The strawberry season marks the beginning of summer for me. Usually we start seeing them mid-June with the peak around St-Jean-Baptiste and Canada Day weekends. This year, the season got off to an early start and we’re actually near the end. Although, my backyard strawberries seem to be entering their second crop!
Usually I just eat my strawberries fresh, but last week on one of the hotter days I remembered that I had recently picked up some popsicle moulds at Ikea. So of course I made strawberry popsicles. To mix it up a bit I also added fresh mint from my garden. (This week I used basil!)
Creamy Strawberry-Mint Popsicles
- 1 cup plain yogourt (I used Greek)
- 1 cup chopped strawberries
- Sweetener to taste (honey is nice)
- 1 Tbs of finely chopped mint
Using a hand blender, combine all the ingredients. Spoon the mixture into the popsicle makers and freeze! That’s it!
These make a great high protein, low-calorie snack for hot afternoons. Perfect for keeping your hunger at bay until dinner.
For more recipe ideas with strawberries, as well as a link to U-pick farms and other information, check out my “Weekly Ingredient” strawberry post from last year
Here are two more strawberry recipes that look delicious too!
- Strawberry Pecan Salad from Canadian Living
- Grilled Chicken with Strawberry Salsa from A Gluten-Free Guide
Do you make your own popsicles? What combinations do you use?
How much were those popsicle thingies from IKEA? Like you our local strawberries are coming to an end but the black berries that have taken over one of the neglected flower beds are already looking good. I’m going to experiment with making fruit flavoured waters with them.
The strawberry salad is easy to ad lib. I just stuffed my face with baby spinach, strawberries and walnuts, tossed with a raspberry vinegrette because that’s what I had in the fridge – delish and easy.
They weren’t expensive Lisa. Maybe a dollar or two.
YUM!
We don’t make popsicles.
We make ICE CREAM!
Today is blueberry.
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Yummy! Do you use an ice cream maker?
Yup!
Sooo glad to have an option now. Nestle or carageenan were the two previous options, neither exactly desirable.
The Wife found an ice cream maker at VV. It’s all plastic, but it was a steal.
And then she looked up ice cream recipes online. Voila.
t!