Well, it’s blueberry time; I live right around the corner from a blueberry farm and I must go there at least once a week. I usually get a flat of berries and wash and freeze them.
Then I might do 4 to 5 flats of the blues because they are so much better than the ones you can buy in the store. They are much, much larger and definitely much cleaner and sweeter then the ones you can buy at the store; you also save a lot of money that way too. It is a win-win situation and you can never have too many blueberries.
We love to eat them in the wintertime semi-frozen and they are just so good with your cereal in the morning.
I can’t count the ways these beauties are used; well let me try?!
There’s blueberry jam, blueberry ice cream topper, blueberry ice cream, blueberry n’ kiwi popsicles, blueberry gelato, blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins, blueberries in your kale salad, oh, yes and blueberry pie. And wait, there is one more that just popped into my head, blueberry leather made in a dehydrator. Yes, there are so many ways with those blues.
One thing I haven’t even mentioned and that blueberries are so full of antioxidants and nutrition. They rank at the top of the chart for antioxidants.
Now here is a little information about kiwi. Kiwi is not going to be found on any farms in the northeast coast. But now we live in a time when there are many imports. So, we are fortunate enough to be able to get them at most any local grocery store, farmers market or even product outlet stores.
Kiwi has almost a texture of bananas but the difference is it is juicy and loaded with tiny black seed but they are edible and they do have a little bit of cracking sound when you bite into them. All part of the kiwi experience.
With making the kiwi blueberry popsicles, I work everything in my food processor for the exception of the blueberries. You start out with liquifying the kiwi and then you’re going to add in the rest of your ingredients.
After its completely combined you are going to put your liquid ingredients in a measuring cup pitcher, this will make it much easier to pour it into the popsicle forms.
Just fill 1/4 of the form and then you are going to put it in the freezer for an hour and place the remaining filling in the refrigerator. In an hour take them out, place your blueberries up against the frozen filling and then go ahead and fill the forms to the top of each popsicle form, put the top on and then insert the popsicle sticks into the slot and put back into the freezer.
Next time you take them out they will be ready!! Hope you give these a try!! Let me know how it goes!!
Summer Blues n Kiwi Quencher (Popsicles)
These popsicles are so pretty and they taste good too!! The kiwi has a tangy sweet yet mild bite to it. This is a great snack for the kids after they get out of the pool; has fiber, protein, calcium and the colors will just attract kids and adults alike. They can be versatile in respect to the ingredients. You can make them for your adult pool parties too! They can be adapted for keto as well! This is always good since so many of us have changed our diets over to keto since people have gotten such good results with this change in food choices. Please give these treats a try and let me know how you like them!
Ingredients
- 4 Ripe, cleaned and chopped kiwi
- 1/2 cup Fresh cleaned blueberries Make sure you get all the stems off
- 1/3 cup whole fat yogurt This is going to give it the creaminess and the protein and calcium.
- 1 shot of either Baileys Original Irish Cream Vanilla Cinnamon or Kahlua French Vanilla or for sugarless you can use Torani Vanilla Syrup sugar free or Torani Vanilla Flavoring Syrup {with sugar} These are ways you can go either to sweeten it, or add the alcohol, or to go sugarless. Each one will give a little different taste/flavor
- splash cream
- ¼ cup Sugar or stevia
Instructions
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Your going to clean and peel your kiwi and cut up
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Your going put your kiwis in your food processor and give them a whirl.
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To your kiwi your going to add the rest of your ingredients except the blueberries.
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Your going to blend it all; now your going to let your taste buds tell you what it needs. Give it a good taste you may need a little more liquor or a little bit more sugar.
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Now your ready to fill your molds; have everything ready to go; molds, lid, sticks. If you want to prevent spills take all your liquid mixture and put it in a measuring pitcher. This way you'll be able to control your pour.
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Very carefully your going to pour ⅓ liquid into your forms. Now your going to put it in the freezer for 1 hour and the remaining liquid into the refrigerator.
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1 hour later remove from fridge and place your blueberries on top of the frozen part and then your going to finish off with the remanding liquid. After that is complete your going to put your cover on and put your sticks in the slots. Put them back in the freezer, next time you take them out they'll be ready to serve!! Hope you enjoy!!