Cold treats for Summer

We have been having a great Summer in Washington this year! It has been around 80 degrees just about every day since the beginning of July! I love it! With all this heat, I love enjoying cold treats to keep cool...especially smoothies. Today I want to share a PB2 smoothie recipe and a yogurt popsicle.

PB2 Smoothie (serves 1)

-1 scoop vanilla protein powder
-2 TBSP PB2 powdered peanut butter
-1 cup ice
-1/3 of a banana (optional)
-1 cup unsweetened almond milk
-1 packet Truvia (optional)

Blend all the ingredients together in a blender. Enjoy! With the banana, this smoothie is about 200 calories. Without the banana, its about 150 calories. You could also add cocoa powder, a small handful of spinach, flax, chia seeds, etc...

Strawberry Kiwi Greek Yogurt Pops (makes about 8 popsicles)

-1/2 c non-fat plain greek yogurt
-1/3 c drinkable low-fat plain yogurt
-six strawberries
-one kiwi (peeled)
-1 tsp coconut extract
-2 packets Truvia

 

Blend all the ingredients together in a blender. If you have popsicle molds, our mixture into those. I don't so I poured the mixture into cupcake liners in a cupcake pan. I didn't have popsicle sticks, so I cut up some straws to use in place of sticks.

Put a piece of foil over the popsicles and cut a small hole in the center of each popsicle. Stick a popsicle stick or straw in the holes.

Freeze for about three hours.