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Some simple cold treats for hot weather.



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yogurt pops:

Ingredients:

  • 1 8-oz. container of your favorite flavor of yogurt

Directions:

  1. Pour yogurt into small paper cups. Fill them almost to the top.
  2. Stretch a small piece of plastic wrap across the top of each cup.
  3. Using a popsicle stick, poke a hole in the plastic wrap. Stand the stick straight up in the center of the cup.
  4. Put the cups in the freezer until the yogurt is frozen solid.
  5. Remove the plastic wrap, peel away the paper cup, and eat your pop!

peach freeze

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 c. milk (skim, 1%, 2%, soy, coconut... pick your poison!)
  • 1 c. sliced peaches (they can be either fresh or canned; if using canned peaches, use peaches packed in their own juice instead of syrup)
  • 1 tsp. sugar or sweetner ( I recommend herbal sweetner stevia )

Directions:

  1. Pour the milk into an ice cube tray and freeze until solid.
  2. Pop the "milk cubes" out of the tray and put them into the blender. Then put the peaches and sugar into the blender.
  3. Put the lid on the blender and blend on high speed until everything is all mixed together and very smooth.
  4. Pour your peach freeze into serving dishes and serve right away.

Pineapple pops:

Ingredients:

  • 2 c. plain yogurt
  • 1/2 c. canned crushed pineapple (packed in its own juice instead of packed in syrup)
  • 1 can frozen pineapple or orange-pineapple juice concentrate, thawed

Directions:

  1. Drain the can of crushed pineapple so all the juice runs out.
  2. Put all the ingredients in a medium-sized bowl and mix them together.
  3. Spoon the mixture into small paper cups. Fill them almost to the top.
  4. Stretch a small piece of plastic wrap across the top of each cup.
  5. Using a popsicle stick, poke a hole in the plastic wrap. Stand the stick straight up in the center of the cup.
  6. Put the cups in the freezer until the mixture is frozen solid.
  7. Remove the plastic wrap and peel away the paper cup. You'll have pineapple pops to eat and share!

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Hey Leila, GREAT ideas. I am most likely going to try the first one - yogurt pops.

One of my favorite summer treats is to stick grapes in the freezer - till frozen.

Its an oldie, but goodie!

And my kids love it!

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What is 'cool whip' exactly, is it healthy? I live down under and we don't have this. But I have access to it..........would you recommend it, does it have artificial sweetner?

Sorry all the questions, thanx!!!!:phanvan

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I wouldn't classify cool whip as healthy -at all- I eat it only rarely because of that reason, it's a totally processed food. It's a whipped edible oil product, they make a regular version, a light version which has less fat, and a sugar free version which is sweetened with artificial sweetner. I love the stuff though, and use it occasionally as a whipped topping, eat it frozen on it's own in place of icecream, or in recipies, but on occasionally.

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