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.

If you like the blog please share with you friends and family. See you in next blog, till then stay happy, healthy and keep reading.. 😉And don't forget to like Second Thought's Facebook Page and follow me on Instagram. 🌻Also Read: Healthy Colours

Thank You!!

Comments

Blog1: My First Blog

Hello Readers !!🌻 My name is Chitra Vishal Gupta and I’m really excited to have the opportunity to write blogs for you. Being a dietitian is a wonderful career. I love it. But I don't think it's quite what I expected it to be... Some things were harder than I expected and some things exceeded my expectations. As you all know blogging is the best way to express yourself. So, here I am to talk about food, health, and nutrition. Hope you people love reading my blogs. Let's get started. Fooducate yourself and t rack what you eat & your activities to see your progress and achieve your goals. Have a great time. Stay healthy.💪 Thank You.!! 🌻

Know more »

Blog91: Desi Protein Powder "Sattu"

It's ironic but there are some foods off our radar because they are easily available and inexpensive. For some reason, health is now an expensive proposition. Or perhaps we expect that we need to pay a lot to be healthy. A case in point is expensive protein powders that we order online when the solution really lies in our backyards. Sattu, a flour made up of roasted Bengal gram (and sometimes a bit of barley), is available around the corner. It's considered "poor man's food" as it is popular among those who do manual labour. One of the biggest benefits of this wonderful food is that it makes you immensely robust. Eating sattu in breakfast gives you a boost of protein before you begin the day. Nutritional Background 60 grams (4 tbsp) of this roasted flour will give you 19.7 grams of high-quality protein along with – Calcium and magnesium (a fantastic combination as magnesium helps calcium get better absorbed into the body). This makes it excellen

Know more »

Blog38:
"सन्डे स्पेशल हिन्दी ब्लॉग"

सर्दियों में शरीर को दे कुछ एक्स्ट्रा

सर्दियों में हम ठंड से बचने के लिए गर्म कपड़ों का सहारा लेते है, ये सिर्फ हमें बाहर से गर्म रखते है। जबकि सर्दियों में खुद को भीतर से भी गर्म रखना जरूरी है। ठंड में शरीर को ज्यादा ऊर्जा की जरूरत होती है, तो डाइट में हमें उन चीज़ों को शामिल करना चाहिए जो ना ही हमारे शरीर को गर्म रखने के साथ साथ हमारी रोग प्रतिरोधक क्षमता को बढ़ाने में मदद करें। 1. मौसम के अनुरूप आहार ले। ठंड में प्रोटीन और फाइबर युक्त चीजें ज्यादा खाएं। फल और सब्जियों से भी समझौता ना करे। 2. मेवे तो हम हर मौसम में खा सकते है, पर ठंड में ये और ज्यादा प्रभावी हो जाते है। बादाम, अखरोट, काजू, मुनक्का जैसे सूखे मेवे सर्दियों में शरीर को अंदर से गर्म रखने का काम करते है। ये बहुत ही पौष्टिक होते है और शरीर को ऊर्जा प्रदान करते है। सर्दियों में सूखे मेवे सुबह लेने से शरीर का तापमान संतुलित रहता है। आप मेवे का हलवा बना के भी खा सकते है। 3. ठंड के मौसम में शरीर के लिए प्रोटीन बहुत जरूरी है। इससे शरीर को गर्मी मिलती है, अगर आप शाकाहारी है तो आप अपनी डाइट में मटर, दाल, राजमा, ओट्स, बीन्स, तरह - तरह के बीज, रागी, पनीर

Know more »

Second Thought

Search This Blog