Wild Violet Pops! Fun with Wild Eddibles

These pops are not only beautiful, delicious and fun to make, but they are supper nutritious. Spring time is the perfect time of year to get outside and put those weeds to good use. Violets are full of vitamins and have so many health benefits. My kids love collecting the violets, making these pops and we all love eating them. What a treat!

Wild Violet Pops

What you will need:

• 2 1/2 cup freshly picked violets without stems (separated)
• 5 cups boiling water
• Juice from 1 lemon
• 10 - 20 drops stevia or honey to taste
• 1 t vanilla
• ZOKU Quick Pop Mold

Directions:

Pour boiling water over 2 cups of violets in a glass bowl. Let sit covered for 6 - 8 hours to create an infusion. Stain the flowers out of the water. The water should be a pretty blue color now. Add the lemon and watch the magic happen. Then add your vanilla and sweetener to taste. Place the other 1/2 cup of violets in a glass of water. Using tweezers, take the wet violets out of the glass and place them on the insides of your ZOKU pop mold. They should stick to the side. Then place your stick in mold and you are ready to pour in your liquid. Watch it freeze in about 7 minutes and then enjoy this spring time treat. 

                                 

        

"Pie Time" ....gluten-free apple pie

Yes it is that season again. I call it "Pie Time". This is the time where we make and eat pies almost for every meal. My 2 favorites are apple and pumpkin . Hey, if you use healthy ingredients, pies can be a healthy breakfast, lunch, snack, and of course they are always the perfect dessert. There aren't many things better then making apple pies with friends.  We spent the morning picking apples as a local farm and then the afternoon baking four delicious pies with friends from the neighborhood. We even had family drop by and get to take part in the process. I get so much joy out of having everyone in the kitchen cooking and tasting and having fun creating wonderful and healthy food to share. After the pies went in the oven, everyone pitched in to clean up. As squeals of  laughter and the smells of apple pie flew out of the kitchen,  my heart was full of happiness. 

I used my crust recipie but used sorghum flour instead of millet.  Here are some of my other apple pie recipies and blog posts. All are gluten free and some are sugar and grain free. I hope you enjoy!

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