Fruity Popsicles

 

Makes: around 7 popsicles                    

Popsicles are a great snack when it comes to summer. They are refreshing, and delicious! And these ones are also healthy, well depending on your juice. So if it is hot, and you need a snack, make a popsicle!

Supplies:

Popsicle sticks

Fruit of your choice (I am going with strawberries)

Juice of your choice (I am going with tangerine juice)

Milk

Bananas

A popsicle mold

A blender

Directions:

1. Pour milk (one cup per 7 people) into your blender. 

2. Add bananas (one per 7 people) into the blender

3. And add some juice into the blender (I suggest 2/3 of a cup of juice per 7 people) and blend

Note: While this is blending, or some other time, you should chop your fruit, if you did not buy pre-cut fruit

4. Once that is fully blended, pour the mixture into your popsicle mold

5. Put it in the freezer for around 26ish minutes

6. After 26 minutes or so, drop the chunks of fruit in

Note: You may need to push the fruit down with a spoon or a popsicle stick

6. Drop chunks of fruit into the mold as well (I suggest 5 as a max per popsicle. However, I only used 3)

7. Place a popsicle stick into each section

8. Let freeze until they are completely frozen

9. Once they are frozen, you can eat them!

Cross-Shaped Pull-Apart Rolls

 

Makes: 12 rolls     Time: around an hour and 15 minutes 

There are so many things you can bring to an Easter dinner with your family, but what’s better than bread? Ok, you can probably name loads of things, but I love bread and that is why I decided to make it. And this bread isn’t just any old bread it’s cross-shaped pull-apart bread! This bread represents the Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, and when you pull the rolls apart, they represent the stone that guarded Jesus’s tomb! This bread is perfect for Easter.

Ingredients:

One package instant yeast

1 1/3 cup of milk, heated at 105-115 degrees.

3 1/4 cup flour

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. Dissolve the yeast with your warm milk and your sugar in a large bowl

2. Stir in ONE cup of your flour, all of your oil, and all of your salt. Beat until smooth (you can do this with an electric mixer, or a spoon. The electric mixer is quicker, but the dough gets stuck to it making it hard to clean, and the spoon takes hard work and perseverance)

3. Stir in the rest of your flour, and stir until dough forms

4. Cover the bowl with a lid or towel, and let it sit in a warm place for around 45 minutes

5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

6. Grab a pan and oil it

Tip: if your dough is too sticky sprinkle a little flour on top before rolling it into balls

7. Roll your dough into balls, and stick those balls in a cross shape on the pan. Place the rolls in the same arrangement as the picture above, and make sure they are touching

Note: you will have one or two extra rolls, just stick them on the side of the pan, not letting them touch the cross, before cooking

8. Bake until the top is golden brown, around 15 minutes

9. Now enjoy with butter, jam, or whatever!

Limey Lemonade

 

It’s hot and you're sweating, what to do? Make a refreshing drink, that’s what!

This lemonade is easy to make and is refreshing, it’s sweet but slightly sour, and it’s lemony but limey at the same time! It’s a great drink for kids or adults, and only uses a few ingredients.

Makes 8 cups of lemonade.

Ingredients:

10 1/2 lemons

1 cup of lime juice or 7 1/2 limes

2 cups of sugar

5 cups of water

Directions:

1. Cut your lemons in half and juice them

2. Pour the lemon juice in a pitcher

3. Juice the limes and add to the pitcher, or if you’re using lime juice measure 1 cup and add to the pitcher 

4. Add 2 cups of water to the pitcher 

5. Dump 2 cups of sugar in the pitcher

6. Stir thoroughly 

7. Don’t chug, but enjoy sip by sip

Good Guacamole

There are a lot of things that you can dip chips into, but guacamole is one of my favorites.

This recipe is simple and only takes about 5 minutes. The finished product is quite delicious and is worth the little time it takes. 

If you are needing a quick side dish, this is the one. But that’s enough talking about it, now let’s actually make this Good Guacamole.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of cilantro 

5 avocados

2 limes

1 cup of chopped onions

Directions:

1. Peel the avocados, and dump in blender/ food processor

2. Juice 1 of your limes, and add the juice to the blender/ food processor

3. Now blend until avocados are only slightly chunky

4. After blending, chop 1 onion, fill up 1 cup (not actual cup, use a measuring cup) with the onions, add a pinch of salt to the blender/ food processor, and blend the onions with the avocados for about 5 seconds.

5. Pour into a bowl and add 1/4 cup of cilantro 

6. Juice your other lime and add the juice to the bowl, then stir

7. Dip in a chip and enjoy!