Good morning! This post is semi-misleading, because it's not so much a recipe, but an idea. Sometime this last summer I made the mistake of telling Lucy she could have a popsicle if she slept in her bed the WHOLE NIGHT! (One of many, many incentives that we tried to get our three-year old to sleep. *sigh*) Anyway...It seemed to work - for a few nights at least. But, I was feeling a bit guilty about letting her eat the super sugary stored bought popsicles for breakfast (even if they were the red, white, and blue rocket pops - my personal favorite!) So, I thought, why don't we make our own? Now, I realize this is not an original idea, but I was pretty excited to make something healthy that I would normally give her to eat for breakfast (with a few arguments about it) in popsicle form. It was a win-win situation! She thought she was eating a popsicle, but I would know she was eating good food! Genius! This was one of my better parenting moments.
The great thing about the popsicles is that you can make them using whatever you have on hand - or whatever you would use to make a smoothie. Fresh fruit is ideal, but if you don't have that, you can use fruit cups (that what we used today along with bananas), juice or milk (we used almond milk, but coconut milk could be amazing with some fresh pineapple - a healthy pina colada), or whatever you can think of. Sometimes when I'm in a pinch for a different fruit I use a spoonful of jam. And if you want a creamier consistency, you can throw in some yogurt. It's literally breakfast in a frozen form!
Here are some flavor combinations to get you started:
-orange juice and vanilla yogurt (like an orange julius)
-pineapple and banana with milk/yogurt
-strawberry and banana with milk/yogurt
-strawberry and blueberry with milk/yogurt
If you want to get crazy you could add banana and peanut butter with milk or peanut butter and chocolate chips with milk (although now we're starting to get away from the "healthy" aspect.) And with summer just 3 months away, I'm dreaming about watermelon and honeydew which would make delicious popsicles too! The possibilities are endless! :) So, get out your blender and start blending! Who said popsicles are only a summer food anyway?
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