I wish I was reporting that I had made the Eggplant, Red Bell Pepper, and Pesto Lasagna out of Goat Cheese – the cookbook I checked out last week, but this week has been really FULL. I hope to blog about some of that FULLNESS soon, but for now I will just leave you with some popsicle recipes that I did manage to make this week. The weather has been kind of weird here. Some days have been hot. Some have been cold and dreary. Some have even been really stormy, and I have a gigantic tree branch laying across my backyard to attest to the 50+ mile an hour winds we had during a thunderstorm here two nights ago. My kids have made several bike trips to the grocery store in our neighborhood in the last couple of weeks to get popsicles. To them, 80 degrees = MUST HAVE POPSICLES, which I guess I can understand, since to me, 65 degrees = MUST HAVE ICED COFFEE. (I have really lowered my warmth standards for iced coffee over the past few years.) So, both iced coffee and popsicles have been in mass-production in my kitchen this week – Enjoy!
Tropical Pops
(Yellow pop to right)
(Yellow pop to right)
1 cup frozen pineapple chunks (or fresh)
1 cup frozen mango chunks (or fresh)
2 bananas
1/2 – 1 cup plain yogurt
maple syrup or agave if needs extra sweetener
Place all ingredients in blender or food processor. Pour in popsicle molds. Freeze until hardened. Wrap individual popsicles in waxed paper or plastic wrap.
Chunky Monkey Popsicle
(pictured in middle)
These are named and patterned after my sister’s favorite smoothie at
the Austin, TX Whole Foods!
the Austin, TX Whole Foods!
2 bananas
1 cup plain yogurt
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
2 Tbsp peanut butter
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
maple syrup or agave to sweeten
Follow same blending procedure as above.
The Cherry Chocolate Chip Popsicle is pictured on the left, and I also made a batch of Honeydew Mint Kiwi Popsicles which is just this recipe with 2 kiwis added in.
Happy Summer!
Oh GOODNESS, these look amazing! I can't wait to try all these flavors!
Yum! Where did you find your popsicle molds?
Hi Neena, the rounded ones are Tupperware. The more squared ones are from Target – online. The Target mold will make 10 popsicles. The Tupperware, 6. Hope you are doing well!