Strawberry Spinach pops

During Summer many people are fond of making healthy, home-made snacks to cool off with. I have recently been introducing my partner to what I like to call “Poor Snax” (we grew up in different social classes). Our son has just mastered drinking out of a bottle by himself and hasn’t figured out sippy cups yet, so the few that we have are just sitting around doing nothing. I decided to utilize them by freezing fruit juices mixed with water for frozen fruit juice snax. Today’s RotD is along the same lines.

Sliced strawberries

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 8 hours 15 minutes

Servings: 5 servings

Ingredients

• 1  container (6 oz) Yoplait® Original 99% Fat Free French vanilla yogurt
• 1  cup sliced strawberries
• 1  container (6 oz) Yoplait® Original 99% Fat Free Key lime pie or French vanilla yogurt
• 1  cup packed fresh spinach leaves
• 1/4  cup apple juice

Spinach leaves

Directions

1. In blender, place 1 container French vanilla yogurt and strawberries. Cover; blend until smooth. Spoon 2 tablespoons mixture into each of 5 (5-oz) paper cups. Cover cups with foil; insert craft stick into center of each pop. (Or fill ice pop molds according to manufacturer’s directions.) Put remaining mixture in bowl; cover and refrigerate. Freeze pops about 2 hours or until frozen.
2. In blender, place Key lime pie yogurt, spinach and apple juice. Cover; blend until smooth. When first layer is frozen, remove foil from pops. Pour about 1 1/2 tablespoons spinach mixture in each cup over frozen layer. Put remaining mixture in bowl; cover and refrigerate. Return foil to pops to support sticks. Freeze about 2 hours or until frozen.
3. Repeat with remaining strawberry and spinach layers, freezing at least 2 hours between layers.