We are in the middle of an unbearable heat wave, and the kids are bugging me for anything cold about once an hour. (The Hatton House has window AC units, which are more than adequate….until the temp gets over the mid-90s. After that, it’s just hot). I really can’t stand loading them up on high fructose corn syrup and artificial colors to cool them down, since my kids tend to get hyper when they eat fake food…and no one wants hyped up kids in a heat wave!
I went back to what my mom used to do for us in the summer: Homemade Freezer popsicles. No disrespect to my mom, who would freeze orange juice in Tupperware popsicle molds and call it done, but I wanted to up the ante a bit. I got the anti-oxidant frozen fruit blend from Costco and some Stoneyfield Farms yogurt and blended it. We had smoothies right away, and the rest I poured into silicone molds and the old school Tupperware molds. The result: happy and healthy snacking kiddo! I think in the next batch, I’m going to try almond milk for my dairy free girl.
We have a great garden here at the Hatton House, but I’ve never really had the time to experiment with the randomness that is our garden. Then someone mentioned to me that you could make simple syrup from lilacs, and make cocktails from it! What what?! So for the weekly Thirsty Thursday that we hosted, I got all excited for syrup! A quick Google search led my to
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