Today I finally got around to making the kids homemade juice popsicles. I've had the molds for a few years (yes - years!) but never made them. Tsk, tsk on me! But thinking about 100% juice popsicles vs loaded-with-High-Fructose-Corn-syrup-popsicles, I thought we'd give it a try.It was a gigantic mess just as popsicles should be and everyone had to scrub down afterwards. Maxwell loved his the most I think. He was such a maniac about it. I'm thinking a water popsicle will be better for him next time.
I'm still a huge fan of root beer and banana flavored twin pops (sugar and all!), but these homemade ones will be a fun summer treat too, I'm-a-thinkin'!
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We have made some fun popsicles lately--frozen blueberries, milk, ice, and honey mixed in blender, then poured into little (the little bathroom ones) paper cups, stick a spoon in, freeze it. The kids love them. You could do it with any type of fruit. Yum
We love homemade popsicles too! I always have a ton in my freezer.
Using juice is a mess, so make it a little thicker like Brittany said. Then it won't drip everywhere. I have VitaMix so I can use whole apples and oranges and raw veggies in mine too, adn the kids don't even notice! Here is a list of what I will put into my smoothies/popsicles (not all for the same one, of course). You know those big bags of frozen fruit at Costco? I buy those and use them religiously! So most of the fruit I use is frozen, except for the bananas.
bananas
vanilla or strawberry yogurt
oj concentrate (abt. 1/4 cup)
milk
strawberries
blueberries
peaches
spinach (4 baby leaves)
baby carrots
apples
oranges
pears
grapes
fresh pineapple
mandarin oranges
honey to sweeten
Wow, what great ideas from you, Britt, and Marne! Now I feel guilty I bought 2 big bags of the high-fructose corn syrup ones at the grocery store today!
Yay, congrats on your calling. I'm so excited for you and already know you'll do a great job. I'm excited because we have Trek next year too. Same thing, I would love for Dave and I to experience it together.
As far as the popsicles, I've had molds for years too that I've never used, so maybe we too will give that a try today, seeing as we're bored out of our minds!
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