuel Type
      • Satisfying (S)
      • Energizing (E)
      • Fuel Pull (FP)
      • Crossover (XO)
      • .
      • .
    • Filterable Recipe Index
    • Recipe Box & Menu Planner
    • Recipe Acronyms & Features
    • Close
  • Menu Plans
    • yellow and plateWeekly
      • Menu Plan Week 1
      • Menu Plan Week 2
      • Menu Plan Week 3
      • Menu Plan Week 4
      • More Weekly Plans
    • seasonal plates splitSeasonal
      • Valentine’s Day
      • St. Patrick’s Day
      • Easter
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas
    • Close
  • How Tos
    • shiritakiHow to Cook Shirataki Noodles So They’re Not Slimy
    • How to Cook Bacon in the Oven
    • How to Make Sauerkraut
    • How to Make Colored Sweetener
    • How to Roast Veggies
    • More How Tos
    • Close
  • Tips & Ideas
    • The Ultimate THM Friendly Eating Out Guide FThe Ultimate THM Friendly Eating Out Guide
    • 100+ Add-in Ideas for the Perfect Low Glycemic Smoothie
    • 100+ Tossed Salad Ideas
    • 30+ THM Recipes to Make with Food From Your Pantry and Freezer
    • Stay on Plan on the Go Pack
    • More Tips & Ideas
    • Close
  • Coaching
  • Shop
    • Recommendations
    • Coupons & Deals
    • Affiliate Links
    • TJ’s Taste the Store
    • Close

Healthy Carb Ube Ice Cream

Jump to Recipe
This page may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure.

An earthy but uniquely sweet flavor reigns in this gorgeously violet-hued, healthy carb ube ice cream recipe.

Healthy Carb Ube Ice Cream

Have you heard of ube (pronounced ooh-bay)? It is a purple sweet potato (or yam) commonly used in the Philippines. It is packed with vitamin A, vitamin C, and potassium. It also duals as an excellent antioxidant, serving as an anti-inflammatory agent. Plus it’s good for brain health and protects against such things as heart disease and cancer. Talk about a super food!

So, good news. Today’s recipe is a healthy, good for you ice cream! It is full of healthy carbs, making it awesome for your brain and thyroid. And it is gorgeous to look at and tastes great too!

If you’re unfamiliar with the flavor of an ube, it has an earthy, slightly coconutty flavor. It requires the sweetener alongside it otherwise it’s a little bland, but combined with the sweetener its flavor is enhanced and really pops.

Look at that purple deliciousness! By the way, I decorated my ice cream with some edible gold leaf just to make it look purdy and fancy for the pictures. You obviously don’t need to do this (I just did because I’m also a professional cake decorator and had some on hand), and while it (the gold leaf) claims to be edible, I still remove it just to be on the safe side.

Special Ingredients for Ube Ice Cream

This recipe does indeed call for a very special ingredient: ube powder. It is necessary because it is the nutrition, healthy carb, and primary flavor source for this recipe. When purchasing ube powder, make sure it’s ONLY ingredient is ube (it may say something like dehydrated purple yam). It shouldn’t have any sweeteners or fillers added to it. It should strictly be just the yam and nothing else.

Healthy Carb Ube Ice Cream

Another special ingredient is the ube extract. I recommend using the McCormick brand simply because that is the one that I used. It has purple food coloring which boosts the pretty color and the extract itself boosts the ube flavor without adding an overload of carbs.

A Few Notes About This Ube Ice Cream

Spoiler alert: this ube ice cream recipe has cottage cheese. Why? Because that adds the bulk and the creaminess without adding fat, making it stay in the healthy carb realm for Trim Healthy Mama.

So, what if you don’t like or even hate cottage cheese? Well, don’t worry. You literally CANNOT taste the cottage cheese in this recipe. It adds that ice cream creaminess without the fat of heavy cream and doesn’t really contribute much to flavor. The actual flavor (the ube) takes over.

Another thing to note about the cottage cheese. I recommend 1% in the recipe. That’s because it is the lowest fat cottage cheese. But if you prefer the purity of Daisy’s 2% cottage cheese, you are more than welcome to use it instead. It still doesn’t noticeably change the flavor, but you might need to not eat as much at once (maybe 3/4 of a single serving) if using this slightly higher fat cottage cheese.

No Maker? No Problem

If you already have an ice cream maker, definitely use it. When I make ice cream, I use either my KitchenAid ice cream bowl and attachment (my favorite, most used, and easiest method) or I use my Nostaligia Electrics ice cream maker (fun for making a big batch, but it uses salt so not as easy as the KitchenAid ice cream maker). However, if you have no ice cream maker at all, I have a tutorial on how to make ice cream without a maker.

Healthy Carb Ube Ice Cream

Healthy Carb Ube Ice Cream

5 from 1 vote
An earthy but uniquely sweet flavor reigns in this gorgeously violet-hued, healthy carb ube ice cream recipe.
PIN RECIPE SAVE RECIPE GO TO RECIPE BOX PRINT RECIPE
Diets
Fuel Source
Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Dessert • Snack
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 6 servings
Calories 93

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 cups unsweetened almond or cashew milk
  • 6 tablespoons Gentle Sweet (more or less to taste)
  • 4 tablespoons ube powder (half a package)
  • 2 egg yolks
  • ¼ teaspoon mineral salt
  • 2 cups 1% cottage cheese
  • 2 tablespoons collagen
  • 2 tablespoon vegetable glycerin*
  • ½ teaspoon McCormick ube extract (add more for stronger ube flavor)
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • In a heavy non-reactive (stainless steel or glass) saucepan, whisk together the almond milk, sweetener, ube powder, egg yolks, and salt. Heat over medium-high heat and stir until hot and smooth. Turn off heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
  • Pour cooled ube mixture into the jar of a blender. Add all remaining ingredients. Blend until smooth.
  • Prepare according to your ice cream machine's directions or follow these no maker directions. Once churned, store in an airtight container in the freezer for 3 to 6 months.
  • Allow to thaw a bit at room temperature (or nuke it in the microwave) until scoopable.

Notes

*You can omit the vegetable glycerin. Doing so will slightly reduce the sweetness and the resulting ice cream may have more ice crystals (not be as smooth).

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 93kcalCarbs: 28gProtein: 13gFat: 3gFiber: 1gSugar Alcohols: 12gNet Carbs: 15g

Nutrition & Diet Disclaimer


Want more?Check out my filterable Recipe Index!

Popular on TJ's Taste:

30+ THM Recipes to Make with Food From Your Pantry and Freezer
Luscious Lasagna Soup
Buffalo Chicken Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Low Carb Lobster Bisque

Tagged With: Carbaliscious, carbs, dessert, E, Energizing, Filipino, healthy, healthy carbs, ice cream, keto, low fat, Philippines, potato, purple potato, purple sweet potato, purple yam, recipe, sweet potato, THM, THM E, THM-E, Trim Healthy Family, Trim Healthy Kids, Trim Healthy Mama, Trim Healthy Man, Trim Healthy You, ube, ube ice cream, yam

THM, Keto, Low Carb Trimming Tacos eCookbook

Free Trimming Tacos eCookbook




Comments

  1. Lucretia says

    at

    Could you use the actual Uber sweet potato?

    Reply
    • TJ says

      at

      I have not tried it since I couldn’t find it in my area.

      Reply
  2. Terryn Smith says

    at

    Definitely a different flavor, but yummy. My kids LOVED it…all 4 of them!

    Reply

Comments Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




You’re Invited!

Full Book Study Join Coach TJ as she dives into a Christian book study of Asheritah Ciuciu's Full.

LEARN MORE

Trending Now

  • Homemade Flavored Coffee Creamer
    Homemade Flavored (or Not) Coffee Creamer –...
    I'm one of those "Would you like some coffee with...
  • Homemade Flavor Extracts
    15 Homemade Flavor Extracts (Plus Free Printable...
    Homemade flavor extracts are easy and inexpensive...
  • Homemade Hot Pepper Sauce
    Homemade Hot Pepper Sauce–Better Than Frank...
    Fresh hot peppers and the perfect blend of complim...
  • Sugar Free Maple Syrup
    Sugar Free Maple Syrup
    Enjoy sweet and smooth maple syrup without all the...
  • Homemade Honey
    Homemade Honey
    The silky, sticky sweetness of honey is within rea...

Stay Connected

THM Affiliations

THM Blogger Buddies Trim Healthy Mama Store

Information

• About
• Recipe Features
• FAQs
• Free Printables
• Submissions
• RSS Feed
• Media Kit
• Privacy Policy
• Affiliate Disclosure
• Nutrition & Diet Disclaimer
• Image & Recipe Usage
• Contact
• About
• Recipe Features
• FAQs
• Free Printables
• Submissions
• RSS Feed
• Media Kit
• Privacy Policy
• Affiliate Disclosure
• Nutrition & Diet Disclaimer
• Image & Recipe Usage
• Contact
review us on Facebook

Newsletter

Sign up for our newsletter TJ's Thymes and receive my FREE Trimming Tacos eCookbook!




Copyright © 2021 · TJsTaste.com · Proudly Hosted by Black Chicken Host

X
GIVEAWAY - OUR ANNUAL TEA {AND CHOCOLATE} FOR TWO GIVEAWAY IS HERE!
LET'S GO

Cookies

We use sugar free cookies on this website to ensure you get the best experience. Learn More