How to make Smoothie Popsicles

Hey guys, I'm Joy. I'm going to show you how to make two delicious and super healthy popsicles. You're going to be licking them all summer long and they're very easy to make because all you need is a blender. A blender and some healthy yummy ingredients to make these popsicles. So when I was a kid my mom would make popsicles all the time but she used to take like apple juice or orange juice and pour it into a popsicle mold like the one you see here. And I remember sucking on them as a kid and I don't know about you guys but I always used to just like suck all the juice out and then it was just the ice and then you'd toss the ice away. But in this case we're going to blend up our ingredients so we're going to have whole food ingredients so it's not like it's just like ice and juice. Plus the other benefit of this is that you're getting so much fiber you're getting tons of vitamins and minerals and not like all that sugar because that's the problem with store-bought popsicles they're just packed full of sugar you might as well be drinking a can of pop which I don't recommend by the way. So you get to put all the goodness in I mean look at this we have kale, we have bananas, we have berries, we have coconut milk, we have avocado. Yes you can put an avocado in a smoothie and we have pineapple. So my first smoothie I'm going to show you how to make is my green smoothie popsicle. Now that might sound weird a green smoothie popsicle just trust me on this one whether you are a grown-up like me or you're a kid and you're watching this I promise you you will like these. So a green smoothie needs something green so I put in some baby kale now I'm going to put in some pineapple so I've got about one cup of pineapple but don't worry you can go to my blog and get the full recipe there and I'm going to put in one banana so a nice ripe banana if you have frozen bananas that's fine too. So put in one banana here and then makes it nice and creamy and satiating by adding some coconut milk so I am using one can of full fat coconut milk that means you have this delicious cream on top that's what you want. So we're just going to dump that whole thing in so this is instead of using like cow's milk you know a lot of people have dairy sensitivities and especially if you're a mom and you're making this for your kids so many kids are sensitive to cow dairy so this is just a great option that is also incredibly nutritious and it just tastes amazing. So put it in your blender or your food processor so easy blend it up you have your green smoothie popsicle okay so before I pour this into my popsicle molds I'm going to give it a little taste test because this is a nice thing it's like if you're making a smoothie if you don't love the taste you just add some more of whatever you want so let's just give it a taste because I do have some maple syrup and I am making these for my family I'm making them for my daughter so I want to make sure she really likes the taste oh that's really good that doesn't need any maple syrup at all delicious it's like bright and fresh and tastes like a green smoothie but doesn't taste like a green smoothie if you know what I mean like doesn't taste like too green so I have my popsicle molds here and let me tell you these wooden sticks were hard to find I had to go that I actually went to the dollar store I called around so many places and finally found wooden sticks but with the sticks you don't put the sticks in right away because it's going to be liquid and the stick is just going to fall to the side and then you don't really have a popsicle so you have to hang around for a bit usually popsicles take I don't know around like four hours so maybe at the two hour mark stick the stick in exactly where you want it to go now so we're going to take the sticks out and we're going to pour in our green smoothie popsicle leave about three quarters of an inch from the top because when it freezes it expands so you don't want the popsicle to kind of like spill go beyond the actual mold just like that so this gives us look at that how accurate look at my measuring I'm impressed with myself right now now I can't tell you how many popsicles it's going to make for you because honestly it really depends on the size of your popsicle mold there's a little bit left so I'm gonna have that as a snack but you're just gonna pop this in the freezer and then a couple hours later you could do it overnight you're gonna have these delicious green smoothie popsicles okay so let's move on to the next popsicle I'm going to show you how to make is my berry avocado popsicle so as you can see here I'm going to use a mixture of blackberries and raspberries but honestly you could use any berries that you want really rich in vitamin c lots of fiber and tons of phytonutrients so really good helping prevent disease keep your immune system strong great for your skin if you only have strawberries no problem use strawberries now we're going to use an avocado because an avocado makes it creamy and delicious and we get all that good fat look at that beautiful color so when choosing an avocado you want it to be the same texture would be if you were eating it on like a salad so I'm just going to scoop that right in here now because I am using an avocado I am I probably will add a little bit of maple syrup but we're going to just try it and see because you know what the coconut milk that I'm going to add I'm going to add full fat canned coconut milk look at that coconut milk see perfect texture I've got that nice fat so good for you such goes so great for your skin your brain health your energy metabolism so we're just going to dump that in there but as I was saying I may not need to add maple syrup because the coconut milk has like such a nice natural sweetness and there's obviously no sugar added so let's first blend it up then we'll give it a taste test so again food processor blender whatever you have on hand okay let's taste it you know with the coconut milk it almost makes this like an ice cream popsicle I don't know about you guys but when I was a kid well forget when I was a kid I love ice cream popsicles but this is the healthy version that's really nice so it's got a nice like tartness I think I'm gonna add just a little bit of maple syrup what do you think Walker the man behind the camera should we add a little bit of maple syrup let's add half a tablespoon so in Canada here I am Canadian you might know that we love our maple syrup this maple syrup here is from a farm close by and it is the really rich dark so so mapley oh I could just drink this so we're gonna add half a tablespoon and then we'll give it a little taste test I think that would be perfect actually okay let's taste this again don't worry I'm sharing this with my family so they're they're sharing my germs with me I remember one video someone's like she keeps double dipping oh yeah that's perfect so nice and fresh so we're just gonna pour it into our popsicle molds and remember as I mentioned with the green smoothie popsicle you want it do you want to leave some space at the top because when it freezes it expands smooth and creamy see how this is like a smoothie so if you're using a smaller popsicle mold and you have extra just like drink it as a smoothie so much better for you than like a lot of the store-bought popsicles we have a little bit left I'm definitely gonna drink that so I'm gonna stick this in the freezer for a few hours halfway through I'm gonna stick in my popsicle molds and then I'll show you what they look like the other popsicle you must try are my chocolate chip fudgesicles so made with raw cacao they are on the blog on joyoushealth.com so after you've tried these popsicles be sure to try my chocolate chip popsicles as well so there you have it guys I hope you like my easy recipes I know I post a lot of like super simple stuff but it's because being a mom and a busy person we're all busy right it's nice just to have recipes that are healthy and delicious so I like to keep it simple for you guys I want you to remember that healthy and delicious doesn't have to be complicated and they should always go together if you guys like my recipe recipes I should say you like my popsicles and I know you will give me a thumbs up comment below ask me your questions tell me what kind of day you're having I love hearing from you guys and I hope you have a joyous day by 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