Ninja Creami Healthy Strawberry Easy Homemade Ice Cream

Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream made in the Ninja Creami machine is so delicious and easy to make. Light creamy texture, using real strawberries for that fresh strawberry flavor. Easy to customize to any dietary needs. The best homemade ice cream you will ever make at home. On a hot summer day make this sweet treat for your family. 

For the best results, the Ninja Creami ice cream maker produces creamy ice cream using simple ingredients that you may already have at home. This is just one of the Ninja Creami Recipes that will surprise you with vibrant flavors. 

Check out at the bottom of this post for more of my new favorite ice cream flavors using the Ninja Creami ice cream maker. 

My Old Ice Cream Machine Was Worthless:

When my kids were very little I wanted to replace store-bought ice creams. I bought one of those expensive ice cream makers to make my own ice cream. The maker had a big drum that had to be super frozen to work. I made a batch of vanilla ice cream, and the kids were excited.  We had to wait 30 minutes for it to spin. 

Yes, the ice cream was good but 1/3 of it stuck to the drum and could not get off. I had to wash it off, which warmed it up, and then it was 3 or 4 days before we could make more. 

It was so frustrating to combine all the ingredients and not get that much ice cream and then have to wait days to try again. I think I only used it 3 times and it sat in the basement.

I am so excited now that I have the Ninja Creami Ice Cream Machine, I can make the most delicious ice cream for my granddaughters in minutes. When they come over I am prepared with lots of frozen ice cream storage containers of the Ninja Creami pint containers in the freezer. 

The Ninja Creami Sits on my Counter!

The Ninja Creami comes with 3 empty Ninja Creami pint containers and I purchased 2 more. I always have 4 filled and frozen in the freezer. When one of the kids wants Ice Cream, in a minute and a half, we have the best creamy ice cream.

Yes, you can make the ice cream with heavy whipping cream (and that is how I started). But it is just as easy to use skim milk, coconut milk, almond milk, or oat milk. I have even been experimenting with a healthy Ninja Creami recipe.  I have started making Ninja Creami protein ice cream with my favorite vanilla protein powder. Check out below. 

I love that I can use frozen fruit, fresh fruit, all different fruits, and even canned fruit.  The canned fruits make a quick and light evening dessert in the spring or summer. I am still discovering all kinds of fun recipes. 

What is the Ninja Creami:

I would say the Ninja Creami is the best ice cream machine we have ever had. It is a Ninja machine that makes all kinds of frozen desserts, like ice cream, sorbet, smoothie bowls, gelato, and milkshakes. 

The Ninja Creami does not use the big bowl that has to sit in your freezer at all times and never worked right. You use plastic pint containers that hold a little over a cup of your favorite ice cream mixture and make 4 servings.

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The Ninja Creami comes with 3-pint containers with lids. You will love the results so much that you will want to buy extra Ninja Creami Containers to make even more desserts stored in your freezer.

Is the Ninja Creami Worth it?

After using the Ninja Creami for 4 months I resoundingly say it is worth the price if you love ice cream and want to control the ingredients in your food.

While you have to wait 24 hours for the ingredients to freeze if you make a pint every time you use a pint, you will always have the most delicious ice cream sweet treat.

I am so happy I no longer have to buy ice cream at the store, where the price keeps rising and there are so many preservatives that I do not know how to pronounce.

You can get your Ninja Creami and see the color options: check it out

Does the Ninja Creami Make Soft Serve?

Yes, the Ninja Creami makes a version of soft serve. If you let the pint sit out for 10 minutes before you spin it you will get a delicious creamy soft serve. I like to spin it a second time with the re-spin cycle to make the ice cream extra creamy.

How Long Does the Ninja Creami Take to make Ice Cream?

It takes at least 24 hours to have the mixture you create freeze in order to mix in the Ninja Creami machine. However, that being said, I have mixed it 12 hours after I made the ice cream and it still worked, just with a more soft-serve texture.

Ninja Setting – What Recipe Are They For?

• Ice Cream Setting: Use this recipe for decadent rich full-fat Ice Cream.
• Light Ice Cream Setting: Use this setting for Ice Cream with low-fat and nondairy recipe
• Glaito Setting: This setting is for the Glaito recipe in the recipe book that comes with the Ninja Creami
• Sorbet Button Setting: This setting turns the simplest fresh or canned fruit ingredients into smooth, light, low-fat sorbets. You can use apple sauce, canned mandarin oranges, canned pineapple, or any canned fruit.
• Smoothie Bowl Setting: This setting makes nutritious smoothie bowls or lite ice cream. The smoothie bowls use yogurt or any fruit and fruit as the base.
• Milk Shake Setting: This setting is used for creamy milkshakes with customized ingredients and flavors. (our family favorite is chocolate ice cream with peanut powder with milk for a chocolate peanut butter milkshake)
• + Mix-In Setting: Use this setting after you have made your dessert and you want to add chocolate chips, candy bar pieces, nuts, fruit, or any chunkey add-in.
• Re-Spin: This setting is used when you have a very frozen pint container and the ice cream is a little grainy. The re-spin makes the dessert smooth and creamy. You can also let the container sit for 2 minutes and then re-spin for a more soft-serve texture.

Creami Creations for Every Occasion: A Diverse Selection of Creamy Frozen Treats

Ingredients For Strawberry Ice Cream:

• 1 cup of fresh strawberries
• 2 tablespoons of white sugar (can substitute Munk Fruit)
• 1 tablespoon of Agava optional
• 1 cup of fat-free half and half (or regular half and half)

How to Make Creamy Strawberry Ice Cream:

1. Add the fresh strawberries to a medium mixing bowl. With a fork or a potato masher crush the berries into small pieces. 
2. Add the sugar and agave and let sit for 5 minutes. 
3. Add and mix in the half and half.
4. Pour into the Ninja Creami pint container to the max fill line, and place on the lid.
5. Freeze for 24 hours. 
6. The next day take out of the freezer the container and remove the lid. 
7. Insert the container into the outer holder of the machine.
8. Check the lid of the outer holder to make sure the blade is secure, and place the outer lid on the outer container. 
9. Insert the outer container into the machine and twist to the right.
10. Turn on the Ninja Creami and select the ice cream function. 
11. When the machine is done open the lid and see if it is creamy enough, put the container back on the machine, and use the “re-mix” setting. 
12. Enjoy

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