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popsicles: a full of fruit recipe

 

Our homemade popsicle recipe brought sweet smiles...

long after the last rainbow stripe bite.

Silly and cool fruit licks.

Bright and lovely homemade popsicle drips...on hands, cheeks, and sweet, cool lips...so good, he even licks the drips off the stick.

Our fruit popsicles make a sweet healthy treat for kids. Perfect for some sitting on the porch, or front stoop, together time. And for cooling off. It's a full of fruit recipe that our kids love. 

 

healthy homemade popsicles

Partially thaw frozen mango. Mash with a potato masher (or large fork). Fill mini paper cups or popsicle molds 1/2 to 3/4 full with mashed mango. Add a layer of blueberries. Pour lemonade (or juice) over blueberries until the spaces between the berries are filled (ours only took a couple of teaspoons of lemonade per ice pop). Push a popsicle stick (or washed twig*, like we did) through the fruit layers. Freeze. 

These easy homemade popsicles are fun for kids to help make too. They are healthy snacks for toddlers and kids, and a fun—and cool—way to eat fruit.

*Why the twigs? The children were excited about the homemade popsicles already in colorful layers in our cups. Now we just needed to push in the popsicle sticks...the popsicles sticks? Oops. Our daughter had used the rest on a craft project, and we didn't have any left. We improvised and had even more fun scavenging in the sunshine for twigs to push into our popsicles instead.

On a popsicle kick to stay cool like we are here? Try our easy strawberries and cream popsicles too. ©heather cahoon • wordplayhouse®

 

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s'more family together time

Few things bring a family together more, than chocolate and marshmallows moosh-ed into a sweet sandwich. Sitting around talking, wow-ing together as a family over some amazing facts and photos in the book The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe (Amazon Affiliate link). Gathered around our majestic outdoor fireplace on the deck. Tending to some golden marshmallows, roasting on the neat points of tender branches that our oldest has just whittled the ends of to. There are some laughs, some quietness, some running around, some sitting...enjoying each other, enjoying our s'mores. 

To me a s'more is synonymous with summertime. With camping. With childhood. Of course I know what a s'more is—just as sure as I know what a hand, or an apple is. So, I was so surprised once when I found that my friend, from another country, didn't know what one was. I discovered this favorite treat of campers is mainly enjoyed in North America. So, if you have never heard of or have never tried s'mores (or if you want to know how to make a perfectly melty one), here is how to make a s'more:

 

s'mores

graham crackers* (find our fun shaped graham cracker recipe here)!

marshmallows

chocolate

campfire

 

Find sticks about the length of your arm. Put a piece of chocolate on a graham cracker. Roast your marshmallow over the campfire until it is golden brown. While it is still hot, and still on your stick, place the marshmallow onto your waiting graham with the chocolate. Place another graham cracker on top. Now, gently press the top graham down onto your sandwiched chocolate and marshmallow while you slide your stick out. The hot marshmallow will make your chocolate nice and soft, and all the flavors of your sweet sandwich will meld together...in your mouth, on your face, in your hair and on your hands! These are wonderfully messy!

*We used our favorite round, whole grain graham cookies, but graham crackers in America are typically rectangle shaped. They are easily broken into two equal square crackers and two of these halves are used for one s'more sandwich. ©heather cahoon • wordplayhouse®

 

 

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