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Tag Archives: popsicle recipe

Fruity Green Popsicles

5 / 8 / 195 / 11 / 19

Fruity Green Popsicles | Mama Papa Bubba

Today, with Sam still recovering from his latest bout of croup and Miss G home from school to catch up on some rest she can hopefully avoid getting sick, I decided it was time to make our first batch of popsicles of the year.  I wanted them to be super healthy, full of vitamins, but still delicious, and so these fruity GREEN popsicles came about!

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

Now there’s no hiding this –  all these fruity green popsicles really are is a green smoothie in frozen form {though if your kids are like my kids, it won’t matter one bit because anything in popsicle form is exciting and loved}.  Truthfully, you don’t need a recipe at all because you really just can’t go wrong here…  Just whip up a regular green smoothie, pour it into some popsicle moulds, and freeze!  If the smoothie tastes good, the popsicles should too!

That being said, I know that there are lots of people who really like having a recipe to guide them, so if that’s you, here’s exactly what we included in our fruity green popsicles…  Frozen mango, clementines, lacinato kale, pineapple juice, coconut water {which is optional}, hemp hearts, and chia seeds.  Super healthful, right?

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

The best part?  The kids did almost everything on their own!  First up, they washed the kale and removed the cores.

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Then they put the kale and fruit into our Vitamix…

 Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

And added our juice and coconut water.

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

Looks delish, doesn’t it?

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

Then Sam did the honours and blended everything up.

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

Now I will say that if you don’t have a high-powered blender, you may want to skip the chia seeds and hemp hearts – unless your kiddos don’t mind a little texture.

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

Our Vitamix {which was worth every penny of its purchase price} blends them up like nothing, so add them to your heart’s delight if you have a similar blender.

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

Next up, we poured the fruity green mixture into our popsicle moulds.  We have quite the random assortment and used all shapes and sizes and got 17 popsicles out of this recipe.

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles

Here they are when done.  They look good, right??

Here’s the recipe…

Fruity Green Popsicles

  • 2 cups of mango, fresh or frozen
  • 2 clementines (or other small oranges)
  • 5 lacinato kale leaves, washed with the cores removed
  • 1 tablespoon of chia seeds
  • 1 tablespoon of hemp hearts
  • 1 cup of pure pineapple juice*
  • 1 cup of coconut water*

* for sweeter popsicles, omit the coconut water and use 2 cups of pure pineapple juice

Add everything to a blender and blend until smooth.  Pour into popsicle moulds and freeze for at least 5 hours or overnight.

Enjoy!

Healthy Fruity Green Popsicles | Mama Papa Bubba

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Dairy-Free Strawberries and Cream Popsicles

7 / 1 / 187 / 8 / 18

Dairy Free Strawberries and Cream Popsicles | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh, how we love homemade popsicles in our house…  Summer weather strikes we begin the ongoing cycle of whipping them up in an attempt to stock up our freezer while devouring them on the daily.  And you know what?  I don’t mind one bit.  For the most part, they’re fairly nutritious and they’re so easy and fun to whip up with the munchkins.  

Some of our favourites from over the years?  

  • milk & cereal popsicles {strangely delicious}
  • chunky fruit popsicles {the prettiest popsicles you ever did see}
  • yogurt & granola popsicles {breakfast in popsicle form}
  • all-fruit watermelon popsicles {yum}
  • tropical fruit popsicles {these are incredible!}
  • healthy banana fudgesicles {sooo good}
  • polka-dotted blueberry lemonade popsicles {the absolute PERFECT popsicle for frozen blueberry lovers like me!}

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The perfect addition to our favourites list?  These dairy-free strawberries and cream popsicles made with fresh, locally grown strawberries.  Gosh, they’re good!  I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like Sam slurping back his first strawberries and cream popsicle before in my life…  I don’t even know how to describe it.  Maybe a mixture of pure bliss and complete desperation all at once? {Hahaha!} 

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Now I probably wouldn’t let Grae and Sam eat these popsicles for breakfast like I do other varieties {popsicles can totally be breakfast!} because I see them as more of a treat, they are absolutely delicious and we *will* be making them all summer long, even if we have to start using typical grocery store strawberries.  

For the full recipe, check out our Strawberries and Cream Popsicles post over on the CBC Parents website.

 

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Yogurt and Granola Popsicles

7 / 18 / 168 / 30 / 16

Yogurt Granola Popsicles | Mama Papa Bubba

It goes without saying that we have a thing for popsicles…  Among many others, we’ve made milk & cereal popsicles, chunky fruit popsicles, polka dotted blueberry lemonade popsicles, watermelon popsicles, and most recently – yogurt and granola popsicles!  These are basically just a yogurt and fruit parfait in popsicle form, so a totally acceptable breakfast option in my opinion {because com’on – it is summer after all!}

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Milk and Cereal Popsicles

3 / 19 / 166 / 11 / 19

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Most kids look forward to pancakes and waffles and other hot breakfasts on the weekend…  But mine?  She looks forward to Saturday morning milk and cereal {absurd little thing}.  Admittedly, I don’t care much for cereal myself, then add in the fact that almost every cereal on the shelf is absolutely loaded with sugar {even the plain / ‘healthy’ ones}, and it just doesn’t happen often in this house.  That being said, we do have a few options I feel good about and we used one to make milk and cereal popsicles today!  Perhaps the weirdest creation ever, but you think outside the box when you’ve got way too much milk nearing its due date.  

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Homemade Real Fruit Yogurt Tubes

9 / 15 / 159 / 21 / 15

Homemade Real Fruit Yogurt Tubes | Mama Papa Bubba

As I was brainstorming some fun lunchbox ideas last week, one of the staple kids’ lunchbox snacks that came to mind was yogurt tubes.  Kids love them…  They’re fun, usually covered in branded characters, and sometimes even turn your tongue blue.  Plus, they can be frozen ahead of time and not only stay cool until lunch or snack time, but also serve as an icepack in your lunchbox. ☺  

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Chunky Fruit Popsicles

7 / 14 / 157 / 16 / 15

Chunky Fruit Popsicles | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh my goodness…  We’ve totally been on a popsicle making streak.  We can’t seem to help it.  It’s summer and summer requires a freezer stocked with delicious frozen treats… Right??  Currently, we’ve got polka dotted blueberry lemonade pops, chocolate avocado pudding fudgesicles, fresh fruit freeze pops, and these beautiful chunky fruit popsicles in our freezer and they’re all delicious! 

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Polka Dotted Blueberry Lemonade Popsicles

8 / 13 / 148 / 23 / 14

Polka Dotted Blueberry Lemonade Popsicles | Mama Papa Bubba

This silly little idea came to me the other day when I was looking at the huge box of fresh blueberries we had sitting on the kitchen counter. The Okanagan has been pretty warm recently, so turning some of our blueberry stash into popsicles seemed like a good thing to do. The thing is, I have a weird thing about blending fresh, local fruit.  I just can’t do it.  Especially not berries.  Not even in the name of popsicles.  {Living a berry-deprived life in Kuwait for several years has obviously gotten to me.}  Since we love frozen blueberries as a snack, why couldn’t our beloved berries stay whole and become popsicles?  There’s no reason they couldn’t!  Add some organic, no-sugar-added lemonade, and you’ve got polka dotted blueberry lemonade popsicles! ☺

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