frozen & yummy

Frozen smoothie pops are simple, easy, and healthy.  Yogurt, fruit, and juice are all you need.   These are fantastic for kids particularly because they are frozen, and for some inexplicable reason, anything frozen and on a stick is heaven to kids.

RECIPE:                any flavor yogurt
                               any kind of fruit
                     +  any flavor fruit juice
                               yum on a stick






            Here's one of my favorite combos...

Fresh bananas, V-Fusion (gotta sneak in veggies anywhere I can), vanilla yogurt, frozen strawberries and peaches, and a squirt of lime juice to keep everything tasting fresh.  There are no exact measurements.  I simply eyeball everything and generally do a 30-30-40 (fruit, juice, yogurt) ratio, and of course a little squirt of lime.  I realize my pic doesn't seem to convey my previously mentioned ratio, but seriously, the juice is just displaced by the fruit!

Next you simply blend until smooth and then pour into your popsicle form.  I made my own popsicle forms, below, from baby snack containers from Dollar Tree, and craft sticks.  Cut a rectangular hole in the lid, just large enough so the craft stick fits tightly.  You want a tight seal otherwise your pops will have that yucky freezer burnt flavor.  Avoid any spills by placing the snack cups in a cupcake pan prior to filling.

Fill your form, or cups as much or as little as you want, seal tightly, and get them to the freezer. 

After your pops are frozen, just toss the cups into a plastic basket kept in the freezer so you can use your pan for other things (such as baking!) and conserve freezer space.  


I said it was yummy and easy, didn't I.