Yogurt Pops!

I was getting dressed this morning when I could hear voices in the living room...all 4 girls were on the love seat looking at an old High Five magazine. Savannah, the only reader and natural born leader explained the plan.

Showing me a recipe they had found in the magazine, she exclaimed...

"Mommy! We can make Strawberry Yogurt Pops! We don't have any strawberries, but we can use the other berries!"

I keep frozen mixed berries on hand for a snack or to put on top of yogurt and granola. I don't like the bag of mixed berries at the store, because it has strawberries in it and they are too big. I just buy individual bags of raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries and mix them at home.

Next item to discuss: do we use raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries, OR do we mix them together?

We thought about making red, white, and blue layers. The girls thought that may take too long to freeze, so we settled on 2 layers, white and purple...the color of all 3 berries put together.

The first layer was 1/2 cup of yogurt and one banana. They thought the banana would taste good, but it wasn't in the origional recipe.

This bothered Summer, the self-proclaimed "best chef". She was okay with it once I told her that good chefs know how to make their own recipes.

We poured the banana mixture in about 12 small paper cups. Then we put craft sticks in them....and waited...about 2 hours. I put the timer on but they still asked about them every 15 minutes.

The second layer was 1/2 cup yogurt, 1 banana, and 1 cup berries. We blended this together and poured it on top of the banana layer - and straightened the sticks...then waited again. The total freeze time was about 6 hours.

They loved them!

I think I would rather have left out the banana and added more berries.

This was fantastic learning because

it was spontanious

it was their own creation....an experiment

we are talking about solids, liquids, and gasses this week

we mixed red and blue berries to make purple.

Pomegranate

Summer and I were grocery shopping and she asked, "Mommy, can we buy these?" She was referring to the pomegranates. I get so excited when someone asks me this...especially a fruit or veggie.


Time for a taste test! I use a simple chart that I keep for the girls when we try something new. We use the same chart, one for each girl

Name of food....... Do you like it?


The first reaction was that 2 liked and 2 did not. I had put the arils in a bowl. I guess that was a mistake. Later when the girls saw me picking the arils off the fruit, they wanted to try that and all 4 ate it!


It was sweet and gushy, kinda like a Fruit Gushers with a crunchy middle. They asked to buy more.

• Summer chose a new food and was excited about it.

• It's okay to not like it, but it's great that they tried it.

• They used a chart (math concept)

• We used descriptive words

• It was a lot of fun!

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How to cut a pomegranate

1. Cut the top off about 1/2 inch from the crown.

2. Score the skin at each section (there will be 4-6)

3. Separate at each score and pull out individual sections

4. If you wish, loosen arils over a bowl. But if you are like my kids, you can just pick them off and eat.