Strawberry Creme Popsicles Recipe

I made some delicious strawberry cream popsicles a while back.  They were totally bomb.com but my photography wasn't.  I had made the popsicles at night so my lighting wasn't great.  I gave into my irrational expectations that my photos need to look "professional" (despite not having professional training) and decided not to share my recipe.  I didn't even bother to take a picture of the end product with my camera.  (Thankfully I took an Instagram!)  Lucky for you, yesterday I saw these homemade popsicles (yum!) by Chasing Sunshine on Hellocotton.com and it inspired me to share my own tasty recipe on the blog!

Ingredients:

4 cups strawberries, with tops removed

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

French Vanilla Cream on Top Yogurt

You will also need: 

Popsicle Sticks

Dixie Cups

Paper

Blender or Food Processor 

Let's get started!  First you will need to purée your strawberries.  Set aside.

Prepare a simple syrup by combining 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar in a small sauce pan.  Bring to a boil over medium heat.  Boil for 5 minutes and stir constantly.  Remove from heat after 5 minutes and cover tightly.  Let cool for 15 minutes.  

Mix strawberry puree and simple syrup together.  

Take half of your strawberry syrup and mix it with the yogurt.  Mix a little yogurt at a time into your strawberry syrup so you get your desired sweetness.  

Spoon a layer of yogurt mixture into the bottom of a small Dixie Cup.  

Add a layer of strawberry syrup.   

 Add a final layer of yogurt mixture on top.  

I couldn't find a popsicle mold...  So I made a little something out of nothing.  Cut a circle out of paper just bigger than the Dixie cup.  Slice a tiny opening in the middle of the paper to slip a popsicle stick into.  

And there you have it.  Freeze your popsicles for at least a few hours until they are frozen solid.  Peel the dixie cup away and enjoy!  :)  I'm no nutritionist-- but I'd say they are pretty healthy too.  I think I made at least 16 popsicles so there is at most 25 calories of table sugar in each popsicle + 2 or 3 tablespoons of yogurt and fresh strawberry.  Not too shabs!  

If you're celebrating Easter or Passover-- my warmest wishes to you for a happy holiday.  My family is coming to visit for a week and I'm so excited to see them.  Especially baby Ivy :)  Do you have any special plans for the weekend?  xo, Ashley

Recipe: Blood Orange Sorbet

My friend Jackie requested I post my Blood Orange Sorbet recipe on the blog.  It's super easy, can be prepared up to 1 week prior to serving, and makes your whole house smell like sweet, warm oranges!  Oh yeah, and it's the most delicious dessert ever.  

You will need:

Enough blood oranges to produce 1 cup of juice

Zest from said quantity

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

Ice cube tray

Food Processor or Blender

You could easily half this recipe-- but then you will only have half the deliciousness!  

Ok, first things first.  Zest and juice your oranges one at a time, until you have 1 cup of juice.  

In a sauce pan, add your zest to 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar.  Stir well.  Bring to a boil over medium heat.  Allow mixture to boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat, cover, and let sit for 15 minutes.  

Then strain your mixture.  Add 1 cup of blood orange juice and continue to let it cool.

When your liquid is room temperature, move it to the refrigerator.  After some time, pour your cold liquid into an ice cube tray and freeze.  

I usually let my cubes freeze overnight, but if you made this in the morning they might be ready in the evening.  After your cubes are frozen solid, you can pop them out and store them in a Ziplock until ready to use.

When you're ready to make your sorbet, place a single layer of cubes in your food processor.  Pulse until just right before you have the perfect consistency-- if that makes any sense!  If you blend your sorbet to how you would like it, it will continue to melt and be soupy in the bowl.  If you slightly under-blend it, you will have a soft, lovely, and semi-shapely sorbet!

Serve immediately.  Enjoy!

Sometimes I want to write food post after food post on Mister G and Me.  I guess I'm just a hungry girl.  I've been trying to limit recipe posts to once a week.  What do you think?

Have a great weekend loves!!! xo, Ashley

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P.S. Here are some more delicious blood orange recipes for you!