Tuesday, 4 March 2014

LEMONADE CUCUMBER POP FOR A HOT DAY


The hot and dry weather nowadays makes me want to drink lots and lots of cold water all the time.  I loved to eat something cold to cool down.  I saw this picture of an inviting lemonade cucumber pop and thought to myself that I just have to make it.  So I searched for the recipe.  Here it is.  Perhaps you too might want to give it a try.

Lemonade Cucumber Spa Pops

INGREDIENTS
(makes 3 cups of popsicle mix)

1 cup julienned seedless Cucumber
1 fresh squeezed Lemon, remove any seeds
2 cups cold Water
Natural Sweetener added to taste: use your favorite…Stevia. Maple Syrup, Honey, Xylitol, etc.

METHOD

Slice lemon in half and squeeze it over a strainer into 2 cups of cold water. Sweeten lemon water to taste with your favorite sweetener. Fill popsicle molds 2/3 with lemonade. Freeze uncovered for about 1 hour. Take pops out of freezer. Scrape and stir any ice crystals that have formed. Add a spoonful of the julienned cucumber to the pop molds. Be sure to leave a tiny bit of room at the top of your popsicle mold so they don’t overflow when you add the stick. With a popsicle stick or a butter knife, press the cucumber into the mixture so it is evenly distributed. Add your popsicle sticks, freeze pops for another 3-4 hours until solid.

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