Popsicle Making Extravaganza

It's been  pretty crazy around here the last couple of days.

K has been sick, and although we had a very scary night when her temperature climbed to 105, she is doing much better now.

She's jumping off furniture.  Running around singing Frozen songs.  She's back to her old self.  Whew, thank you, Lord.

I wanted to share an activity we did together a couple of days ago.  In an effort to get more vegetables in K's diet, we decided to make popsicles from real fruit and veggie juice.

I bought this juicer off an infomercial back in August.  My husband and I had recently finished watching the documentary, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.  Anytime I watch one of those food documentaries, I get in beast mode and attempt to throw out all the garbage in our pantry.

We juiced for a few months (not exclusively), but since I was pregnant at the time, I decided to put it off until I wasn't craving french fries and chocolate all of the time.  I mean, really.

So, back to our popsicle making extravaganza.

I tried to build this up so K would be excited about eating them later.  In my big, cheesy mom voice, I announced we were going to make delicious popsicles.  She immediately came running into the kitchen.

Before we even began the process, I had a super mom fail.  I couldn't find the popsicle molds.
K was roaring to go, so I had to improvise.  We used an old baby food storage container.  

We started out simple. I cut up an apple and the ends off four carrots.

 
K doesn't like loud noises so she asked to leave the room once it was time to stick them into the juicer. That's my favorite part of the whole juicing experience.

I asked if she wanted to drink some and she politely shook her head no.  I let her pour the liquid into the 'popsicle mold'.  She loved this part.

I put the lid on and we stuck them in the freezer.  My plan was to put in popsicle sticks once they started to freeze.  Another mom fail...I forgot.

K didn't seem to mind.  She was so excited to go check on the popsicles the next day.  We popped one out and made it into a snow cone.

 
I would love for her to eventually start drinking the juice, but for now, I am happy to make all the popsicles in the world if it means she is getting some good nutrients into her body.