Primal Chocolate Ice-Pops

My daughter has been pestering me for chocolate ice pops, and I couldn't find any recipe that looked good to me.  I have issues with using raw eggs to get a creamy smooth texture, especially since bananas do it so well, and sweeten things a bit, too.  So I threw this together, and it was super good, and even the kids in the neighborhood liked it.  If you're not doing milk, a can of high fat coconut milk would be a good substitute for all the milk and cream.

Directions:

• 3/4 cup of milk 
• 1/2 whole cream
• 3 tbsp Cocoa Powder
• 1 banana
• 2 tbsp honey
• a dash of cinnamon
• a sprinkle of salt

1. Put everything in a blender, and mix it well.
2. Freeze for at least two hours.
3. Enjoy!!

Strawberry Yogurt Pops

We had a heat wave the other week.  Not spring weather at all.  The kids were hot and I felt miserable.  Here's a sweet treat I made to cool us all off.

I dug out my small little bullet type blender out of one of our boxes, and made just the right amount of our ice cream popsicle things I got from Ikea the other day.  Here's my recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of strawberries
• 1 banana
• 1 tbsp of lemon juice
• 1 tbsp of honey
• 1/2 cup of full fat greek yogurt.

Place all your ingredients into a blender.  Blend the crap out of them, then pour them into your reusable ice pop makers.    Freeze them for about an hour.

Then give them to your kids, and have one for yourself too.  :)

Primal Cinnamon Banana Shake

This recipe and picture is from realgrubbin.com which, looks like is sadly down.  The website hadn't been updated in so long, so I am doing my best to remember this recipe that has been a staple in my primal life.

• One frozen banana
• two tablespoons of almond or cashew butter
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
• 2 ice cubes
• 1/2 cup of cold water

Directions:

Place everything in in a blender.  Pulverize and enjoy!!

Picture was taken by realgrubbin.com.  I hope they come back, they had some tremendous recipes!!

Primal Berry Ice-Cream (No Sugar!)

• 1 frozen banana, sliced
• 1/2 frozen berries (any berries will do)
• 2 tbsp half and half (or coconut milk)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Place bananas and frozen berries in a blender.  

2. Add half and half, and vanilla extract.

3. If you have an ice cream maker, pour the mixture in and let it spin for about 20 minutes.

4. Eat it up!  This stuff becomes rock hard in the freezer.  This makes 2-3 servings.  Was perfect for my two kids and I.