PATRIOTIC POPSICLES:
Greet the hot days of summer with these tasty and healthy popsicles.

Ingredient:

Fresh fruit (or juice) of your choice

Honey or sugar to taste, if desired

Directions:

Tie on your apron. Blend (or mash) fresh fruit. Pour into small containers and insert popsicle stick. If you’re using fruit juice, allow juice to freeze to the slushy point before inserting popsicle stick. Freeze completely. Run hot water over container for a few seconds and insert a tiny knife between popsicle and container to loosen. The popsicle should pop right out.

TIPS:

• Really sweet and juicy fruit is the key ingredient here. If a less sweet fruit is all you can find at the farm or market, sweeten with your preference of honey or sugar to taste.
• Use a variety of containers for a mixture of shapes and sizes. We like using tiny glasses, old single serve ice-cream containers, ice-cube trays and Dixie cups.
• Layer colors such as red, white, and blue, for a patriotic pop. Begin with the bottom layer, and freeze. Continue adding layers as each layer freezes. We used strawberries for the red, coconut nectar for the white, and blueberry for the blue.
• Ribbons not only look cute, but help to catch little drips.