I've been juicing a lot lately which means I've been buying a lot of fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately I went a bit overboard the first week and ended up with three containers of strawberries that were in danger of going bad so the kids and I made popsicles. Now you can too.
1 large container strawberries—washed and hulled
1/2 cup of simple syrup*
1 cup of water
Mix the ingredients together in a blender. Pour into popsicle molds. Freeze and enjoy.
After pouring the kids popsicles I had strawberry mix leftoever and no more popsicle molds. Hmmmm....what's a mom to do? *taps finger lightly on chin, looks up at ceiling*
Well if you're me, you add 1/2 cup of vodka, mix it up in the blender so it's evenly distributed, pour the mixture into a juice glass, cover the glass in plastic wrap, poke a popsicle stick through the plastic wrap and freeze it.
Voila! A treat for you!
The great thing about these popsicles is that you can use almost any kind of fruit. Next up on our list is orange popsicles. And to tell my husband to not buy as much fruit next week.
Helpful Hint: Always use different, easily identifiable molds when making vodka popsicles. For obvious reasons.
*Recipe For Simple Syrup: Combine equal amounts sugar and water in a pot, bring to a boil until sugar dissolves.
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