Ice Cream- Making Mint Chocolate Chip Vegan Style

I'm so excited to try out my new ice cream maker. I'm crazy about ice cream but the price of vegan ice cream was getting me down. I bought an ice cream maker to be able to make a great variety of vegan ice creams. Here's the first one I want to try. It's from http://www.healthfulpursuit.com/2011/07/vegan-peppermint-chocolate-chip-ice-c...

Vegan Peppermint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Vegan, Gluten free, Dairy free, Sugar free, Yeast free, Corn free

A healthy vegan peppermint chocolate chip ice cream made with just 6 ingredients.
Yield: 3 1/2 cups

Ingredients
2 cans of lite coconut milk
6 medjool dates, pitted
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
handful of raw spinach
1/4 cup cacao nibs

Directions

Combine all ingredients but cacao nibs in blender until smooth.

Freezer style: pour into 2 freezer safe bowls, stir in the cacao nibs, and place in the freezer for at total of 1.5-2 hours, removing every 30 minutes to whisk so that it doesn’t set into an ice cube. When it gets to a soft serve ice cream consistency it’s done!

Ice cream maker style:
place mixture in your ice cream maker, drop in cacao nibs and allow to churn until desired consistency is met. If you’re like us and can’t wait, serve straight from the ice cream maker. If you have patience, place the ice cream in a freezer safe container and allow to freeze for 1-2 hours before serving.

Optional: try adding 1/4 cup cashews to the blender to make the ice cream a bit “creamier”