Tastes just like soft-serve ice cream. It’s thick, velvety and creamy with lavender essence. I topped this with a simple strawberry and lemon sauce. You can also add fresh blueberries and raspberries. Here’s what you’ll need to make raw lavender vanilla ice cream.

• 2 cups soaked raw cashews
• meat from 1 young coconut
• 1 cup coconut water, plus 1/2 filtered water
• 1/2 cup agave nectar
• 1/2 coconut butter
• 2 TBS dried edible lavender
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp sea salt

Combine all ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth. Chill for two hours and put into ice cream maker. Follow manufacturer’s directions, about 15 minutes.

To simple make raw vanilla ice cream omit the lavender.

To make the lemon strawberry sauce:

Blend 10 strawberries, juice from half a lemon, and zest of two lemons. Use as a topping for the ice cream.

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