Fill in the blank:
Bronze, silver, and __________
Green.
Green? Yes, green. If you hope to win Olympic gold, you’d better start by eating green. And red and orange and yellow. In other words, just eat one of these popsicles.
Each little pop supplies over 50% of the RDA for Vitamin C and gives you a healthy dose of many other vitamins as well.
All while tasting like a smoothie…
In popsicle form!
Strawberry Smoothie Pops
(soy and gluten-free!)
- 1/2 cup sliced pineapple or mango (or banana) (60g)
- 1/2 cup sliced strawberries (80g)
- 1/3 cup raw kale or spinach (omit if desired) (15g)
- 1/4 cup milk or yogurt of choice (60g)
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- sweetener of choice, to taste (amount will depend on your tastebuds and also on what type of milk you use. Remember that the frozen product will be much less sweet. Try 1-2 stevia packets or 1-2 tbsp of a sweetener like pure maple syrup.)
Combine everything in a blender, food processor, or Magic Bullet until super-smooth. Pour into popsicle molds or paper cups, and insert spoons or popsicle sticks. Enjoy!
Are you watching the Olympics?
I’ve mostly been watching the swimming, diving, and gymnastics, since that’s all they seem to show during prime time tv. The gymnastics floor routine has been one of my favorite Summer Olympic events ever since I watched Dominique Moceanu back in 1996. I don’t like the balance beam, though, as I’m always afraid they’re going to fall off. I can’t even walk on that thing, and these girls are doing flips! Link of the Day:
Apparently it’s National “Brownies at Brunch” Day. Not sure why you’re only supposed to eat them at brunch… Who makes up these days, anyway?
Ooh I never realized that freezing makes thing last sweet. Any clue why that is ?
Originally, gymnasts just walked across the balance beam.
I love watching the Olympics! My favorites are gymnastics and swimming. I don’t get much into anything else, like fencing for example…kinda random. My husband used to wrestle, so that’s one that I wish they’d televise!
I love the gymnastics and swimming too! The gymnastics does make me so nervous, though. Can’t be good for the blood pressure! 😉 I may add a little protein powder to my smoothie pop and make it a great after workout snack.
GREENS in a POPSICLE! Genius. That’s why they pay you the big bucks, Katie. 😉
Awesome healthy recipe, thank you. Will be perfect for these terribly hot summer days!!
xoxo
Cheri
Last night’s prime time Olympics was great between Phelps’ low and high and the women’s gymnastics. I love the Olympics. I have a question regarding measuring the spinach. Do you mush it down to get 1/3 cup, like brown sugar, or leave it fluffy like flour? It could make a big difference in quantity.
Only thing I care about is the Gymnastics! My favorite is the uneven bars. It is crazy how they flip around like that. I remember trying to even jump up onto the lower bar when I was little and I couldnt even do that! lol. So dissapointing that Jordan couldnt compete in the All Around competition. That is crap.
Anyway, these popsicles look yummy and I bet my kids would even eat them 🙂 I will have to make these today!
i love a good popsicle! and 50% – awesome!
I love the girls gymnastics! I am the same way though. I have to shut my eyes through most of the balance beam routines. I get so nervous for them!!
I used to LOVE making smoothie popsicles! And I haven’t been watching, I don’t have a TV and when I try to watch online streaming it keeps cutting out. So frustrating!