The one with all the icecream cones

During summer I came across lots of these king size icecreamcones. I started to photograph them, and forgot all about them, until last weekend, when I started an attempt at organising the photos on my laptop. We've had some cold days by now (but no snow so far), and with predictions for today that are quite warm (15°C, and according to the converter 59°F) for this time of year, I might snatch up an celebratory icecream (or two) after work. I hope these shots will put a smile upon your face.

 

With a side of fries 

 

The one with the things I liked this week (81)

Just some random photo's from last week. Although it had been super busy at work, I still managed to see some likeable things.

 Imagine having a real icecream this big!

 

 Snacking on some cherries

 Seen on an evening walk

 Windowshopping

A rainbow that was much better looking in person

Must be fun having a colourful bike like this one!

The one with the strawberry popsicles

I bumped into some super cute pink popsicles molds last week. Immediately childhood memories of warm summer nights, playing in the streets, enjoying sweet cold treats came to mind. I needed to get them, and made some popsicles the same evening. As a kid, we filled the molds with sweeter than sweet lemonade. These are a more adult-y and healthier version.

What you'll need:

• popsicles molds (mine makes 6 popsicles, but the mixture could make about 10)
• 400 grams of strawberries
• a big cup of greek yoghurt
• 5 big tablespoons of honey, or to taste 

Wash the strawberries and remove the leafy tops

Puree the strawberries in your blender, and add the yoghurt and honey. Taste and add more honey if you don't think it's sweet enough. The strawberries I bought were pretty sweet, so five teaspoons of honey was enough for me. 

Fill the molds with the mixture

I left them in the freezer over night

Enjoy!

 

I got these molds at Dutch store HEMA. They're € 1,50 and easy to use. After taking them out of the fridge, the popsicles were pretty easy to remove from the molds. 

Do you like making your own popsicles? I've got one of them left, so I am in need of some ideas for making a new batch. What's your favourite recipe? Any flavour combinations I should try?

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The one with all the Oreo's

What you´ll need:

• 250 grams of (frozen) blueberries, defrosted
• 3 tablespoons of water
• 1 tablespoon of cane sugar
• 14 cookies
• 2 extra cookies for serving
• 1 litre of vanilla icecream

What you'll need to do:

Take the icecream out of the freezer, and let it soften a bit. Crumble the Oreo's, transfer the icecream to a big bowl and add the crumbled cookies. Quickly stir them through the icecream using a fork. Transfer back to it's original packaging, and put it back in the freezer. It needs a couple of hours there.

Slowly heat the blueberries, together with three tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of canesugar in a small saucepan. It needs to slowly boil for a couple of minutes, until the sauce starts to thicken. You can make this in advance, or right before serving. I made this in advance, so I used the sauce cold. But I think it might taste as good (or maybe better) warm!

Crumble the two extra cookies. Serve in a bowl or glass, first add the icecream, after that the sauce and as a finishing touch some cookie crumbles.

Have you discovered any new recipes? Do you have a sweet tooth and do you like desserts as much as I do? If you're in need of more kitchen-inspiration, more recipes are over here.