I can't take credit for these recipes, but I thought I would try them and report on my thoughts. These are the creation of "The Hungry Girl". The Hungry Girl, if you haven't heard of her, is an author and creator of the Hungry Girl brand. It's all about food and making it taste good for lower calories. Go to her website if you are interested, hungry-girl.com.
I have a Ninja Creami machine. It is an ice cream making machine that can make ice cream, sorbets, milkshakes and other frozen goodies. You mix the ingredients for whatever frozen treat you want. Then you freeze the container and put it in the Creami for the final product. I bought it to make frozen treats from non-dairy milk. I have used cashew milk, almond milk and oat milk. I think cashew milk has the most fat, so it works the best for me. I just use the milk and add fruit or coffee or any add-in's you like and a sweetener. It certainly isn't the same as full fat Culver's ice cream, but it satisfies my sweet tooth.
After reading a Facebook post from The Hungry Girl, I thought I would try three of her easy sorbet recipes. The first one takes one 15 ounce can of pineapple tidbits or chunks in it's own juice. You put the contents of the whole can with the juice into the freezer container. Freeze until hard and mix on the sorbet setting. It's really is good and creamy. I only spun it once, but if necessary these recipes can be spun more than once to get the desired consistency.
The next one I tried was sliced peaches in juice. Peaches in heavy syrup would probably be sweeter as this was a little tart. If you want it sweeter, just add a sweetener of your choice. It was refreshing and turned out great. The color was nice and bright.
The last one I tried was with watermelon. I had a couple cups of cubed watermelon leftover so I thought I could try. This one you fill the container with watermelon and then top it off with either diet or regular lemon-lime soda. It was good. It tastes like frozen watermelon and perfect for these hot days.
All of these were good, and I am glad I tried them. I get about three servings from a container so it may not be the best idea for a family or you would need more ingredients and containers. For me it was perfect. I will make them again.