As it’s still pretty hot in Germany, we had green smoothie popsicles today instead of our daily green smoothie. Now that the worst part of my final exams is over, I will finally stop complaining about the heat and actually enjoy the rest of the summer. :-) I heard on the news that this is the hottest July since the weather record began, so I guess it’s definitely ice cream time! I’ve always loved to make popsicles. It’s easy, cheap, and sooo convenient. As a child, I often used yogurt or juice to make homemade popsicles, but the green smoothie popsicles were even better.
For the top, I used frozen raspberries, red currants, and chia seeds, which I put in a food processor together with some water. The rest of the popsicle is made of a tropical green smoothie with spinach, banana, pineapple, kiwi, orange, and passion fruit. I also added some more chia seeds, flax seeds, and sesame seeds, so the green smoothie popsicles are filled with tons of essential nutrients! I added only two dates and for me the popsicles were sweet enough, but if you want to have it sweeter just add more dried dates or figs. With the recipe below you can make about 12 popsicles and you still got some green smoothie left to drink.
Green Smoothie Popsicles
Ingredients
For the green red smoothie layer:
- 1 cup frozen raspberries and red currants I used them in a equal amount, but of course that's totally up to you
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
For the green smoothie layer:
- 1 banana, peeled
- 1 apple, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 orange, peeled
- 1 kiwi, peeled
- 1/4 pineapple, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2-3 hand full fresh spinach
- 2 dried dates or figs
- 1 passion fruit
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 tablespoon flax seeds
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 3/4 cup water
Instructions
- First make the red smoothie layer: Put the frozen raspberries and red currants together with the water and the chia seeds in a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Fill the mixture into the popsicle molds and put them in the freezer for a couple of minutes while making the green smoothie. Make sure to put them in an upright position.
- For the green smoothie, place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Fill the smoothie into the popsicle molds and put them in the freezer for at least 2-3 hours depending on your freezer.
These are so gorgeous! And I love that they are so healthy! Yum!
Thanks, Jenn! :-) I totally agree with you. It feels so good to eat healthy and sweet things at the same time, although chocolate is of course also great once in a while! ;-)
Wow! I am so loving these vibrant smoothie popsicles! YUM!
Thanks, Anu! :-)
How cute are these?! I love all the fruit – nothing like a summer treat that is healthy and delicious!
Thanks, Sarah! I absolutely agree! :-)
These popsicles are so naturally bright and beautiful thanks to all that fruit, but I LOVE the way you photographed them too!!! The background of fruit is just perfect! You are a popsicle photographing pro I’d say :) And I love the variety of fruits and veggies in here, a perfect healthy snack!
Haha! Thanks so much, Natalie! Yeah, I just didn’t know how to photograph them at first. I started with crushed ice underneath, but it just didn’t look right. Luckily my boyfriend came up with the “fruit idea”, which I just loved. And of course there were all the yummy berries we could eat once we were done. :-)
spectacular photos & delicious recipe … let me know IF you would like me to share at Blogger
Thanks, Angie! :-) Yes, sure! Thanks for sharing!
Oh well oh well this probably my new favorite smoothie , I played a little bit on mine though replaced mango with peaches & almond mild instead of yogurt And more of the bananas and apples it was plain awesome . Thank you for sharing this recipe sure thing will try the rest of your smoothies
Glad you liked it! :-)
What a great idea! My son is pop-crazy all summer. I’ll have to make these for him.
Thanks, Becky. Hope he likes them! :-)
Wow, these are so beautiful! Pinning :-)
Thanks for sharing, Aimee! :-)
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