Clean Eating Slush Puppies

by The Gracious Pantry on July 14, 2010

Clean Eating Slush Puppies Recipe

If you grew up drinking Slush Puppies (a.k.a. Slushies) then this is one recipe you’ll definitely want to try.

A fan on Facebook asked me if I could come up with a Slush Puppy recipe to help her get through the hot Canadian summer. Not being one to ever turn down a culinary challenge, I gave it a shot.

OMG! This is my new favorite summer treat! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how these turned out.

I used a Hibiscus Cooler juice blend that you can get at most health food stores (at least here in my area). But you could pretty much do any flavor you like as long as the juice is clean.

And it’s so easy to make, you won’t believe it. Here’s how:

Clean Eating Slush Puppies
 (Makes approximately 2 1/2 cups)

Ingredients
1 tray frozen juice cubes
1 tbsp. agave

Directions

Clean Eating Slush Puppy Recipe

Step 1 – Freeze some juice in the flavor of your choice overnight in an ice cube trays (I make several trays at a time).

Clean Eating Slush Puppy Recipe

Step 2 – Put the juice cubes and agave in a food processor (a blender may work as well).

Clean Eating Slush Puppy Recipe

Step 3 – Process or blend until you have a nice slush.

Clean Eating Slush Puppy Recipe

This is the juice I used in case you’re interested. I swear this made the BEST slushy EVER!!!

Eat and Enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Let the little ones put the cubes in the processor or blender and push the button to turn it on. Older kids can serve.

RELATED READING:

Note: Nutritional Content is not available for this recipe as the amount of juice used can vary so greatly as does the caloric content of different juices. Simply check the juice you are using for a good idea of the nutritional value.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

Enjoyed this recipe? Like it, Tweet it and leave a comment below!

[print_link]

Related Posts with Thumbnails
Print Friendly
Share
  • Erin Massey

    :) :) :) :)

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Erin – Let me know how you like it!

  • Catherine Haddow

    Oh my gosh that looks delicious! I’m definitely going to make that this weekend for the kiddos!

  • http://www.aaronharrisfitness.com/blog Aaron

    Quite a few years ago one of my kids got an Icee Maker for Christmas. Of course it came with its own package of colored, flavored sugar that you’re supposed to use. We discovered that you can use practically any juice with it. It comes in really handy in the hot summer months. One of our favorites is just throwing some cut up melon in the blender to liquefy it and then run it through the icee maker.

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Aaron – What a great idea! You could do that with just about any juicy fruit I would imagine. I’ll give that a try!

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Catherine – They will LOVE it! My son sure does!

  • trude wofford

    I HAVE TO TRY THIS

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Trude – You won’t be sorry. They are EXCELLENT!

  • http://www.chellbellz.com Michelle of Chellbellz

    this looks super yummy and refreshing! I can’t wait to have these in the summer….i wonder if it would be OD if i made the juice fresh made in a juicer and then did this…

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    Michelle – You could certainly try it! I can’t see why it wouldn’t work unless there is a ton of pulp. That would change the consistency a bit. But if you strain that, it should be yummy!

  • 52weekbabyfood

    Great idea!

    So, is “from concentrate” really clean? And, agave…what’s your take on that? I’ve switched over to all raw honey, rapadura, and stevia for natural sweeteners.

  • http://www.thegraciouspantry.com The Gracious Pantry

    52WBF – I buy organic concentrate. I don’t see why there would be anything bad in an organic version. I could be wrong, but it just makes logical sense to me.

    As for agave, there is a lot of debate out there. Half of which, is simply propaganda and people screaming things from the rooftops that they know nothing about. But for those few resources out there who are reputable and actually do know what they are talking about…. I’ve learned that it pays to investigate the brand/company you buy. Some companies do manufacture the heck out of their agave. Some do not. It’s best to contact the company to find out exactly what they do to their product.

Previous post:

Next post: