Coconut Fruit Pops

Tristan is meant to have a snack or dessert every day, so it's good to have something easy around.  Frozen treats are also good since its getting quite hot these days!  Pictured here are two flavors of coconut fruit pops, lime and raspberry.  I use frozen raspberries, again for convenience, and the nutritional values are based on those printed on my frozen raspberry bag from Carrefour.


Ingredients:

Coconut Lime Pops

60 g coconut cream (blue dragon)

18 g lime juice

2 g coconut oil

4 drops liquid stevia

Raspberry Coconut Pops

60 g coconut cream (blue dragon)

24 g frozen raspberries

3 drops liquid stevia

In the case of the lime pops, the ingredients only need to be stirred together and poured in popsicle containers which can hold at least 80 mL of liquid.  Be warned, these pops are very lime-y so decrease the lime juice if you don't enjoy sour sweets.

fat:  13.5 g, protein:  2.1 g, carbs:  2.5 g

ratio:  2.9:1

For the raspberry pops, combine ingredients in a blender and pour.  It's better to use slightly bigger pops if you can find them.  The consistency is quite like a very thick smoothie or milkshake, so another alternative way of serving would be as a frozen drink.

fat:  11.8 g, protein:  2.3 g, carbs:  2.5 g

ratio: 2.5:1

Variations:  I've also made a strawberry version, and I'm sure lemon or blackberry would work too (or combinations?) depending on what fruits you like!

Avocado Chicken Salad

Spring in South Texas means the weather is already hot, so perfect weather to be eating lots of cold salads.  Couple that with the proximity to Mexico, and it would be a crime not to have avocado with every meal!  So we have.

Ingredients:

50 g diced celery

10 g chopped green onion

0.3 g garlic powder

100 g diced, grilled chicken breast

65 g Hellman's mayo

70 g chopped avocado

This is an easy one, just combine all ingredients together in a bowl! Cutting the chicken into small bites makes it easier to add the necessary amount of mayo and the celery gives it a nice crunch.

fat: 64.1 g, protein: 25.1 g, carb: 3.1 g

ratio: 2.3:1