Weekly Grocery Deals & Frugal Recipe: Berry Yogurt Popsicles

(Note: Each week Frugal Townie and I, in a combined effort post the Grocery Deals Round-Up and aFrugal Recipe that goes right along with the current deals.)

Lately I’ve shared the recipes: BBQ Yardbird Pizza & Summer Berry & Plum Pudding. Since there are a lot of fruit on sale, this week is also a great time to make the Summer Berry & Plum Pudding!!

This week…

I LOVE fruit!! Therefore, I love spring/summer when the fruit is fresh and cheaper to buy. Here are this week’s deals:

Blueberries- $1.49/ pint @ Aldi
Cantaloupe- $1.49/ea @ Aldi
Grapes- $1.48/ lb @ Checkers
Limes- 10/ $1 @ Checkers 
Raspberries or Blackberries- $1.88/ 6oz @ Checkers 
Strawberries- $0.99/lb @ Aldi
Watermelon (seedless)- $3.69/ea @ Aldi

For a full list of all the grilling items and other produce on sale, visit Frugal Townie’s Round-Up for the week of May 23rd.

Berry Yogurt Popsicles

(From Skinny Taste)

I can’t wait to make these this week!! For the yogurt, I’m going to use my Easy DIY Greek Yogurt.

Ingredients:

For the purple:

• 1 cup blueberries
• 1/2 cup blackberries
• 6 oz fat free blueberry yogurt
• 1 cup crushed ice

For the white:

• 14 oz fat free vanilla yogurt
• 2 tbsp agave or sugar
• 1 cup crushed ice

For the pink:

• 3/4 cup raspberries
• 3/4 cup strawberries
• 6 oz fat free strawberry yogurt
• 1 cup crushed ice

Directions:

Step 1: Blend each color smoothie separately in a blender and set aside.  

Step 2: Pour the pink mixture into the popsicle mold, until about 1/3rd of the way up. Freeze for 30 minutes. Remove from the freezer and insert the sticks, then freeze one hour.

Step 3: Add the white yogurt into each popsicle mold 1/3 of the way and freeze an additional hour.

Step 4: Add the purple smoothie and fill it to the top of the mold and freeze until ready to eat.

Tips for Keeping Berries Fresh

I wanted to share with you some tips I’ve learned lately about keeping berries fresh: vinegar wash.

When you first bring you berries home, prepare a mixture of one part apple cider vinegar and ten parts water. I chose to use:

- 1/3 c. apple cider vinegar
- 3 1/3 c. water

Dump your berries into the mixture and swirl. Drain, rinse with water and put it back in the fridge. Easy!

The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that might be on the fruit. Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries will be good for almost two weeks!!

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