Nourishing and delicious combine in this easy, 4-ingredient, no-churn vanilla kefir ice cream! With only simple ingredients and a slight tang reminiscent of frozen yogurt, you’ll love this healthy treat.

Nourishing and delicious combine in this easy, 4-ingredient, no-churn vanilla kefir ice cream! With only simple ingredients and a slight tang reminiscent of frozen yogurt, you'll love this healthy treat. #vanilla #kefir #icecream #nochurn #4ingredients #primal #GAPSdiet #keto #lowcarb #traditional

Simple summer treats.

When the weather heats up, my body slows down. Any one else struggle with this? There’s something about the humidity in these southern summers that just sucks the get-up-and-go right out of me. As my dad says, “My get-up-and-go got up and left.”

It’s true. So summers require easy meals, snacks, and treats. Smoothie bowls for breakfast, Instant Pot meals for lunch and/or dinner, and no-bake treats for snacks and dessert.

Though if I’m perfectly honest, sometimes ice cream covers all those spots in my meal planning calendar.

No-churn vanilla kefir ice cream from raiasrecipes.com

Vanilla kefir ice cream.

The past few months this vanilla kefir ice cream has been on the menu almost daily. Weekly at the least. It’s so easy that I can whip it up in the blender at lunch time and have it ready to eat for dinner. No churning, no stirring in the freezer (though I do that sometimes ’cause I’m impatient).

This delicious vanilla ice cream only has 4 ingredients – plus an optional one – and is perfectly safe for traditional, primal, and GAPS diets. If you can have dairy, that is… And I’ve included a keto/low-carb sub, if that’s what you need.

Two cups of vanilla kefir ice cream from raiasrecipes.com

Milk Kefir love.

Milk kefir daily is something I make pretty much daily, since my family enjoys it so much. They love it in smoothies, ice cream, cheesecake, salad dressings, deviled eggs, popsicles, and ice cream.

If you’ve never had fresh milk kefir, you should definitely add it to your “must try” list. We eat mostly a traditional/primal diet, and milk kefir is the perfect addition to the hard cheese, butter, and occasionally sour cream and homemade yogurt we eat.

If you’re interested in getting into the cultured dairy game milk kefir is a great place to start. It’s the easiest cultured food to make, and it’s packed full of nutrition! Milk kefir has as many as 30 strains of probiotic bacteria (more than yogurt) and it also has amazing levels of vitamins B12 & K2, calcium, magnesium, biotin, and folate, plus  enzymes.

Though you can buy it at most health food stores, milk kefir can easily be made at home on your kitchen counter. You can purchase starter grains can be online, or you could try your local Weston A. Price Foundation, farmer’s market, or Azure Standard drop.

Vanilla kefir ice cream from raiasrecipes.com

More delicious milk kefir recipes.

Need more inspiration for using milk kefir? Here are a few of my family’s favorite milk kefir recipes…

Nourishing and delicious combine in this easy, 4-ingredient, no-churn vanilla kefir ice cream! With only simple ingredients and a slight tang reminiscent of frozen yogurt, you'll love this healthy treat. #vanilla #kefir #icecream #nochurn #4ingredients #primal #GAPSdiet #keto #lowcarb #traditional

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No-Churn Vanilla Kefir Ice Cream

Free from grain, gluten, and refined sugar.

Ingredients

Instructions

Place all ingredients in a blender (I use a Blendtec) and puree until smooth.

Pour into freezer-safe container (I just use a loaf pan) and freeze until set.

Stir every couple hours or so, if desired.

Serve as is, or enjoy it in a kombucha float (recipe coming soon!), or over a fresh-baked brownie or slice of pie or crisp!

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Nourishing and delicious combine in this easy, 4-ingredient, no-churn vanilla kefir ice cream! With only simple ingredients and a slight tang reminiscent of frozen yogurt, you'll love this healthy treat. #vanilla #kefir #icecream #nochurn #4ingredients #primal #GAPSdiet #keto #lowcarb #traditional