Sneak nutrients, fruit and veges into your summer ice blocks with these fun recipes below.

Naturally sweetened and made from fruits and veggies, vitamins and a big dose of colour are added to make these ice blocks taste and look amazing.

Why not try some of these tasty ice blocks on a summers day.

Chocolate bean smoothie ice block

3 tablespoons canned black beans

1x tablespoon almond butter or other nut butter

2x tablespoons maple syrup,

1x ripe banana

1x teaspoon cocoa

milk (coconut cream, plant based or dairy milk) – enough to blend everything together until smooth

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Place in ice block molds and place in freezer until frozen.

Tropical, green ice block

1 cup of chopped fresh pineapple

1/2 cup roughly cut spinach

1x banana

Orange juice to blend

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Place in ice block molds and place in freezer until frozen.

Sweet, filling and healthy

1/4 cup cooked diced kumara

5 x dates

1x banana

1 teaspoon cocoa

Milk (coconut cream, plant based or dairy milk) – enough to blend everything together until smooth

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Place in ice block molds and place in freezer until frozen.

Creamy nut butter blocks

1/2 Avocado

1x banana

1 tablespoon of peanut butter or other nut butter

Milk (coconut cream, plant based or dairy milk) – enough to blend everything together until smooth

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Place in ice block molds and place in freezer until frozen.

Purple blocks

1 cup orange juice,

1/4 cup blueberries

6x pitted cherries

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Place in ice block molds and place in freezer until frozen.

Kiwifruit, kale, banana

1x kiwifruit

1/2 cup kale

1x banana

Orange juice to blend

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Place in ice block molds and place in freezer until frozen.