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Carrot juice and mango popsicles with spinach

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Carrot juice and mango popsicles with spinach
Looking for a healthy popsicle recipe for kids during the summer? It doesn't get much healthier than these carrot juice and spinach popsicles! Carrot juice in a popsicle? Sure, why not? The fruity mango blends it together so that it tastes sweet enough for kids to enjoy, and, as another nutritious benefit, there's no added sugar in these pospicles.

Recipe courtesy of Betty Crocker Kitchens

Ingredients:

  • 2 containers (6 oz each) 99% Fat Free French vanilla yogurt
  • 2 cups chopped ripe mango
  • 1/2 cup carrot juice
  • 1 cup packed fresh spinach leaves

Preparation:

Place yogurt, mango, and carrot juice in a blender or food processor. Cover and blend until smooth.

Reserve 1 cup mixture; cover and refrigerate.

Divide remaining mango and carrot mixture among 6 (5-oz) paper cups, about 1/3 cup in each. Cover cups with foil; insert craft stick into center of each pop. (Or fill ice pop molds according to manufacturer’s directions.) Freeze about 2 hours or until frozen.

Place reserved mango mixture and spinach in a blender or food processor. Cover and blend until smooth.

When first layer is frozen, remove foil from pops. Pour about 3 tablespoons spinach mixture in each cup over frozen layer. Return foil to pops to support sticks. Freeze about 6 hours or until frozen.

Enjoy your super-healthy spinach, carrot and mango popsicles!

Nutritional information per serving (1 popsicle): Calories 110; Total Fat 1g; Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 45mg; Total Carbohydrate 21g Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 18g Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*:
Vitamin A 100%; Vitamin C 40%; Calcium 20%; Iron 0%

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