Hello, my dear readers! I hope you are having a great day. I’m doing great; I’ve been writing a few recipes with blueberries lately. It all started with a blueberry cheong, which is a raw Korean syrup that you can use for many other recipes. Then I wanted to write about those other recipes that you can make with a blueberry cheong, like a blueberry latte and a blueberry soju. Then I thought of an ice cream recipe where you can have blueberry cheong as a topping! I’m just a little obsessed with the blueberry cheong these days. So if you allow me, let me introduce you to this blueberry lemon ice cream recipe. It’s refreshing, light yet creamy, absolutely delicious, and healthy!
I’m so excited to tell you about this blueberry lemon ice cream now. Let’s go! 🫐
Introduction to Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream Recipe
There are three main characteristics of this blueberry lemon ice cream recipe.
1. Fruit Ice Cream
This blueberry lemon ice cream recipe has a high percentage of blueberries and lemons, as well as some dates. The high fruit content brings natural flavors and sweetness, making it a real fruit ice cream! Not only the flavors, but the nutrients you can get from real fruits cannot be compared with those “fruit-flavored” artificial ice creams.
2. Light Ice Cream Recipe
This blueberry lemon ice cream recipe is a light ice cream with no heavy cream or eggs. It has lots of blueberries, lemons, and some date syrup instead of heavy cream, eggs, or sugar to create the creaminess. It’s a great ice cream to make for kids and people who have a stomachache after eating lots of dairy products.
3. Healthy Ninja Creami Recipe
Being light without heavy cream or egss and having a high fruit content, this blueberry lemon ice cream recipe makes a delicious, healthy ice cream! How is it possible? Well, you can achieve this by using the Ninja Creami ice cream machine. On top of that, this is a no-sugar recipe using dates instead of sugar.
Let me tell you a little more in detail about the benefits of the homemade blueberry lemon ice cream and the ice cream machine.
Benefits of Homemade Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream
1. Choosing Premium Ingredients
One of the best things about making something homemade is that you can choose the ingredients that you like. You can also choose to use frozen or fresh blueberries. I also love using dairy-free plant milk and cream for my ice cream recipe. Lastly, I use a zero-calorie sweetener called erythritol rather than regular sugar.
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2. Less Calories
As we are using the Ninja Creami ice cream machine, we can make the frozen dessert creamier and softer than regular store-bought ice cream without using so much cream. Isn’t that amazing? You can read more about what you can do with Ninja Creami in my Ninja Creami ice cream machine review.
3. Can be Made Vegan and Dairy-Free
Many ice creams sold have dairy cream, but this homemade blueberry lemon ice cream recipe can be made with plant milk and cream.
So if you are vegan, lactose-intolerant, or health-conscious and haven’t been able to eat your ice cream, make this blueberry lemon ice cream. It might become your favorite frozen dessert!
4. Make and Eat at Home
Just freeze the base and use the Ninja Creami ice cream machine to give you beautiful, creamy, and decadent blueberry lemon ice cream right in the comfort of your home.
Health Benefits of Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream Recipe
There are three fruits in the blueberry lemon ice cream: blueberries, lemons, and dates.
Health Benefits of Blueberries
We have all heard of blueberries as “superfoods.” So what kind of health benefits do blueberries have? Let’s find out!
- Anti-Aging & Anti-Cancer: Blueberries have one of the highest antioxidant levels of all common fruits and vegetables. This incredible amount of antioxidants in blueberries keeps us young and helps protect us from DNA damage and cancer development.
- Brain Health: Berries were known to improve brain functions. There has been a 6-year study of over 16,000 people who found links between berry consumption and delaying cognitive decline by up to 2.5 years!
- Muscle Recovery: A small study has found that eating blueberries may have played a role in faster muscle recovery.
Blueberries have many more health benefits, but these were the top ones I found very interesting!
Health Benefits of Lemons
There are many benefits to making your own homemade blueberry lemon ice cream, and one of them is using lots of fresh lemons that are healthy for you!
One of the most obvious ones is the high vitamin C content. But the vitamin C will be destroyed when freezing the ice cream base, so we will skip that part. Yet, lemons still have many more health benefits to offer than just vitamin C!
Here are some interesting health benefits of lemon! 
- Prevent kidney stones by providing enough citric acid
- Improve digestive system with soluble fiber
- It may help control weight
Health Benefits of Dates
According to Dr. Greger from Nutrition Facts Organization, dates are one of the healthiest sweeteners. Unlike sugar, date sugar or syrup uses whole fruit, which has lots of nutrients. Here are two other very interesting health benefits you can expect from dates!
- Colon health: There was a randomized, controlled, cross-over, human intervention study that found out that eating dates was linked to more bowel movement and a decrease in ammonia in the stool.
- Great for Labor and Delivery: Ladies who are pregnant or planning to, this is great news! A study found that eating dates in the last 4 weeks before labor decreased the need for induction and augmentation of labor, such as C-section, uterine hyperstimulation, and uterus rupture.
Healthy Sugar-Free Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream Recipe
In this beautiful blueberry lemon ice cream recipe, we are using natural sweetener dates instead of sugar! You will love the taste of the rich, sweet dates in the sugar-free blueberry lemon ice cream.
🌟 My Pick 🌟
ABRAHAMS & SONS Date Syrup, 100% Natural Date Syrup
We all know that sugar and syrup are not very good for you. But sugar in dates is different. First of all, dates have a lot of fiber and other antioxidants and nutrients. Compared to cane sugar, which only has simple sugar that spikes up your blood sugar, dates are a whole fruit.
This date syrup uses 100% dates as the ingredients and is absolutely delicious and luscious!
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Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Prepare a lemon and about 6 oz., or 150 grams, of blueberries. Wash them thoroughly.
- Grate the lemon skin and make 1 teaspoon of lemon zest. Set aside.
- Peel the lemon and remove any seeds.
- Blend the peeled lemons in a blender and make 1/8 cup of lemon purée.
- Then, in a blender, add the blueberries and blend until smooth. Prepare 1/2 cup of blueberry purée.
- Into the CREAMi pint, add the prepared blueberry purée, lemon purée, and zest. Add the remaining ingredients, like date syrup, milk, and salt. Mix well.
- Place the storage lid on a pint and freeze for 24 hours.
- Remove the pint from the freezer and remove the lid from the pint. Place the pint into the Ninja Creami Ice Cream Maker.
- Select LIGHT ICE CREAM. Run the program.
- When processing is complete, remove the ice cream from the pint. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
Tips for Enjoying Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream
1. Make a Milkshake
Once you have this amazing blueberry lemon ice cream, making a milkshake is so easy! Add two scoops of blueberry ice cream and a cup of milk of your choice into a long milkshake glass. Now you have a delicious blueberry lemon milkshake with you!
Or, you could mix blueberry cheong with vanilla ice cream to make the blueberry milkshake.
2. Try Blueberry Cheong on the Top
If you want to add a little more extra to the blueberry lemon ice cream, add a little bit of blueberry cheong on top. It’s a great way to impress your guests! Explain to them what a blueberry cheong is—the raw Korean blueberry syrup—and they will be wow-ed.
Summary of Blueberry Lemon Ice Cream Recipe
I hope you enjoyed this blueberry lemon ice cream recipe. As part of the Blueberry series, this recipe is healthy and delicious because it uses superfood blueberries. I also like to include lemon in many of my blueberry recipes, as it enhances the flavors and nutrients.
I wish you a great day making the blueberry lemon ice cream, and enjoy eating it too!
I will see you again with another delicious post.
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Other Blueberry Recipes
Do you love blueberries? I am completely obsessed with blueberries and recipes using blueberries these days! Here are some blueberry recipes I have on my blog. 🫐💙
Blueberry Cheong Recipe | How to Make Korean Blueberry Syrup
Make raw Korean syrup with the superfood blueberries! Here is a versatile blueberry cheong recipe. It can be used for lots of desserts, drinks, and dishes.
Blueberry Latte Recipe | With Blueberry Cheong and Syrup
You can make blueberry latté with blueberry cheong and syrup. Or you can make some blueberry paste to make some delicious blueberry latté! Learn more.
Blueberry Soju | Korean Soju Recipe with Blueberry Cheong
You can make a blueberry soju with real blueberries at home to enjoy the deep flavor and scents. Read this blog post about the blueberry soju recipe that uses the Korean cheong method.
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