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Friday, June 4, 2010

Mango Pops

Ingredients:
the flesh of 1 ripe mango
1 cup vanilla yogurt
the juice of half a lime and a few scrapings of its zest
2 tablespoons (more or less) sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla


Directions:

Whir all the ingredients in a blender until smooth.
Taste the mixture for sweetness: it should taste sweeter than you want the finished popsicle to taste, since freezing will dull the sweetness a bit. Add more sugar if it needs it, or a bit more limejuice or zest if the flavors aren't smacking you in the head with their vibrant excellence.
Pour into popsicle molds and freeze for 4 hours.

Chunky Peach Popsicles

Recipe Ingredients
1 1/4 pounds ripe peaches (3-4 medium), halved and pitted
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/4 cup sugar , or to taste
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract


Recipe Directions
Coarsely chop peaches in a food processor. Transfer 1 cup of the chunky peaches to a medium bowl. Add lemon juice, orange juice and sugar to taste (depending on the sweetness of the peaches) to the food processor. Puree until smooth. Add to the bowl with the chunky peaches and stir in vanilla.
Divide the mixture among twelve 2-ounce or eight 3-ounce freezer-pop molds (or small paper cups). Freeze until beginning to set, about 1 hour. Insert frozen-treat sticks and freeze until completely firm, about 1 hour more.

Blueberry Ice Popsicles

Ingredients
2 cups (1 pint) fresh blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon lemon juice


Directions

Stir first 3 ingredients in a pan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, until berries have burst, about 5 minutes.

Mix in lemon juice. Cool to room temperature, then pour into molds and freeze.

Creamy Orange Popsicles

Ingredients
1 cup plain yogurt
1 (12-ounce) can partly thawed orange juice concentrate
2 teaspoons vanilla


Directions

Stir together all ingredients in a large bowl, then pour into molds and freeze.

Cherry-Lime Slush

Ingredients
4 cups cherries (1 1/2 to 2 pounds), washed
12 ounces frozen limeade
1 tray of ice cubes
1 cup sparkling water


Directions

Together, you and your child can stem and pit the cherries.

In a blender, purée the cherries with limeade and ice cubes until smooth. Transfer to a bowl, then stir in sparkling water.

Spoon mixture into 5-ounce paper cups and freeze until firm but not solid, about 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Watermelon Granita

Ingredients
4 cups of cubed, seedless watermelon
1/2 cup sugar
Juice from one lime
1 tablespoon of freshly grated ginger root (optional)

Directions


In the bowl of a food processor (or a blender), pulse watermelon, sugar and lime juice until smooth. If using, place grated ginger in a paper towel and squeeze juice into the puree. Pulse again to blend.
Place a fine-mesh strainer over a large bowl and pour watermelon mixture through it, pressing on the solids to extract every last bit of juice into the bowl. Discard (or eat solids) and pour the juice into a 9x13 inch pan, and place in the freezer.
After one hour scrape mixture with a fork. Repeat hourly for the next three hours which will give the granita a fluffy, granular texture. Spoon into small bowls and serve.

Homemade Snow Cones

Snow Cone Syrup

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid, any flavor

Directions:
Place the sugar and water in a medium pan and bring to a full boil. Remove from heat and stir in the Kool-Aid. Cool to room temperature, then place in the refrigerator until chilled. Pour over crushed iced.

Snow Cone Syrup Two

Ingredients:
4 ounces of sweetened flavored drink mix powder
3/4 cup hot water

Directions:
Mix the water and the drink mix. Cool and drizzle over crushed ice.

Strawberry and Watermelon Popsicles

Ingredients
2 oz or 1/4 cup superfine sugar
1/4 cup water
9 oz strawberries
9 oz watermelon flesh, cubed and deseeded


Directions

Put the sugar and water into a small saucepan and boil until syrupy (about 3 minutes). Allow to cool.
Puree the strawberries and sieve to get rid of the seeds. Puree the watermelon and mix with the pureed strawberries and cooled syrup.
Pour the mixture into popsicle molds and freeze.