I know, it's weird. But there are about 10 other things I'd rather have for dessert first (anything apple!). I do like custard over ice-cream....
Interestingly, the only time I really crave ice-cream is in the dead of winter. It happens so infrequently that we never buy a tub of ice-cream; we just go past Steers or KFC and get soft-serve cones.
So in summer I make yoghurt pops for the kids.
It uses yoghurt just as you buy it in the tub - I like flavours like berry, strawberry or apricot. I'm going to make some caramel ones soon too.
I used to put these into the ice lolly moulds but then I saw something on (I think) a cup of Jo that triggered my thinking.
The lady put ice-cream sticks into water ice blocks for her baby to suck on. Good idea and it gets them used to enjoying water (!) as a cold treat in summer. I feel slightly cross that I didn't think of this myself.
ANYWAY. I made some yoghurt pops in ice trays with the ice-cream sticks. These are the ones I mentioned here.
I love the snack size and we've been having them after supper as our dessert. I will make the standard ice-lolly ones too for when the kids are playing outside properly, but these work really well to cool them down quickly and as a little treat. Pics here of the standard yoghurt pops.
I bought about a million ice-cream sticks - okay probably 50-100? - at Westpack for R12,95... and I'm washing them to reuse! Let's call it "green" instead of "cheap".
Method
- Put a dollop of yoghurt in each ice cube section, insert an ice-cream stick and pop into the freezer.
- Warning for the perfectionists - the sticks won't be at perfect 90 degree angles and that's okay. Right? Seriously, the kids won't care and neither should you :)
Enjoy!
Tell me about a good idea you're using at your house these days.
I do the fruit lolly. I puree fruit like you would baby food...like apple, pear, strawberries, bananas, add a bit of juice if you want sweeter. I like these because they do not drip when they melt.
ReplyDeletenow that sounds good... for me!
DeleteDefinitely healthier than ice cream. I got a lolly mold would usually use fruit juices to make ice lollies. Works perfect for the ice-chewing me . i wonder if it would be nice if I use plain yoghurt!
ReplyDeleteyou won't know until you try :)
DeleteHmm looks great. We make crayons in silicon molds in the oven from little bits of crayons. The kids enjoy it so much and we recycle
ReplyDeleteI've done that once! I must take a few pics and put them up on the blog.
DeleteI am addicted to ice cream, I can literally eat it everyday if I could - it is my one huge downfall in keeping my weight under control. We use use our ZOKU lolly maker a LOT in summer.
ReplyDeleteLOL my mother also likes icecream :)
DeleteOne of my friend suggested buying one of those six pack and just putting a spoon through the lid of each one and freezing..... works well but this will be better. They are smaller and wont mess as much.
ReplyDeleteI will try that this summer.
Pamela
I do that when we go on holiday... with the 75 ml kid yoghurts :)
Deleteoh gosh, had I read this before Sunday, I would not have had ice creams haha!! This is a cool idea, I shall try it!
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