My daughter, who is one and a half, loves these food pouches. Since it's summer I came up with a way to help her cool down while enjoying one of her favorite treats. And since you can choose varieties of food pouches with fruits and vegetables, I like them over popsicles, which are typically just fruit.
I decided on a pouch with sweet potato, blueberry, millet and greek yogurt.
Also, keep in mind that some of the food pouches are mostly fruit sauces and may be a bit too runny to form a nice dot. The combinations with grains hold up the best from my experience.
Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and squeeze out little dots of food from the pouch.
By the way, these are so stinkin' simple! Simple is my friend, especially with a busy toddler around. If you like simple recipes check out my Super Simple Sugar Cookie Bars, Greek Flatbreat Turkey Sandwiches and my Quick and Easy Olive Oil Bread....see a trend here? :)
Once you have squeezed the whole pouch onto the cookie sheet, pop it in the freezer for a few hours until frozen.
Once frozen, pick the dots off the wax paper and store them in a covered container in the freezer. When I give them to my daughter, I will only give her a small amount at a time and keep the rest in the freezer, since they will tend to defrost quickly and turn back to mush. :)
She loves these and gobbles them right down! She seems to prefer the packets frozen into dots over eating them straight from the pouch. And one pouch makes a ton of dots, so it is a snack she can enjoy for awhile!
Be careful tasting them yourself, they are so good you may not want to share them with your kids! Do you have a go-to frozen treat for summer?
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Super cute and healthful idea. Nice to meet you via Merry Monday linky! I'd love to see you at #theWeekendSocial where I co host. Thursday's starting at 9:00 PM EST. We pin every link! ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you! And thanks for letting me know about your link up! :)
Deletewhat an awesome idea! Thank you for linking up to Creative K Kid's Tasty Tuesdays. I have pinned your recipe to the Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest Board.
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DeleteI have these same packets and have never thought to freeze them. What a great idea!! My kids will love this! ~Amy
ReplyDeleteThanks! My daughter loves eating them. I'm happy that this idea is one you can use!
DeleteWhat a great tip! Hello, my name is Misty, from The LadyPrefers2Save at http://theladypreferstosave.com, and I'm one of the new co-hosts for the Merry Monday Linky Party! Thanks for linking up at the Merry Monday's Linky Party this week. Have an awesome weekend!
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