Unusual, healthy homemade popsicles
Avocado popsicles? Why not? Here's great ideas for homemade icy treats - and healthy ones too!
Tue, Jun 22 2010 at 12:01 PM EST
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Photo: Charlotte.Morrall/Flickr
SELF sent me some popsicle recipes with permission to reprint them, and they were interesting enough to pass along to you. The recipes are definitely different than the usual cherry/grape/lime/orange options I'm used to seeing in the stores.
Take a look at these recipes and see if any of them appeal to you. Let me know which ones (if any) you’ll be cooling off with this summer.
Popsicle Guide
Use the chart below as a guide: buzz a base, sweetener, and a flavor in a blender and stir in a booster for texture. Pour into eight 3-ounce Dixie cups (or reusable popsicle mold) and insert a craft stick or plastic knife and freeze for six hours. Then enjoy!
Watermelon-Lime-Cilantro (62 calories)
Base: 3 cups cubed seeded watermelon
Sweetener: 6 tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon honey
Flavor: 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Booster: 2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro
Chunky Pineapple-Chile (61 calories)
Base: 2 cups cubed fresh pineapple
Sweetener: 3/4 cup pineapple juice; 3 tablespoons sugar
Flavor: 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 1 teaspoon ground ancho chile
Booster: 1 cup coarsely chopped pineapple
Crunchy Peanut Butter-Banana (165 calories)
Base: 3 medium bananas; 1 cup 1 percent milk
Sweetener: 3 tablespoons honey
Flavor: 5 tablespoons natural peanut butter
Booster: 1/4 cup lightly salted dry roasted peanuts, chopped
Avocado-Mango (93 calories)
Base: 3 cups cubed mango; 3/4 ripe avocado
Sweetener: 5 tablespoons sugar
Flavor: 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Booster: 1 tablespoons grated orange zest
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Comments
Maryam Zaky
09/17/2010 23:39 PM
For the health food minded, I think these all sound delicious, and I plan on trying out all of them.
Im a mother of 5 in my late 20s and i'm pretty sure my kids will like them.(they love healthy unprocessed food).
Thank you for the share!
Karen
07/13/2010 17:07 PM
The peanut butter banana nut one is gross
martha
06/23/2010 10:47 AM
LawrP, I was just about to comment about the same thing! i love the chocolate tarragon and the pineapple ginger.
LawrP
06/22/2010 15:38 PM
There's a guy at the farmers' market here in Atlanta who buys the best of the fresh produce from the market & then makes them into popsicles. His best so far has been a cucumber/lime mix. But the local honey/peaches is pretty darn good as well.
