It’s time again for The Secret Recipe Club. This month my assignment was to visit the blog of Natural Noshings and find something to make. I was surprised and happy to get Nora’s blog. She was an orphan from last months blog hop, and I’m super happy to be the one to make sure it doesn’t happen again this month.
Nora is a self-described active, twenty-something “foodie” with a passion for nutrition and eating natural, real food — nothing too fussy, over-processed or complicated. Sounds good to me! I try to follow the same guidelines in my cooking, which isn’t easy when you have a family of junk food junkies. : )
What with trying to find healthier sweets for my family, and the 4th of July coming up, I found what I wanted to make right away when I came across Nora’s recipe for Red White and Blue Popsicles. These treats are as fun to look at, as they are to eat. The healthier aspect of it is what really won me over though. No need to feel guilty when someone grabs one of these treats out of the freezer on a hot Summer day.
Of course I cant ever leave things well enough alone, and I did tweak the recipe to suit my families taste. I blended the fruit instead of leaving it whole, so it would look more 4th of July colorful, as well as more like an actual popsicle you would get from the store. (My family can be so picky sometimes!) I also added some greek yogurt to them, one for the added punch of dairy and protein, and also for a more “white” look in the color mix.
These turned out pretty and delicious, and will become a regular treat item in our household this Summer.
Blend the strawberries with the apple juice in a blender. (About 30 seconds, or until well blended) Fill the popsicle molds 1/3 of the way full with the strawberry mixture. Place into the freezer for two hours, or until frozen solid.
Blend together the yogurt, milk, honey and banana. Again, fill the molds 1/3 of the way up with the yogurt mixture and freeze two more hours.
Finally, blend the blueberries and apple juice together, and fill the molds the rest of the way up with the blueberry mixture. Add your popsicle sticks at this time, and freeze until solid, about two more hours.
To help release the pops from the molds, allow them to sit at room temprature for about five minutes, or run hot water over the mold for a few seconds.
http://angelshomestead.com/red-white-and-blue-fruit-popsicles/
Great choice for this months SRC…. we love new ideas for popsicles!
I love this idea! So great for Independence Day!
Wow! These look so fun, summery and festive! I bet they were delicious, too!
Great job with these! These are perfect for the hot summer days we are having, especially with July 4th right around the corner! I love the addition of Greek yogurt, I will have to give that a go
Also, thanks for making sure I wasn’t an orphan this month again haha
So very festive and delicious looking, perfect for the holidays.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my group “A” SRC entry: Candied Popcorn.
Lisa~~
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these look soooo good! i just got popsicle molds last week so i’m looking for recipes to try.
yum!
how pretty + so perfect for the upcoming 4th of July holiday!
haha – these are hilarious! i’m not ordinarily one for any patriotic/nationalistic celebrations (i was a women’s studies student and it’s ruined everything that’s fun for me) – but i think these little popsicles are super cute. kind of like nora
happy src reveal, friend!
These are very cute!!!! Think I would need to make the red & white for Canada
Great SRC pick!
I love that these popsicles are so easy and so healthy. I can’t wait to try them!
Ooh, great choice for SRC with the 4th just around the corner! These sound delicious and healthy too!
These are darling for Wednesday festivities!
I’m always on the look out for new, and healthy flavors too Carrie. These definitely fit the bill.
That’s exactly why I chose them Lindsey. I’ll be making them all summer long though, not just for the 4th. : )
They are super yummy Jenni. : )
I don’t understand why anyone would leave you an orphan Nora, you have GREAT recipes on your site.
We love them Lisa, I just made another batch of them today. : )
I hope you’ll give these a try Sarah, they’re super yummy.
That’s what I thought Amy, as soon as I seen them on Nora’s blog.
Thank you Kristy! : )
That would be awesome Asiya, let me know how they turn out for you. : )
Hope you like them Melanie! : )
They are definitely yummy Kelsey.
Cute for the 4th, but I’m definitely making them all summer long Dorothy.
Cute!