Blog80: Beat the Heat: Watermelon Popsicle 🍉

Fruits are the part of healthy diet and they provide us abundant of nutrients. They provide us vitamin, minerals and most fruits are naturally low in fat, sodium, and calories. None have cholesterol. Fruits are sources of many essential nutrients that are under-consumed, including potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin C, and folate (folic acid).

If your child is fussy eater, don’t wanna eat fruits. I bring you the easiest and creative way to introduce fruits in the form of popsicle. The summer market is flooded with fruits and it’s time to bring home these natural, nutritional wonders. Popsicle are the frozen form of fruit juices. Its super easy to make and will be loved by children.

Watermelon Popsicle

Ingredients

1 cup of chopped watermelon

15 strawberries

1 slice of kiwi

5 chopped grapes

1-2 tbsp of powdered sugar

Method

In the mixer take all the ingredients except kiwi and grapes. Blend to smooth puree without adding water. Put the puree through a strainer to remove any pulp or seeds.
Place kiwi slices in each popsicle mold and pour the prepared juice but leave 1 inch of space on the top in the mold and freeze them for 1 hour then add chopped grapes on top and put the pops back into the freezer to finish freezing.
To easily remove the popsicles from the mold, dip in the glass of water for 5 second and serve it.

Nutritional Fact

Watermelon is a storehouse of vitamin A, C, K and minerals like potassium, iron and copper.
Strawberry and kiwi also loaded with dense nutrients, providing you with your daily dose of essential vitamin and minerals.
This watermelon popsicle recipe is very customizable too. You could add frozen berries, or layers of other frozen pureed fruits to add even more flavor to the pops. Its easy to make, healthy, nutritious and delicious as well. So, what are you waiting for..go to the market, grab some fresh fruits and make your summer treat.

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