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.