Ever heard about tomato ice cream? Neither did I. Here is how I came to know about it and now want all of you to know about it too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday while grocery shopping my sweet tooth became hungry and demanded ice cream. I tried to ignore it for a while but God can it be stubborn. Now what? I was on a hunt for something sweet, tasty, and healthy. While all three together might be a paradox I was firm in finding all three together. Standing near the ice cream freezer all I could see were tubs of cookie n cream ice cream, brownie ice cream, or chocolate ice cream. The healthiest it could get was a strawberry ice cream because at least it contained some fruit or just a name of one. It was then, that another red favor caught my eye. \u201cTomato by Hagn Daz\u201d ewwww right? I thought the same and left the aisle with nothing. But a foodie and a nutritionist in me came back to try the flavor so I could write about it and here I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After my initial reaction of eww, I bought the ice cream just to have a bite and write a review. Little did I know that I will get hooked to it. Sweet tomato might seem milk strange concept but man was that thing tasty. After enjoying full serving I read the label and nutritional content, sadly it was similar to the rest of the ice creams, with sugar being the major ingredient. It was then that I got an idea of making tomato ice cream myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A homemade tomato ice cream will offer you nothing except great taste, sweet tooth satisfaction and great nutrition. If all these are enough for your, this article might be a good read for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tomato ice cream does not mean a frozen concoction of tomatoes, milk, and sugar only. It has more to it and even more can be added to suit your taste and preferences. The currently available options in the market or in your kitchen pantry might be, tomato ginger ice cream, tomato ricotta ice cream, tomato basil ice cream and mascarpone tomato ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can also be a little innovative and devise a recipe of your own. Add honey, add parsley, add lemon, add spinach or whatever you feel like. it\u2019s your ice cream and your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who doesn\u2019t love ice cream? The taste and feel alone are reason enough to make you want to eat it. But when it comes to a weird flavor like tomato, you might want to learn a little more than just the taste. Here is what a cup of tomato ice cream can offer you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s pick each ingredient and discuss it in detail<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cream is often taken as an unhealthy ingredient and rightfully so. But just the total calories of a certain food can not define its worth. Although cream is rich in calories it won\u2019t do much harm if taken occasionally. Half a cup of cream can have 43 grams of fat, with 3 grams of proteins. But when it comes to micronutrients and vitamins such as vitamin A cream can ace the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Half cup of cream contains 35% of your daily required intake of Vitamin A. Vitamin A is necessary in maintaining good vision. So, cream allows you to enjoy its best taste and keep your eyes healthy. Also, cream contains fair amounts of vitamin E, vitamin D and calcium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the nutrient a cup of cream may provide, they can not counter the fact that cream is loaded with fats and calories. Both of which are an assurance towards weight gain. But on the other and cream can cause weight loss on certain diets like the ketogenic diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing the elephant in the room, there is no doubt that tomatoes are an absolute health food. The debate whether it is a fruit or a vegetable should make you put it higher than you already did. Maybe it contains the benefits of both. Now you must be wondering if it contains the harms of both. Well, even if it does, there are not much to even count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tomatoes hold a dark spot in the minds of people who read about food a lot. But lack of knowledge is better than having little of it. The internet says that tomatoes are night shades and nightshades are not good for your health. There is no scientific research sound enough to claim that nightshades actually have a deteriorating effect on your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now that we have developed that there are no proven harms of tomatoes lets start discussing the innumerable benefits of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The calories we were worried about when discussing the cream can be compensated here. A small tomato has only 18 calories. This makes tomato a perfect fit for any kind of diet. In fact, you will hardly find a savory recipe without tomatoes. So even before this you were eating them. But now you can eat them with full confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tomatoes are loaded with several essential vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tomatoes being a plant for all the right reasons are loaded with plant compounds like<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please note that all of these compounds are more abundant in the skin that the rest of the tomato, so to get maximum nutrients you must add the skin in the ice cream too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ingredients that might takeaway everything good mentioned before. There is no doubt that your ice cream won’t taste as amazing unless you add heaps of sugar in to it. But trust me only if you knew the havoc these white crystals create inside your body. Sugar, single-handedly can ruin your health. But keep in mind that everything in moderation id fine. You already use this much or more sugar in a day so if you aren\u2019t on a strict diet, you need not worry about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are on a calorie-restricted diet, you can use any zero-calorie sweetener. My advice would be to use Truvia because it has the best taste, texture and nutrient content. Try using truvia instead of sugar and you won\u2019t be able to tell the difference between the final recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honey can also be used sweeten the delight. You don\u2019t need me to tell you anything to make you eat honey. You are more than likely to have it without even a second thought. This is how tasty the damned syrup is. Apart from the taste of honey is all natural and contains antioxidants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n