Banana Lassi Popsicles with Raspberries

  This is the last week of school for the girl, and next to last week for Aadi. As camp and other things approach, I have also been ramping up summer healthy treat routine.

Today, I played with my usual breakfast, which is usually a banana smoothie made with almond milk or sometimes made as a lassi with some yogurt. Today, I had loads of bananas, 4 large ripe ones to be precise, and some raspberries. Now, chilling the lassi which is already a cooling agent gives you the ultimate summer treat.

I whirled them with some Greek Yogurt and a hint of brown sugar and dotted them with raspberries and froze them, voila, there they were – super easy, super delicious, fairly healthy banana lassi popsicles with deep red and tangy raspberry freckles. And yes, you can totally eat these for breakfast, at least in my house!

This is also wrap up budget week at work, which tends to be proverbially busy, helping a friend through the loss of a spouse all called for a quick pick me up, there really is something quite magical about something cool and frozen on a stick, well actually anything on a stick. The little fellow was thrilled with my creation and absolutely insisted on modeling the creation for me. I never was quite sure about this whole popsicle business, after all, a cheater ice cream just might not cut it for us. But, then again, a lot of things are influenced by the kids and they kept telling me how ice pops are the thing to try for summer.

Well, folks popsicles rock! These ones actually taste nice and creamy and will get you a serving of fruit into your routine.

Anything that takes less than 15 minutes to put together…

Smells like cardamoms (yes, I threw some in…)

Brings a smile to my children’s face…

Adds a touch of novelty to a practically mundane day is a keeper in my house.

PrintBanana Lassi Popsicles with Raspberry Freckles

Prep Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes

Yield: Makes 6 popsicles

Raspberry freckled banana lassi popsicles, flavored with cardamoms, an easy summer treat.

Ingredients

4 very ripe bananas
3/4 cup Greek Yogurt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground cardamoms (about 8)
1 or 2 tablespoons brown sugar (optional)
4 tablespoons chopped raspberries (about 1/4 cup)

Instructions

Place the bananas, yogurt, cardamoms and brown sugar if using in the blender and blend until smooth.
Add a little of the chopped raspberries and fill the mold about halfway with the banana lassi and then add in a little more raspberries and fill the mold and close.
Complete all the molds in this way and place in the freezer and chill for two hours until set.

Notes

The two hours are for chilling.

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