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Home » Recipes » Pea & Spinach Green Smoothie Popsicle

Pea & Spinach Green Smoothie Popsicle

June 26, 2015 by Ciara Attwell, Updated September 19, 2019

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Eat your greens in a popsicle! Delicious and healthy Pea & Spinach Smoothie Popsicles dipped in yogurt and chia seeds.

Eat your greens in a popsicle! Delicious and healthy Pea & Spinach Smoothie Popsicles dipped in yogurt and chia seeds | My Fussy EaterSo the weather here in the UK seems to have finally got the message that it’s summer and we’ve had a couple of really warm and sunny weeks (fingers crossed I don’t jinx it now!) And sunny weather means one thing to me… POPSICLES! 

I probably get far more excited about homemade popsicles than is actually necessary. I think it’s the fact that there are so many variations of flavours and ingredients that you would never have to make the same one twice.

Eat your greens in a popsicle! Delicious and healthy Pea & Spinach Smoothie Popsicles dipped in yogurt and chia seeds | My Fussy EaterLast summer I made a lot of fruit based popsicles but this summer I’ve decided to get more experimental and use vegetables too. You know I love to hide some sneaky veggies into my kids’ food and what better way to do that than to hide them in an innocent looking popsicle!

My first experimental green veggie popsicle has turned out pretty well. What I essentially made was a green smoothie with spinach, peas and banana, froze it then topped it with a greek yogurt shell and some chia seeds.

The spinach and peas together provide a powerhouse of iron, along with a whole host of other nutrients such as vitamins A, C and K, magnesium, manganese and fibre. The addition of the bananas, along with their own health benefits, help to make the popsicles sweet and more appealing to little taste buds. I didn’t include any extra sweetener but you could add a little honey or maple syrup if you wish.

Eat your greens in a popsicle! Delicious and healthy Pea & Spinach Smoothie Popsicles dipped in yogurt and chia seeds | My Fussy Eater(yes that’s my daughter looking suspiciously at the chia seeds!)

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Spinach & Pea Green Smoothie Popsicle


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  • Author: Ciara @ My Fussy Eater
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 6 hours
  • Total Time: 6 hours 5 minutes
  • Yield: 6 1x
  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: European
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Eat your greens in a popsicle! Delicious and healthy Pea & Spinach Smoothie Popsicles dipped in yogurt and chia seeds


Ingredients

  • Popsicles:
  • 3 cups spinach
  • 2 bananas
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 1 cup water
  • optional: honey / maple syrup
  • Toppings:
  • 4 tbsp greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds

Instructions

  1. Put all the ingredients into a blender and blitz until smooth.
  2. Pour the smoothie mixture into a popsicle mould, add a wooden stick and freezer for 6 hours or overnight until frozen solid.
  3. Remove the popsicles from the moulds and dip each into the greek yogurt before laying flat on a tray or plate. Sprinkle with chia seeds and place the plate or tray into the freezer for 5 minutes or until the yogurt hardens and makes a shell.
  4. Serve immediately or store in an air tight container in the freezer for 2 to 3 weeks.
1 Serving (not including honey or maple syrup)786.5 g42.4 mg1.5 g0.4 g14 g3.1 g3.5 g

 

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Filed Under: Recipes, Snacks For Kids Tagged With: chia, greens, healthy popsicle, popsicle, yoghurt

Comments

  1. Sammy says

    March 5, 2018 at 12:43 pm

    What a great idea. I love making homemade popsicles but would never have thought to use veg! They look so refreshing and colourful. Come on summer I’m ready to make these!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  2. Hayley @ Snap Happy Bakes says

    July 7, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    This looks intriguing!! Not the flavours i’d have thought of for an ice lolly, but i still want to try it as it looks so good! #recipeoftheweek

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      July 7, 2015 at 7:50 pm

      Yes its a bit strange adding all those veggies but it tastes really good!

      Reply
  3. Munchies and munchkins says

    July 5, 2015 at 1:21 pm

    Oh I love to make homemade popsicles too. These look so vibrant.

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      July 5, 2015 at 3:52 pm

      Thank you! Yes they are so green. Its crazy to think thats all natural!

      Reply
  4. Andrea @ Made With Pink says

    July 2, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    So glad you got your comments working again! I wanted to say what a great idea sneaking veg into popsicles was. I do have to ask if your daughter enjoyed them. She is looking at them rather suspiciously 😉

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      July 2, 2015 at 9:41 pm

      It was the chia seeds that she was a bit suspicious of! But she did eat them eventually and probably ate about half of that popsicle altogether which is good for her!

      Reply
  5. Emily says

    June 29, 2015 at 8:18 am

    I love hiding secret veg in food. These look very fun!

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 29, 2015 at 12:40 pm

      Thanks Emily!

      Reply

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