Foodie Friday - Fruity Popsicles by Minimalist Baker

Foodie Friday is here and just writing about this blog post has got me salivating - not drooling- just salivating!

So if you are in good ole' Brisvegas at the moment then you and your kids have probably been melting over the last week or so in our not-so-comfortable summer period. Well do I have the solution to all of your hot problems or what! Introducing the 'Minimalist Baker'. The creative husband and wife duo at the Minimalist Baker Blog have come up with an 'oh so' fruity popsicles that will have you and your kids melting away those summers blues. If you haven't had the luck of stumbling across this blog then you have not truly lived, well that is probably an over exaggeration, but you must visit them because the blog is brilliant!

Here is the recipe straight from their website:

4 INGREDIENT POPSICLES

All fruit popsicles with blueberries, oranges and peaches. No popsicle molds required – so simple and so deliciously vegan!

Author: Minimalist Baker

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: Vegan

Serves: 8

INGREDIENTS

1 ripe peach, skin removed, diced

1/3 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

3/4 cup mandarin orange segments

1 cup fruit juice of choice (I went with OJ, but pomegranate, grape or cranberry would also work lovely.)

INSTRUCTIONS

Divide orange segments, blueberries and peaches equally between 7 or 8 dixie cups or 6 standard-sized popsicle molds.

Nestle your popsicle sticks down into the bottom center of the molds and top with juice of your choice – I went with OJ, but cranberry or pomegranate would also be great here.

Place close together in a loaf pan or other small pan and freeze until set – at least 4 hours.

Remove dixie cup molds and consume immediately. Store leftovers in the freezer in a freezer-safe bag.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Serving size: 1 popsicle Calories: 51 Fat: 0 g Carbohydrates: 12 g Sugar: 10 g Fiber: 1.7 g
Protein: 1 g

I am absolutely loving their blog, their sense of humour has you bursting out laughing uncontrollably, their photography is beautiful and the recipes on the blog all look delicious. I definitely urge you to check them out....do it! Do it now!

All images have been sourced from the Minimalist Baker.

nom nom nom - christmas treat recipes

Thank you for visiting our last official post for the year! 

I thought to celebrate the last post we would hop inside the 'engine room' (as my boyfriend loves to call it) and cook up a storm with your little ones for the festive season.

We take a look at my favourite recipes for Christmas including White Christmas (which I am making today!), Candy Cane Cupcakes, Ginger Bread House and Marshmellow Snowmen.

Firstly, I am so excited to make White Christmas for my family. It's such a delicious recipe and it's great in bite size pieces (so we save lot's of room for other yummy treats). Hopefully they will be a hit with my boyfriends nieces and nephews as well.

White Christmas Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Mixed Dried Fruit (I use sultana's and apricots)

100g (slightly round 1/2 cup) chopped morello cherries - this is my own addition

1 cup full cream powdered milk

1 cup icing sugar

1 cup desiccated coconut

1 1/4 cups rice bubbles

250g Copha

200g white chocolate, roughly chopped

Line two 12-hole (1 1/2 tablespoon-capacity) mini muffin pans with paper cases. Combine dried fruit, cherries, powdered milk, sugar, coconut and cereal in a heatproof bowl. 

Place copha in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until melted. Remove from heat. Add chocolate. Stir to combine. Add to dried fruit mixture. Mix to combine. 

Working quickly, spoon mixture into paper cases. Top with cachous. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until set. Serve.

Candy Cane Cupcakes Recipe

When I stumbled across these cupcakes I knew I definitely had to give them a try. Check out 'Handmade Charlotte' blog to gain the full ingredients and process for making these little cuties.

http://www.handmadecharlotte.com/recipe-candy-cane-cupcakes/

 Ginger Bread House Recipe

In the build up to Christmas I have noticed many of my friends on Facebook posting photo's of their absolutely delightful Ginger Bread Houses. Whilst I have never attempted one it will definitely be on my list of things to do for next Christmas. They just look so impressive!

Visit this website for a Ginger Bread House recipe:

http://tikkido.com/node/905

Marshmellow Snowmen Recipe

Now this is a great recipe for you and the kids. Get your aprons on the family, whip out some marshmellows and start creating super cute works of edible art!

Recipe source:

http://www.flexibledreams.com/2010/12/snowman-treats.html

Merry Christmas everyone and thank you all for the wonderful support this year, it is so appreciated.

Leila xx