Protein Smoothie Popsicle Recipe & Back to School Sweepstakes
If you’re looking for a cool summer treat that you can make yourself at home, then you may enjoy this recipe for Protein Smoothie Popsicles; they are simple to make and have only a few ingredients, including protein-packed milk in a variety of flavors from Shamrock Farms!
The best part is you can use whatever fresh fruit you have on hand to make them. If you like this recipe, you may also enjoy this recipe for Farm Fresh Peach Pie.
Where in the world did the summer go? One of my kids starts school the 2nd week of August, I swear I feel like we just got out of school for the summer (well, we kinda did, thanks to all of those snow days). This year my twins will be at different high schools. I’m not quite sure how I feel about that yet, but it was the best choice for both of them, and I guess it was bound to happen eventually.
My son’s new school provides him with lunch every day, but my daughter’s doesn’t. There is food for her to buy at school, but she’s almost a vegetarian and there are not a lot of great options for her in the cafeteria (unless she eats French fries every day).
She does eat chicken and some meat, but her favorite thing by far to eat are fruits and veggies. Ever since she was a little baby she has loved fruit, she orders it at restaurants (yes, instead of the French fries) and munches on it almost every day after school.
In anticipation of the new school year, I thought that I’d make her an after-school snack featuring some of her favorite fruits.
I saw the recipe online for these protein popsicle smoothies and thought it would be just the kind of thing that she would like. We try to keep an assortment of fresh fruit in the house, but if you don’t have any you can also make this recipe using frozen fruit.
The popsicles have only a few ingredients and are so easy to make! It will take you longer to get the ingredients out of the fridge than to actually make the popsicles.
Ingredients:
- ½ cup Shamrock Farms Strawberry Reduced Fat mmmmilk
- 1 cup Greek vanilla yogurt
- Your choice of fresh or frozen fruit (berries are our favorite!)
Directions:
Combine Shamrock Farms Strawberry Reduced Fat mmmmilk and Greek vanilla yogurt, and pour into blender.
Blend until smooth. Add desired fruit (about a handful of each) – can be a mix of fresh and frozen fruit – to your favorite popsicle molds.
Add the smoothie mixture. Freeze for 3 to 4 hours and enjoy!
We used plastic popsicle molds that I got at Walmart when I purchased the other ingredients. When making the pops, don’t blend the fresh fruit in with the Greek yogurt and milk.
Instead, slice the fruit and place in the popsicle molds before you pour in the smoothie mixture. I also used plain popsicle sticks so that I wouldn’t have to track down and wash the ones that came with the popsicle molds.
To keep the popsicle sticks in place while the smoothie mixture freezes, just use a bit of plastic wrap on the top of the mold.
After the popsicles come out of the freezer give them a minute or two to defrost, that way you will be able to pull them out of the molds easily.
You can pick up Shamrock Farms on-the-go mmmmilk at Walmart; it’s in the display cooler next to the milk and is only $1 a bottle. Walmart will be offering 12-oz on-the-go mmmmilks in white, chocolate and strawberry.
Each variety offers more than 25% of the daily recommended value of protein. Shamrock Farms milks are pure, fresh and nutritious with no added hormones. We picked up a bunch for my daughter to take to school with her for lunches this year.
If you’d like some more recipes (perfect for mid-day snacks) you can find a bunch on the Shamrock Farms website.
They have recipes for:
Banana Rolls
Fruit Bars
Fruit Kabobs
Healthy S’mores
No Bake Energy Bites
Note: This giveaway is closed.
I mentioned before that school is just around the corner (like you need a reminder, right??). If you’d like a little bit of help with your back -to-school shopping you may be interested in the sweepstakes that Shamrock Farms is hosting.
To celebrate the expanded distribution of their on-the-go mmmmilks at select Walmarts nationwide, Shamrock Farms is launching Roxie’s Ultimate Back-To-School Sweepstakes. One lucky winner will receive nearly $5,000 ($4,999) in gift cards to stock up on back-to-school supplies, groceries, and a new wardrobe.
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With daily lunch packing ahead of us this year I’d LOVE some suggestions!
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great idea! (would love to catch up. school starts for mine on 14th and the 19th – maybe we should schedule a day in september?!?)
I love packing little love notes in my kiddos’ lunches!
I like to pack a sandwich, piece of fruit or raisins, a juice box, milk, or water, cheese crackers or cheerios, maybe nuts or pretzel sticks.
tweet-https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/625705861361631232
My favorite thing to pack in my son’s lunch is slices of turkey, cheese, green pepper, and bread or crackers in Ziploc® brand Snack Bags with mayo on the side—so he can self-stack his own sandwich! He just loves it!
Tweet-https://twitter.com/JewelWood/status/625708600812396544
I like to pack turkey wraps, fruits and water
tweet https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/625715487326892032
My favorite things to pack in my daughter’s lunch box are a chicken, turkey or veggie wrap, carrots with ranch dressing, apples and crackers. I occasionally pack cookies for an extra treat, and don’t forget the chocolate milk!
https://twitter.com/yarbr012/status/625724029626773504
I like to add little notes of encouragement along with a Hershey’s kiss.
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/625758250202435584
I usually pack: sandwich, yogurt, fruit, chips, granola bar, veggies and dessert.
tweet- https://twitter.com/groogruxking40/status/625758797714227201
I like to pack cheese and crackers.
I like to pack a cheese sandwich, a box of raisins and some fresh veggies with a dip. I also like to pack a frozen yogurt tube to help keep everything cool and it makes a great snack.
Little Debbie Snacks
https://twitter.com/willgriesmer/status/625778232059691008
Fruit.
Ahh those days are behind me, however whenever I made no-bake cookies, my husband and I get two each and then I “pack” the rest for my children!
My son loves when I pack him a waffle sandwich(waffle with ham and cheese , syrup to dip).
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/lleeahs/status/626015036062863360
i like to pack veggie fritters. they taste good warm or cold 🙂
I like to pack a sandwich/wrap, raw veggies, a piece of fruit, yogurt and water.
https://twitter.com/RachelGriesmer/status/626079374790512640
I love to pack her fave sandwich and chocolate milk.
My children are grown at 47 and 43, but I had the privilege to share school lunches with my granddaughter when she was in grade school. Fresh carrot sticks, apple slices or apple sauce with a ham sandwich or the all time favorite of peanut butter and jelly plus milk or juice from the cafeteria. Once in a while I brought homemade chicken noodle soup or vegetable soup. Remember to bring enough to share at the table with bowls because once everyone else sees what she or he gets to eat they will be asking if there is extra! Once in a while she received a sandwich from her favorite sub shop or bagel shop. Don’t forget the homemade cookies or brownies!
Before I went to the school I did check with their school policy concerning visitors at lunch and any rules I needed to follow – it is a really good idea to do this first!
My kids’ fave to pack in their lunch is mac’n cheese in their Thermos containers.
My favorite lunch to pack is a sandwich and applesauce.
My favorite thing to pack in my son’s lunch is dark chocolate drizzled apple slices…..a very tasty dessert.
My favorite things to pack are mini frittatas and corndog muffins.
tcarolinep at gmail dot com
tweet-https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/626956777855148033
I like to pack a sandwich or meat, cheese and crackers with fruit, a veggie and a gogurt.
cshell090869 at aol dot com
I don’t have any kids, but if I did I would probably try to pack as many leftovers as I could. I’d also try to pack healthy things that I know that they like, like fruits and kid-friendly veggies like carrots and cucumber.
i like to pack yogurt and granola bars
My favorite thing to pack in the kids lunch box is turkey & cheese roll ups.
They love them!
thank you
Tweeted https://twitter.com/JalapenoMama/status/627970871320252416
We like to pack pita sandwiches and fruit.
tweeted
https://twitter.com/rubylorikeet/status/629739693127565312
I like to pack peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
Tweet link: https://twitter.com/shala_darkstone/status/629995649665232896
Grape tomatoes and string cheese.
I love to pack PB&J, cheese, fruit, carrots with dip, juice box, and a small dessert. I can’t forget a little note to my son.
https://twitter.com/JBeard25/status/633462478383529984
My son loves yogurt, cheese sticks, fruit snacks or apple sauce in his lunches
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/635188691737157632
I pack a sandwich, apple, chips, and a cookie.
i liked to pack a sandwich and a banana
i posted a tweet here:
https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/637462405572751360
My boys like yogurt and fruit salad as part of their lunches.
tweeted
https://twitter.com/eswright18/status/639516271835385856
My son likes turkey and cheese sandwiches.
tweeted
https://twitter.com/thomasmurphy40/status/639649453679464448
My kids like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
tweeted
https://twitter.com/aes529/status/639901125005705216
I like to pack fruit every day, either a muffin, wrap with turkey and cheese or a mini sub with turkey and cheese and milk/juice
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
tweet https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/639907671412486144
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I love to pack turkey rollups and apples with peanut butter!
I tweeted
https://twitter.com/my4boysand1/status/639936186472116228
I love to pack sandwich, fruit and yogurt.
https://twitter.com/HappyTina0115/status/639961262776954880
I like Veggie sandwich and fresh fruit.
Tweet- https://twitter.com/mitadav/status/640212692616224769