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?
Omg these smoothie pops are so cute and they look so delicious! I love that you can just make them in paper cups too- that makes them so easy! I’m going to blend some of these up to have on hand as they would be perfect to grab on the go- what a great idea!
When I used the WW online Recipe Builder and put in the ingredients listed with a serving size of 4 (as in you make 4 pops from this recipe)…it gave me a value of 1pts+ per pop. It is what it is. I don’t agree with it all the time, but it is still better than the old system and it encourages to eat more healthy and make healthier choices. I don’t always agree, and like Donelle, I use my best judgement. I happen to love WW for the simple fact that I do choose the banana over the cookie now (where at one point, I wouldn’t).
we used to make pops like these when i was a little kid. sooo tasty, i can’t wait to make them again.
Those look pretty good especially with the heat we’ve been having around here.
I’m finally going to buy popsicle molds on Saturday 😀 can’t wait to try these!
Ww seems so complicated, but I’ve never looked into them, so I guess I should’t be judging. 🙂
Hello, these look fabulous. Would you please tell me how many of these small popsicles you made with the recipe in these quantities?
Thanks so much for all your wonderful posts. I made and thoroughly enjoyed many of your recipes/concoctions. 🙂 xx
I love swimming & gymnastics but I can wait for track events!!
Haha, someone is loving the olympics? I’m watching them atm 😉
I just made these in a double batch with fresh Jersey peaches instead of strawberries and chard from my garden. A bit green in color, but awesome to boot!! I used agave but will use maple syrup next batch when I try blueberries or home-grown blackberries…..yum!!
looks very yummy!