Strawberry-Lemonade Smoothie

I made some lemonade the other day (from scratch) and I decided to make this smoothie...I was pouring a glass of lemonade and had a "Eureka" moment, LOL. I looked up this recipe and decided to make it today since I have all of the ingredients on hand. How was it? In a word, shock-tart! This one makes you pucker. Add sweetener to this one.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

This smoothie is super healthy and simple to make. I will be using Splenda instead of the sugar..

Strawberry Smoothie
1 frozen banana
5-6 large or 10-12 small frozen strawberries
sweetener of choice
1 tsp. vanilla (optional)
1/2-1 cup milk (I use skim milk, use your favorite milk here or OJ)

Blend until very smooth, serve immediately.

Chai Popsicles

I love Chai and wanted to make a Chai Popsicle and I really didn't see that many recipes online for this one. So I thought about it and came up with this recipe.

Chai Popsicles
1/2 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
3/4 cup milk
4 Chai tea bags
1/4 cup sugar or Splenda (taste before adding if using vanilla yogurt)

Bring the tea bags and milk to boiling, let simmer for about 3-4 minutes. Cool. Add milk to tea mixture to bring the measurement back to 3/4 cup if needed. Discard tea bags. Blend all ingredients together until smooth. Fill molds and freeze for about 6 hours. I got 4 small popsicles out of this recipe.

Spinach Smoothie

This is a scary thing to me. Spinach in a smoothie? That sounds, well....disgusting to me. The more I read about it, the more it sounded like maybe something that I would like try. I have read that it didn't taste spinach-y or taste off and it was even sweet. I have decided to go with your basic smoothie with a bit of spinach. Most recipes call for more spinach than this and this may be a good way to get your kiddos to eat their veggies, milk and fruit. Yes, we are Kroger shoppers XD.

Spinach Smoothie
1/2 frozen banana
6-8 small strawberries (frozen)
1/2 cup frozen spinach
1/2 cup plain non-fat yogurt
sweetener to taste
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla (optional)
1 tbsp. ground flaxseed (optional)

Blend all until very smooth. Serve immediately.
You can't taste the spinach. I used Splenda this time, next time I will use honey.

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

Hehehehehehe, sorry I couldn't resist! Who doesn't like PB and J's? These Popsicles taste just like a PB and J sandwich. I posted this recipe a while back and I have decided to leave the chocolate sauce out and layer these with strawberry jam, but feel free to use grape if you like that better. I will be using Splenda for the sugar called for. I made these with 2 tbsp. Splenda, but I think next time I will use 1/4 cup.

PB and Jelly Popsicles

1/2 cup milk (can use skim)
1/2 cup PB
1/2 cup yogurt (can be fat free plain)
1/4 cup sugar or Splenda

grape or strawberry jam or jelly (I use sugar free)


Mix all of your ingredients (except jam) until very, very smooth. In 3 ounce paper cups ("Bathroom Cups"), layer PB mixture, then jelly, then PB mixture. Insert Popsicle sticks and freeze for at least 6 hours.

Aww, how cute! This is not my photo.

Chocolate Yogurt PB Pops

Hi kids, yet another Popsicle recipe here, From Bemused, I made these with Splenda and Splenda sweetened chocolate syrup and if I had some natural peanut butter they would be even healthier. I used fat free milk and fat free yogurt, thinking the fat from the peanut butter would make them creamy. The mix tastes delicious. Review and more pictures to come.......This recipe makes 5 small pops. Creamy, smooth, peanut buttery and delicious. Try these!!!!! Next I am going to make these without the chocolate sauce, and layer with sugar free either grape or strawberry jelly.

Strawberry Banana Apple Smoothie

Um, yum. I just happen to have all of these ingredients and you would think I have leftovers or something to eat for lunch and everyday, which I don't and I end up eating knock-off Lucky Charms, LOL. Which don't get me wrong, they are really good but I am getting rather tired of the same old. Here is the recipe, I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did. Cut the recipe in half for one serving as shown.

Strawberry Swirl Pops

You may have noticed that I have been making a lot of strawberry recipes and this is because I have stocked up on them from the Dollar Tree :O) I was searching online for a strawberry yogurt pop and this recipe kept coming up. The presentation is beautiful. I don't have pop molds like these shown in the picture but I do have bathroom cups (I got a box of 200 for $2.99 at Kroger) and Popsicle sticks (which are also available at Dollar Tree in the craft aisle) and that works just as well and it is inexpensive. Strawberries are my favorite berries, I have loved them since my grandma first took me to a strawberry u-pick patch. They are juicy and the seeds don't bother me like other berries (blackberries, but I still eat them). I <3 strawberry everything, you will see lots more strawberry recipes from me. I used Splenda in place of the sugar and I got 6 pops for half of the recipe. Here is a recipe for homemade push-pops, sounds like a good recipe for kids of all ages.

This is not my photo ^

These are sweet tart and a little icy. Lemony and very strawberry. I really like them and I will make them again.

Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

Totally veganizable. I happened not to have any sweetened condensed milk due to the snow so I used this recipe which you can substitute out the powered milk for powdered soy milk. I used this recipe for the frozen yogurt, however I used 1/2 cup skim milk and 1/2 cup coconut milk (instead of the 1 cup skim milk), the texture is like premium commercial frozen yogurt and so sweet strawberry flavor coming through in every bite.