Lemon Rainbow Popsicle Recipes

Healthy lemon rainbow popsicle recipes with fruits and superfoods and climb aboard the healthy homemade popsicle train. And these popsicle recipes are kid-friendly with all the colors, and an easy way to sneak in healthy fruits and veggies.

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Lemon Rainbow Popsicle Recipes.

Homemade popsicle recipes are easy to make healthy and this one is full of lemony goodness.

The base of most popsicle recipes is really just a yogurt smoothie made lemony and with added fruits to make the colors. And some superfoods.

What are superfoods?

Well, some people use the term to mean unusual powders or herbs that are high in nutrition but hard to find, and often only purchasable as a powder on Amazon.

Lately however, with the rise of the healthy eating movement, more and more the term “superfoods” is used to indicate a food with high nutritional power, such as cauliflower and leafy greens and ginger.

So you decide how to use the term.

Here, I’ll note the unusual ingredients in my recipe as superfoods and give you swap-out options.

I don’t want you running away just because you don’t want to buy spirulina or baobab.

Superfoods for Color in Homemade Popsicle Recipes

I used spirulina, a perfect-protein superfood powder to make the blue, but you can use blueberries as a healthy swap. I upped the immunity-power by adding in baobab powder but you don’t have to, just add more lemon.

How Healthy is Spirulina?

Spirulina, found online or in Whole Foods as a powder, is a plant-based complete protein source.

It’s high in chlorophyll which balances blood sugar, is high in anti-oxidants, cleanses the blood and protects gut bacteria.

I love spirulina because much of it’s nutrition is hard to get in the Western diet.

As I said, I used blue spirulina to make the blue in this popsicle. Other colors are made with mango, kiwi, raspberries and more.

How Healthy is Mango?

I probably don’t have to tell you but ordinary fruits also bring this popsicle top nutritional levels.

For instance, mango is high in fiber, vitamins A and C, and folate, B6, iron and a little calcium, zinc and vitamin E. Whew! Mangoes are also a great source of antioxidants.

One last tip: When making this popsicle for adults I add a teaspoon of crushed fresh ginger to the base yogurt to add a bright snappy bite and to increase the immunity power. I would leave off the ginger if making it for children however..

Now that you have a bit of background on the nutrition that goes into this popsicle. Let’s make them!
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Lemon Rainbow Popsicle Recipes

Make healthy lemon rainbow popsicle recipes with fruits and superfoods and climb aboard the healthy homemade popsicle train. So kid-friendly with all the colors and an easy way to sneak in healthy fruits and veggies.

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Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Mediterranean, vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free

Keyword: healthy popsicles, kidfriendly, lemon popsicles, popsicle recipes, rainbow popsicles

Does it keep?: freezer-friendly

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 30 minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 174kcal

Author: Dee Dine

Ingredients

Make White Lemon Yogurt Mixture

• 3 1/2 cups plant-based yogurt
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 1 tbsp baobab powder (or add 2 tbsp more of lemon juice instead)
• 1 tbsp white chia seeds
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp fresh ginger, crushed (add this for popsicles for adults only; leave off for children)

Pink

• 1/2 cup raspberries
• 1/2 cup lemon yogurt mixture

Blue

• 1 tsp blue spirulina (or half cup of blueberries)
• 1/2 cup lemon yogurt mixture

Yellow

• 1/2 cup mango
• 1/2 cup lemon yogurt mixture

Green

• 1/2 cup kiwi
• 1/2 cup lemon yogurt mixture

Purple

• 1/2 cup blackberries
• 1/2 cup lemon yogurt mixture

Useful Equipment

• popsicle mold

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Instructions

Make the Lemon Yogurt Mixture

• If you are making these for adults, peel an inch of fresh ginger, and crush into a pulp with a garlic press. Leave this out if the popsicles are for children.

  Blend up all yogurt ingredients in a high-speed blender. You want the mixture to be fairly thick so the colors remain separated. Add more yogurt if it is too runny from the lemon juice; it will depend on how think your yogurt is.
• Once you have a mixture ready, divide it into seven parts. Set two parts aside to remain white.

Mix up the Colors

• Use the remaining five parts to mix up pink, blue, yellow, green and purple colors.

Build the Popsicles

• Pour the white into the mold and then spoon in colors and white alternating, and finish as you want, with white or colors.
• Freeze 30 minutes and then insert sticks. Freeze another 4 hours or overnight before removing pops from mold.
• We store ours in an airtight container in the freezer. They seem to keep for a long time if the container is airtight.

Nutrition

Calories: 174kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 180mg | Potassium: 702mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 170IU | Vitamin C: 32.4mg | Calcium: 467mg | Iron: 0.6mg

Dee Dine

Dee Dine is founder of Green Smoothie Gourmet, a plant based  recipe blog, and author of the recent cookbook, Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients . On this blog you’ll find incredibly easy recipes with hidden veggies for anyone wanting to eat healthier, regardless of diet. Dee has graduate degrees in immunological nutritional studies and  journalism. More about Dee Dine here.