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The Green Dish: Ice Cream Pops and Popsicles
By Melissa Breyer, Senior Editor, Healthy and Green Living
The ice cream bars and popsicles available at the store on our corner are a little scary. Supernaturally vibrant and made from ingredients that seem completely superfluous, I always feel a huge flush of guilt when my daughters talk me into getting them. But when it’s a hot, Brooklyn day, and we’re walking by, it’s hard to resist their joyful (if not slightly plaintive) pleas for these childhood summertime treats.
When I was young we used to make popsicles in plastic popsicle molds, but they never, ever, satisfied like the real McCoy. They tasted like frozen orange juice concentrate. But if I have been able to convince my kids to love a thick homemade smoothie more than a bowl of ice cream, maybe I can get them to love a homemade all-natural popsicle as much as the terrifying Sponge Bob version from the store.
So here’s the plan: We’ll use paper cups and wooden popsicle sticks, we’ll mix and match our concoctions, freeze, unmold, and enjoy summer on a stick–without the high fructose corn syrup, red dye number 3, and bubble gum eyeballs.
I have collected some smoothie recipes from the Care2 archives that would make perfect “ice cream” bars. There are just some basic techniques to follow.
- Make the puree with enough liquid so that the mixture is very smooth.
- Pour the mix in paper cups, about 2/3 full.
- Place a popsicle stick or chopstick in the cup.
- Wait until frozen, dip cup in water to unmold it, remove cup, enjoy.
Frozen Banana Mango with Cardamom Bar
This is really a cold soup recipe, but is delicious as a frozen bar.
Frozen Raspberry Cappuccino Bar
Use regular yogurt here instead of frozen yogurt.
Frozen Watermelon Mint Bar
Doesn’t get more refreshing than this.
Frozen Super Berry Bar
Super anti-oxidant, and vegan!
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add your comment »Violet, I too make green tea pops. Then I was recently in Whole Foods and found a company that makes them. They are called Frosteas and they're amazing. They do something to make them less of a chunk of ice, like I get, and more crystally (is that a word?). They're all natural. They sweeten only with honey. They're really amazing.
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I DON'T KNOW WHY THESE ARE COMING BACK AS THOUGH I HAVEN'T COMMENTED BEFORE. CHECK OUT THE TOP COMMENT! IT WAS JUST DONE ON AUG. 4 AND THIS IS THE 6TH. CHECK OUT COMMENT #23. VIOLET Y.
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A REFRESHING FROZEN TREAT ON A HOT DAY, MAKE GREEN/WHITE FUSION TEA, POUR IN CUP, PUT IT IN THE FREEZER, MAKE MORE OF THE SAME, PUTTING IT IN THE REFRIGERATOR. AFTER
THE CONTAINER IN THE FREEZER HAS FROZEN IN
THE MIDDLE OF DAY, TAKE FROM FREEZER, POUR
FROM THE REFRIGERATED PORTION TO FILL CONTAINER AND HAVE A COLD REFRESHING "ICED
TEA" VIOLET Y.
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Great recipes! Let's all get back to making our own. Ice cream in the store is one of the worst foods for you. Check the ingredients. The list goes on: whiteners, stablizers, preservatives, artificial colors and flavors, gum, etc, etc. Hold the extras, we just want the ice cream.
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Thanks for the recipes! They sound yummy! I am an ice cream addict and appreciate some healthy alternatives.
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I make smoothies with coconut milk, and maybe add some soy, oat or rice milk. It's so good! I've read that a smoothie made of bananas, coconutmilk, coconut oil and...whay's the english name? In norwegian it's called "pinjekjerner". Seeds from the 'Pinus Pinea', that this mix is good for waking up your pineal gland, also called 'third eye gland'.
That's what it said :)
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I make yogurt smoothies using blended ice cubes, yogurt and fruit. I just freeze them and you've got a healthy, cold treat on a stick.
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Ice-cream on days like that! It is a absolutely must. And since I'm a real hardcore junkie on ice-cream, I'm usually taking it from the supermarket in 85 fl-ounce containers (one per day as a minimum :-) I really would love to use home made ice but trying it every time (using a ice-cream machine) comes out like some frozen liquids and using milk or the like it comes out even worse. Butr I definitely will try the recipe I find here to see how might come out (I just hope, far better than the previous results I've gotten up to now :-)(I'm not even overweighted being an junkie for ice-cream - just a solid 144 lb)
Well, so all of you just have a nice day and enjoy your portion of home made ice-cream.
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Noting the concern about using paper cups and understanding the issues around plastic containers I plan to use my muffin tin to make these. I think the mini-muffin tin would be fun and a bit more manageable to eat. Just one caveat, small pieces of ice can be a choke hazard for small children. My then 3 year old sister choked on an ice cube but fortunately my mom was able to dislodge it.
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This a great article and so scrumptious too, keep it up, if one can continue to create their own goodies, just think how healthy you will be?
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