Frozen Fruit Pops

I saw this beautiful picture of these delicious popsicles the other day. It didn't have any directions on how to make them but it mentioned using Capri-sun juice pouches and sliced fruit. We usually have both of those things on hand in this house - so I decided to give it a whirl.

What you'll need:

Capri-sun (or any light colored juice)

Assorted sliced fruit (we used kiwis, strawberries, and nectarines)

Popsicle mold

Slice up your assorted fruit

Fill up your popsicle mold about 1/2 way with your juice.

Let (clean) little hands fill up the molds with the sliced fruit

Let freeze. We left ours in the freezer overnight.

That's it! Easy and adaptable. The different fruit and juice choices are seemingly endless.

Eat up and enjoy!

Strawberry Ice Cubes

It's so hot outside. I mean H-O-T!

I made this delicious treat for us to cool down on the 4th of July.

Combine:

1 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

In a saucepan, bring to boil.

Add:

1 pint strawberries

and continue to boil for 5 minutes.

Mash up sugar and fruit mixture (I left mine kind of chunky, but if you wanted a smoother consistency you could puree it).

Place mixture in a ice tray and let freeze for at least 3 hours.

When ice cubes are frozen just add to glass.

And then pour in your lemonade - or any other drink that grabs your fancy.

I used this recipe for the fresh-squeezed lemonade.

The ice cubes gradually melt down and add more strawberry goodness to your glass.

Enjoy!

HUGE summer tote

So I've been searching all over the place for a great big (reasonably priced) bag to haul all of our summer goodies. I never found one. Enter this tutorial from DESIgns


We had our first pool excursion yesterday and I really wanted to make it for our outing. The tutorial only used 3/4 yards of fabric but since I had already purchased a whole yard of the material, I made it out of all of it. WOW! Huge is an understatement! Only $2.99 for the fabric, and about an hour of my time. Sweet!!

Just to put it in perspective of how big this bag actually is.....take a look....

Here's the tote.....all folded up.


I think I might make some more. :)