Who else can barely believe it is the end of July? This summer is flying by! HHL is preparing for August, which includes our end of the Season Sale August 19th and 20th! It feels like all of the pools just opened, so here’s hoping everyone is still swimming in September! We had our mid-summer marketing meeting today, and I am excited for some changes at HHL coming this fall. So, keep your eye out for a new website, social media upgrades and some fun promotions!
Thought I would share an awesome recipe for homemade popsicles, we made them in our new Zoku Quick Pop maker (yes, I caved and bought it!), but they can be made in any popsicle mold that you have! We had them for desert and it was nice, light and refreshing, and it was great to know exactly which ingredients were used!
Blend the following (until liquid)
1 ½ cups fresh strawberries (hulled and sliced)
3 tbsp sugar (amount depends on how sweet the berries already are)
1 tsp or slightly more of lime zest
½ cup water
We layered them with pink lemonade. Pour strawberry mixture a 1/3 of the way up the mold, freeze fully, and then pour lemonade to the 2/3 mark. Freeze that portion fully and then fill the mold with the strawberry mixture.
The quick pop maker freezes the popsicles in less than 10 min, so it is much easier to do the layered effect. If you find it too time consuming to layer, make some all-strawberry and some all pink lemonade if you wish! Who says you can’t eat two?
They were by far the best fruit popsicles I have ever had! So fresh and full of flavor! The lime zest gave it a great kick and they smelled delightful! What a fun project to do with the kids. See how long the layers take to freeze, do certain types of liquids freeze faster than others?
Look closely to see the layers, next time we will have to use two drastically different colours!
Enjoy a nice cool treat on a hot day! Let me know how yours turned out, and if you know any other great flavors I should try!!
Talk soon,
Liana vandenHof-Rhodenizer
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