Green [Pink, Blue, Red, and Peach] Popsicles

In 2011, "green" takes on many meanings.  To some it is the color of earth-friendliness and others the color of money.  As my son's diet consists mainly of fruits and vegetables (green #1), I need a second mortgage (green #2) just to keep up with his appetite, especially, as I elect to buy organic produce.  Thus, I am always seeking ways to keep his diet healthy and delicious but also affordable.

My family, being extra cheap (green #2) does not use a lot of air conditioning (unfortunately, not for reasons related to green #1, we are just cheap), so we use other means of cooling off, our favorite being cold snacks.  Last summer, we were obsessed with Edy's Fruit Bars, which are delicious, but at just under $5 per box and three boxes per week, air conditioning was looking much more reasonable.

As a child of the '80's, gourmet popsicles were an oxy-moron and store-bought pops a rare treat, as every kitchen had a set of popsicle molds from a long forgotten Tupperware party that were frozen and refrozen throughout the summer, regardless of BPA, leftover stickiness or otherwise (ahhh, the good ol' days).  So with wonderful memories to put/pass on my son, I purchased Rocket Ice Pop Molds for this summer.

As it is the age of excess (and we thought that was the '80's), the molds now come in colors and shapes and cost twice as much, but at $11.58 for the hardware plus the cost of ingredients, they still represent a savings from last year (green#2), not to mention, now they are organic, far more nutritious, and save on packaging (green#1).

Memorial Day Pop
In a bowl mash any/all of the following according to preference of taste and texture (or cold sensitivity): ripe banana, raspberries, peaches, and strawberries. 
Add your favorite [organic] low-fat vanilla or plain yogurt, if you like a little more tang, again, according to taste and how much you need to fill your molds.  Mix fruit and yogurt thoroughly.
Gently, fold whole blueberries into the mix.
Place 1 raspberry in the bottom/top of each (artistic sake only) and fill the molds with the fruit and yogurt mix.
Freeze.
Thus in one pop your children get calcium, all the nutrition of fresh fruit, and as they helped to make them, a sense of pride.

See recipes for other Summer Pops including: Mango Kiwi and Mango Lime Mint.