Death To Zombies

I’ve never been much of a sweets person.  Frankly I’d rather have a second helping of roast beef than a slice of apple pie.  But one of my few exceptions was that wonderful invention called a creamsickle.  Frankly the taste seemed so foreign to me that I sort of always assumed it was just an artificial flavor, but lord knows a delicious one.  Imagine my surprise when I found out that it’s just OJ, cream or yogurt and vanilla.

There are fancier versions that have a few more ingredients and a whole lot more fat but this year I tried a healthy version of the creamsickle.  It’s still high in simple sugars, but it’s much lower in fat than the other creamsickle recipes I found.  I made mine with OJ concentrate and the OJ was a little overpowering in the recipe.  Next time I’ll try it with half the amount of OJ concentrate or maybe just regular Orange Juice instead of concentrate.  I tried two different types of containers for my creamsickles, paper cups and some silicone molds I found on Amazon.  Unfortunately the paper cups seemed to be a pain in the butt as I couldn’t easily pop the popsickle out and instead had to tear off the paper cup in strips.  The silicone mold you see in the picture worked very nicely although I need to buy 4 more of them now.  You can find the recipe at the following link: (SparkRecipes)

Life has been slowly moving on as the end of summer is now in sight.  I’d really like to plow up a whole lot more ground in the back yard for a big garden but I’ve been more focused on a rental property I’m rehabilitating.  I’d like to get some more income coming in, so I may have to delay the plowing and just put in a winter cover crop in a few months.