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Cool off with Homemade Popsicles

Posted by Tiffany at 6:00 am in Children, Natural Product Reviews.

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Cool off with delicious Popsicles this summer made with BPA free Popsicle molds! AND if you live in myBPA free popsicles house you get good old fashioned veggies or greens in your Popsicles too. Yum! And I fully disclose the ingredients…no sneaky chef here. My kids know they are eating spinach pops or kale pops or whatever the case may be and they are cool with it because they taste good. Seriously, as I was writing this my 7 year old son popped his head in my door and asked if he could have a spinach pop.

My own kids are crazy about homemade Popsicles and I have been making them for about two months straight now. I make green smoothies daily in my household and I always make extra so I can fill Popsicle molds.

Some recipes my kids love:

Almond-Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 cup raw almonds

3 just ripe bananas

2 tsp raw honey

3 cups water

Blend up the almonds and the water to make almond milk. Strain the milk through a nut milk bag. Blend the almond milk together with the rest of the ingredients and either drink or pour into popsicle molds. Enjoy!

Also…

Green Pineapple Paradise

Ingredients:

1/4 fresh pineapple, chopped

3 large Kale leaves

1 ripe banana

3 fresh mint leaves

2 to 4 cups water

Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth and either drink or pour into popsicle molds. Enjoy!

We also make sure to put them in BPA free Popsicle molds. Here are some ones that I recommend. I confirmed with the manufacturing company that these Tovolo brand popsicle molds are made with polypropylene and are BPA free. Also, obviously silicone would be BPA free as well.

Groovy Pop Molds, Set of 6

Tovolo Green Shooting Star Pop Molds

Tovolo Blue Rocket Pop Molds

SiliconeZone Popsicle Mold, Bright Blue


15 Comments for the post:
Cool off with Homemade Popsicles

  1. 1

    Brooke said,

    July 4, 2008 at 12:05 pm:

    Sounds yummy. I bought popsicle molds a few months ago, but didn’t even think about checking if they were BPA free!

  2. 2

    Mama Zen said,

    July 4, 2008 at 2:25 pm:

    I will definitely have to try these!

  3. 3

    Rapunzel said,

    July 4, 2008 at 3:13 pm:

    These look delicious,and thanks for the link to the popsicle molds!

  4. 4

    Deborah said,

    July 4, 2008 at 8:17 pm:

    I have been looking for BPA popsicle molds. I’m sure my cheapies are BPA filled. Too bad those ones you recommended won’t ship to Canada! Argh!

  5. 5

    Cindi said,

    July 5, 2008 at 5:10 pm:

    Tiffany, I have been looking for molds. Thanks for the heads up.

    Oh, do you want to share your green smoothie recipe? We eat smoothies everyday, and I am curious about your green recipe.

  6. 6

    Tiffany said,

    July 5, 2008 at 5:17 pm:

    Her eis my green smoothie recipe:

    http://www.goddessofthegarden.com/2008/06/popeyes-favorite-smoothie/

  7. 7

    Cindi said,

    July 5, 2008 at 9:21 pm:

    Thanks for the recipe. It sounds yummy. Can’t wait to try it!

  8. 8

    sarah said,

    July 5, 2008 at 11:35 pm:

    Thanks for the recipes. You should try adding coconut oil too. So healthy and good for you and give smoothies such a yummy tropical taste. Would be great in a popsicle. Now I want to try it!!! :)

  9. 9

    Dagny said,

    July 6, 2008 at 3:09 pm:

    My mom used to make us homemade lemonade popsicles, which were the absolute best growing up on a hot summer day!

    Dagny
    http://www.onnotextiles.com
    organic apparel

  10. 10

    stacy said,

    July 9, 2008 at 3:32 pm:

    So what’s the recipe for your spinach popsicles?

  11. 11

    mama k said,

    July 12, 2008 at 6:25 pm:

    mmmm I love me some popcicles. I shudder to think at all the artificial junk I ate in those boxes of brightly colored ones from the store.

    Linked ya here:
    http://mamaknj.blogspot.com/2008/07/linky-love.html

  12. 12

    Mozi Esme's Mommy said,

    July 13, 2008 at 9:45 am:

    These look wonderful! I think I need to buy a popsicle tray.

  13. 13

    Michelle said,

    September 10, 2008 at 7:22 pm:

    question about the kale recipe - do you cook the kale first?

    thanks!

  14. 14

    Michelle said,

    September 10, 2008 at 7:28 pm:

    one more question :-)

    do any of the pop molds you recommend have caps that can be put back on if the kid doesn’t finish the pop?

    and while I’m asking, do you recommend any bpa free ice cube trays (preferably inexpensive)?

  15. 15

    Tiffany said,

    September 10, 2008 at 11:17 pm:

    Michelle,

    I do not cook the Kale…we like to keep the nutritional value in tact by eating it raw.

    As for putting the caps back on…I do not know. The ones we have do not allow for this.

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