Thursday, July 2, 2015

Patriotic Popsicles

Holy shamoley I can hardly believe it’s already time for the 4th of July weekend. I woke up this morning to see this gal in our backyard. It was all sweet and serene, 'til she took a giant dump. Argh.


In honor of summer, and the 4th, let's have some flag popsicles, mmk?

All you need are three ingredients.

Flag Popsicles
-1/2 cup blueberries, rinsed and dried
~5 strawberries, rinsed and dried
-6 oz vanilla or coconut nonfat Greek yogurt
-1 sealable sandwich bag with a seriously teeny hole snipped at the bottom corner
-4 pack popsicle mold (though you could just make these in a Dixie cup and add a wooden popsicle stick, or even just a metal spoon)

Using a fork, mash the blueberries until pureed. It is ok if there are some chunks. Spoon ~1/2” worth into the bottoms of each popsicle mold. Freeze for an hour.

Pour yogurt into sandwich bag, while holding the snipped end closed. I found it easiest to “pipe” in the yogurt because spooning it in left me with yogurt all on the sides of the mold, and you want a nice smear-free mold. Pipe ~1/2” yogurt into the mold.

Mash strawberries until fairly pureed. It is still ok if there are some chunks. Spoon a thin (~1/4”) layer of mashed strawberry on top of yogurt. Freeze for an hour. Repeat as many times as needed until you’ve either run out of strawberry mash or yogurt or your molds are full.

To dislodge popsicles, run under hot tap water for a few seconds.





Per popsicle: approximately 60 calories, 4 grams protein.

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