It’s finally warm enough. In the morning we get out our trusty red blender, our frozen farmers’ market/homegrown berries, the coconut milk, the agave nectar just in case, the protein powder.
(Did you know that you can hull and wash your strawberries, spread them into a single layer on a cookie sheet, and then freeze them? After they’re frozen, pull them off the sheet and pop them into a freezer bag. No big clumps of strawberry to worry about, just lovely individually frozen gems.)
Into the popsicle maker goes half the smoothie (I’m not a super huge fan of the plastic, but there you have it); the other half is shared between the girls for part of their breakfast.
The perfect afternoon snack.
They always have two apiece.
Reason to love summer #2: Homemade smoothie popsicles. Delicious.
(I’m participating with Molly in her documentation project inspired by the flickr group 100 reasons to love summer- are you?)
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June 24, 2009 at 2:25 pm
vanessa
ahh, there is the recipe! (of sorts, hee hee).
And I love the idea for freezing the berries, because that big clump of berry from the freezer kinda makes me nutty.
thanks!
June 24, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Syrendell - Jennifer Tan
Wonderful idea! Perfect time to make these. :)
June 24, 2009 at 5:14 pm
minnesota:madre
The coconut milk sounds great! And we’re getting a huge load of blueberries from the CSA tomorrow. Perfect!
June 24, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Sachi Smith
These look so good! Your days seem so colorful. Beautiful. And plastics are so convenient for some things… ;)
June 24, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Kelly
great idea! a healthier way to enjoy something frozen.
June 25, 2009 at 4:32 am
meorthethoughtofme
yum!
June 25, 2009 at 7:03 am
Grace
Also not a fan of the plastic, but some things, well, just have to be made of it.
Also, we have that dress that Bunny is wearing! My MIL bought it for E, believe it or not, and she loves it.
June 25, 2009 at 10:50 am
amy h
These popsicle makers are so much better than mine. Half the time the stick won’t stay in the popsicle! I like the little drippy spout, too. They look yummy.
June 25, 2009 at 3:24 pm
sarahkeith
sounds fantastic! do you have a basic recipe/formula you use?
June 25, 2009 at 11:07 pm
kyndale
mmmm coconut milk!
June 27, 2009 at 7:08 pm
regina
I was just clicking around when I found your yummy looking popsicles. Love that you used coconut milk… YUM! Thanks for the great reminder. Another thing to add to my summer list.
Is there an alternative to plastic popsicle molds? I wonder. It would be great if there was. I’m not a big fan of the plastic either.
June 28, 2009 at 7:14 am
Melanie
We use paper dixie cups, and wooden craft popsicle sticks to make our popsicles- then you can recycle the cups, and wash and re-use the sticks. Works wonderfully.
June 30, 2009 at 7:57 am
Mary Beth
We have to do this soon. Thanks for the reminder about freezing the farmer’s market berries–that would be a good solution for when we aren’t eating them fast enough. I love my plastic popsicle molds–love them–even though we’re trying to eliminate most other plastics–sometimes plastic is appropriate (like the Cuisinart too). Even Soulemama admits this in her book . . .