Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Summer Popsicle Recipes

It's summer time! Popsicles are a great snack to help stay cool!
Here are a few fun recipes:

Chocolate Banana:
Ingredients
  • 1.5 cups bananas
  • 1/2 rice milk (or other milk)
  • 3 Tbsp natural unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • 1 Tbsp walnut oil (optional)
Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until completely smooth, scraping down sides if necessary.
  2. Pour into BellyFull popsicle tray (or other popsicle mold), add wooden spoon-sticks, and freeze for three hours.
Electric Green
Ingredients:
• 3 ripe bananas
• 1 medium pineapple
• 2 cups spinach
• Water
  
Instructions
  1. Blend until smooth and pour into molds. 
Orange Ice Cream
Ingredients
  • 1 cup cold milk
  • 2 cups vanilla ice cream
  • 1 can (6 ounces) frozen orange juice concentrate, partially thawed
  • 12 Popsicle molds or disposable plastic cups (3 ounces each) and Popsicle sticks
Instructions
  1. In a blender, combine the milk, ice cream and orange juice concentrate; cover and process until smooth.
  2. Pour 1/4 cupfuls into Popsicle molds or plastic cups; top molds with holders or insert Popsicle sticks into cups. Freeze until firm. Yield: 1 dozen.

  

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