Popsicles on Shine

Give Me a S'more Popsicle

nospam@example.com (YumSugar) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:45:46 -0700

Summer is coming to an end! I don't want it to, but there's no way to fight it, so instead, I celebrated by creating a frozen treat inspired by the great camping tradition of s'mores. Only a few days ago, PartySugar made homemade smores, and I decided to try my hand at s'mores popsicles. These easy popsicles only require five ingredients: vanilla ice cream, marshmallows, chocolate chips, graham crackers, and vegetable oil.

Guilt-free freezer pops

nospam@example.com (EatingWell Magazine) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:53:10 -0700

While working on five new freezer-pop recipes in the EatingWell Test Kitchen, I was greeted by, “Mom, Mom, did you bring me another popsicle?” when I got home at the end of every day. My son Sawyer was our official under-5 taste-tester and he took his job seriously. Although his hands-down favorite was the Vanilla-Orange Freezer Pop, he gave high marks to all, except the coffee-flavored confection. Just one taste of the chocolaty Mocha Ice Pop and he declared, “This one’s just for moms and dads.” What Sawyer didn’t know is that all the pops we developed are less than 90 calories each, so you can experience guilt-free pleasure when cooling off with one.

Get flu ready: 8 things to stock up on in case the kids get sick

nospam@example.com (Charlene Prince Birkeland, Shine staff) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:44:57 -0800

There's a buzz at my son's school and it's all about the stomach flu. I asked a teacher how her class was doing and she said, "They're dropping like flies." Just what a mom wants to hear when her kids are healthy. Also, it turns out that this particular stomach bug is…

13 Ways to Reuse Coffee and Coffee Grounds

nospam@example.com (real women, real advice) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:13:22 -0800

I run on coffee. Even my dog knows not to bother me in the morning until I have a few sips of java percolating through my system. That means I have a lot coffee grounds. In the spirit of the 3 green R's Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, Iâ€™ve found 13 ways to reuse those old coffee grounds....

Delicious: Ice pops make you feel young

nospam@example.com (Anne Fitzgerald, Elastic Waist) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:02:44 -0700

You know what I was thinking about the other day? Otter Pops. Did you grow up with Otter Pops? They are, basically, long narrow tubes of frozen sugar-water that come in flavor sensations like "purple" and "green." I remember tearing off top of the plastic sleeve on a miserably hot day, the colored slush, my red mouth and tongue, the sugar high, and I am hit with a wave of nostalgia and maybe a little nausea; my brother and I ate 50-count packs of those things in under a week.