Cool 4th of July Ice Pops from MyRecipes.com

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Got this great recipe in my email today and wanted to share:

Red, White and Blue Ice Pops

Celebrate red, white, and blue all summer long with these patriotic ice pops. The secret ingredient is a blue sports drink, along with cranberrry juice and lemonade.

• YIELD: 8 ice pops
• COST PER SERVING:$.15
• COURSE: Desserts, Ice Cream/Sherbet 

 

 

Ingredients

• 1 cup cranberry juice
• 1 cup lemonade
• 1 cup blue sports drink, such as Gatorade

Preparation

• Arrange 8 3-oz. paper or plastic cups on a baking sheet and divide cranberry juice evenly among them. Place baking sheet in freezer and freeze until juice is almost firm, about 1 hour.
• Insert craft sticks into center of slightly frozen juice. (If sticks won't quite stand up straight, you can repositions them when the next layer starts to solidify.)
• Divide lemonade evenly among cups to make a second layer. Freeze until hard, about 2 hours. Pour Gatorade over lemonade layer and freeze until solid, about 3 hours. Gently pull each ice pop out of its cup (it helps to squeeze the cup lightly from bottom) and serve immediately.

All You
JUNE 2008

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Happy 4th of July! Stay cool. :)

Hobo Pineapple Upside Down Cake

The reason I have been MIA the past two weeks is because I was on vacation and at Girl Scout camp! It was very fun but really tiring and I have been recovering ever since! LOL While at GS Camp we made a great recipe over the camp fire. So delicious. If you don't like pineapple just leave out the pineapple slice (but adjust the cook time accordingly).

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

On a 12x12 piece of tin foil place one cube of butter and a table spoon of brown sugar on the left hand side 2 inches from the edge.

Place one slice of pineapple directly on top of the butter and brown sugar.

Cut a cake donut in half and place over (centering) the other ingredients.

Fold the foil in half and starting at the left hand side roll to the center forming a pocket to keep the ingredients inside.

I unfortunately don't have a picture of the finished product because it was eaten before I could take a picture!

• Cook the foil packets for 4 1/2 minutes on a grill or 3 minutes over an open fire. Do not flip.
• Let cool, then flip and unroll.
• Enjoy!

Fresh Spinach Salad

Great for summer!

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Grill Dough

Grill Dough

By: Kristin Pan 

"Great during the summer. Can assemble with favorite toppings and cook right on the grill! You may use whole wheat flour in this recipe if you prefer."

 

Original Recipe Yield 2 -10-inch rounds

 

 

  Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons cornmeal for dusting
• 3/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

Directions

1. Proof yeast in warm water.
2. In separate bowl place flour, salt, sugar, and oil. Make a well in the center and place yeast/warm water mixture in. Mix thoroughly until consistency of an elastic ball. Allow to rise 1 1/2hours.
3. Flour surface and roll out 1/2 dough. Rub with cornmeal. Sprinkle with your favorite toppings.
4. Spray grill with cooking spray. Grill dough about 5 minutes or until toppings are melted. Repeat with second piece of dough.

A new twist on popsicles......

 It's starting to scorch outside so I figure a cool treat would be a good thing! Here's some cute and delicious twists on an old favorite from Nick's Parent Connect





Frozen Watermelon Pops

 

• 1 watermelon
• Craft sticks or popsicle sticks
• Foil
• Cookie sheet

Directions:

	Cut the watermelon in half. Reserve one side for the "pop holder."
	Cut thick ring slices (about ½-inch thick) of watermelon. Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes from the watermelon slices.
	Insert the craft sticks into the watermelon shapes, taking care not to poke it through.
	Place on foil lined cookie sheet and freeze for a few hours.
	Stick the watermelon pops in the remaining half of the watermelon to serve.

Thanks to The Hungry Housewife




Banana Split Pops

 

• ⅓ cup strawberry topping
• ½ ripe but firm banana (cut crosswise) for each pop
• 1½ cups strawberry ice cream
• ⅓ cup pineapple topping
• 1½ cups vanilla ice cream
• ⅓ cup chocolate fudge
• 1½ cups chocolate ice cream
• Whipped cream
• ¼ cup chopped walnuts
• 6-8 maraschino cherries
• 6-8 paper cups
• 6-8 popsicle sticks

Directions:

	Divide the strawberry topping among the paper cup molds. Stick the banana halves onto the pop sticks and place in the molds. Freeze for 1 hour.
	Top with the strawberry ice cream and the pineapple topping, packing the ice cream and topping around the bananas to hide them. Freeze for 1 hour.
	Top with the vanilla ice cream and the chocolate fudge. Add the chocolate ice cream. Freeze for 6 hours.
	Peel off and discard the paper cups. Top each pop with whipped cream, walnuts, and a cherry. Enjoy your banana split on a stick!

Provided by Krystina Castella

Author of Pops!

© Krystina Castella 2008 

Enjoy!

Salsa Chicken Burrito Filling...Yum!

I'm thinking this might be a great dinner for this weekend!

Salsa Chicken Burrito Filling

By: JUBEEFISH  

"Quick, easy burrito/taco filling that is delicious and freezes great! I serve this with tortillas, shredded Cheddar cheese and little sour cream. You could fill the tortillas and put them all in a baking dish and then cover with salsa and cheese and bake for about 10 minutes, if you don't want a mess at the table."

 

Prep Time:
5 Min

Cook Time:
30 Min

Ready In:
35 Min

 

Original Recipe Yield 4 servings

 

Ingredients

• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 (4 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup salsa
• 1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• hot sauce to taste

Directions

Place chicken breasts and tomato sauce in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to a boil, then add the salsa, seasoning, cumin, garlic and chili powder. Let simmer for 15 minutes.
 
With a fork, start pulling the chicken meat apart into thin strings. Keep cooking pulled chicken meat and sauce, covered, for another 5 to 10 minutes. Add hot sauce to taste and stir together (Note: You may need to add a bit of water if the mixture is cooked too high and gets too thick.) 

And it was like All Recipes was reading my mind because they suggested this to go with my dinner!

Margaritas

 by: Katherine  

"I have been asked by everyone, 'How do you make your margaritas?' Everyone says I make the best. I like them, maybe you will too."

Prep Time:
5 Min

Ready In:
5 Min

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
• 6 fluid ounces tequila
• 2 fluid ounces triple sec

Directions

Fill blender with crushed ice. Pour in limeade concentrate, tequila and triple sec. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve. 
  

Purple Monstrosity Fruit Smoothie

 

By: Michelle  

"This is a great smoothie for breakfast - and sometimes dinner! You can substitute the orange juice with any mix of juices or even soy milk! The soy milk adds more of a milk shake quality than the juice does."

 

Prep Time:
5 Min

Ready In:
5 Min

Original Recipe Yield 4 to 6 drinks

 

Ingredients

• 2 frozen bananas, skins removed and cut in chunks
• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon honey (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• 1 teaspoon blue agave (optional)*

Directions

1. Place bananas, blueberries and juice in a blender, puree. Use honey and/or vanilla to taste. Use more or less liquid depending on the thickness you want for your smoothie.

 

 *my addition