Creamy Cherry Popsicles

It's summertime...summer means lots of fresh, homemade popsicles in our house!  Now, I'm not opposed to eating store bought popsicles from time to time, but when I know what exactly is in the popsicles that our kids are eating, they are more likely to get the homemade ones as treats.  Especially when they sometimes are like a smoothie on a stick!

We had some overripe cherries on our hands, and I needed to use them up stat.  I also needed to make a new batch of popsicles, so naturally I decided to make cherry popsicles.  Took a look in the fridge to see what else there was, and I had some Greek yogurt that needed using as well.  Time to marry those two to give some Creamy Cherry Popsicles a try!  Here is what I did:

3/4 cup cherries (pitted, pureed and strained)
2 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3/4 cup yogurt (for this batch I used all Greek yogurt)
1/4 cup milk

Pit, puree and strain the cherries.  In your food processor or bullet, combine the cherry puree, honey, lmeon juice, yogurt and milk.  Pour into popsicle moulds and freeze.

VERDICT:
These are a nice creamy treat.  Though I am not a honey fan, I thought I would give in the recipe it a try for my family.  Turns out the oldest isn't a honey fan either.  The honey flavour was a little overwhleming at first, but either the honey had settled into the top of the popsicle and we got it all at once, or we got used to the honey after a few minutes because it wasn't as noticeable.  I will go with a cherry popsicle again, but I think I will ease back or eliminate the honey and maybe add in some vanilla yogurt for a little something different!  Creamy popsicles are a hit though!

Guest Post - The Grant Life

Hi Addicted to Recipes readers!  My name is Kelley and I blog over at the Grant life.  I'm super excited to be here today!  I am going to share an easy, delicious and healthy recipe!  I know, healthy and delicious don't always go together.  In this case..they go perfectly!

Im going to give you a little background on me before I share our simple recipe. [It's ridiculously simple and quick.. I gotta add some filler content.. hah!]  I'm a mom to two beautiful babies who are exactly 14 months apart.  [That's them at the beach last week!]  Since I was pregnant so soon after our daughter was born, I didn't have much time to get my pre-baby body back.  Now, 27 months after our first baby I'm attempting to shed those extra pounds.  I work out 4 or more times a week and I am slowly changing the way I eat.   Which is the harder part for me.  

Apparently Greek yogurt is good for you.. really good.  It's full of protein and has no trans/saturated fats.  Unfortunately it tastes like yogurt but feels like sour cream.  [Eww.. I know.]  The good news is you can add just about anything to it to give it a better flavor and texture.  My favorite thing to add is honey and granola.  My bloggy friend Jill has this simple recipe for frozen yogurt bites and they look so good!  I used my [healthy] Greek yogurt and my add ins and created my own version.  

Mix all your ingredients [granola and honey in my case].  Spoon them into a muffin tin (or onto freezer paper like Jill did) and place them in the freezer.  

The honey gives the Greek yogurt a much nicer texture and the granola.. well it just tastes good.  [Side note.. I love muffin pans!  They are so versatile.]  

It took about 2 hours for my Greek yogurt bites to harden.. I know this because I kept poking at them.  I wanted one.  And as you can see by the missing bite, I got one!  I wanted to make sure they were really good before I took pictures of them.  

I used a fork to pry them out of the muffin pan.  They popped out pretty easily.. I was kinda worried.  

Hello delicious healthy treats!  So nice to eat you!  I had two [or three] of these little guys and saved the rest for later.  They stayed fresh in a ziplock bag in the freezer.  

Thank you for letting me share my super easy snack recipe today!  If you get a chance stop by my blog and say hello!  I love making new friends!