{"id":4966,"date":"2012-08-23T16:06:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T20:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverdogprints.com\/blog\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2015-03-08T16:02:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T16:02:02","slug":"food-at-home-sugar-free-blackberry-freezer-pops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/food-at-home-sugar-free-blackberry-freezer-pops\/","title":{"rendered":"Food at Home :: Sugar-Free Blackberry Freezer Pops"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Happy Summer, yo!
\nThis season, I’ve been trying to use my garden in different ways than I have in the past to create fresh food and treats. Last week, I snagged people’s pops<\/strong><\/em> at the library. It’s a book<\/a> of 55 recipes from a pop shop in Brooklyn, NY. Excellent summer inspiration…
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\nIn the past few months, my health-guru husband has removed refined sugar from his diet. He encouraged me to try eating this way, and after some resistance, I hopped on board the sugar-free “loco”-motive. In reality, it wasn’t a big sacrifice. The adults in our house (me and him) try not to eat processed foods that we don’t process ourselves (jams, pickles, etc.) I snack on nuts\/seeds more often and have developed a dangerous watermelon addiction.
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\nI got my hands on the last of the blackberries at my CSA. I found the perfect recipe in paging through the people’s pops<\/em><\/strong>. I only had a half of a pound of blackberries, so I adapted the recipe for blackberry, yogurt & honey pops. To make the pops sugar-free, I needed an alternative sweetner. I made stevia syrup by boiling a 4 to 1 ratio of water to stevia crystals and steeped mint leaves from our garden in it for a few hours.
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Blackberry, Yogurt & Honey Pops*<\/h1>\n

1\/2 pound blackberries
\n1\/3 cup mint stevia syrup
\n1\/4 cup organic yogurt (I used greek-style)
\n2 T. honey
\n2 T. fresh lemon juice
\nIn a food processor or blender, puree all the ingredients until mixed well.
\nStrain the mixture through a sieve. I used a metal strainer, but you can use
\ncheesecloth or something similar to remove the seeds. Pour your mix into pop
\nmolds, making sure to leave a bit of room for expansion after they freeze.
\nMakes four delicious pops – enjoy!<\/p>\n

*based on the people’s pops<\/a> recipe<\/center>
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You can get your own copy of the people’s pops 55 recipes for ice pops, shave ice,
\nand boozy pops from brooklyn’s coolest pop shop<\/em><\/strong> here<\/a>.
\nhttp:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/OCsREGsGwP\/<\/a><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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