I came across a product today, that is made to stuff even more sugar into your kids, not to mention give them that ever so cool, once envious, brightly colored tongue – - like blue.

What?!

Well, I know fundamentally, sometimes it can be a challenge to put fruits and vegetables on a plate and inspire your kids and children in general to eat healthier. Unfortunately, good intentioned neighbors on Halloween, for example, who use to pass out apples to trick-or-treaters, often found them left behind the next day, competing with the sugar stuffed candy choice of that particular era.

But This TRICK Takes the Cake. Because, Let’s
Face It – This is DEVILISHLY Sneaky*

*(said with evil laugh, while rubbing hands together)

Freeze Pop MachineAnd sure, when I juice for kids, I have my own bag of tricks to extract from, such as colors, flavor, crazy straws, cookie cutters (crazy shapes cut from the skin of a cucumbers, for example, that can be part of a game to hunt down and find – - not so ironically requiring the whole glass to be consumed in order to compete with an older or younger sibling) and a list as long as my arm…

And it’s new to me – - because I just found it! And it’s cool enough to appeal to adults – - not to mention the emotional triggers pulling at your heart strings from yesteryear, when you can remember these as a kid. Because, even at 37, I remember eating these things.

Do you remember “Freeze Pops”. They’re certainly still around, and as popular as ever with kids, and parents alike.

And while this little device that allows you to NOW make your own (just attach the packaging, and push your “juice” of choice down via the plunger), is created to put the creation of freeze pops into your hands…ooooo what a rush of Power ;^) …

THERE ARE NO RULES

..That dictate you have to follow the herd and fill it with high sugar, soda pop, candy or over-processed ingredients that look like latin root names. No-sireee-Bob. You’re in charge of the ingredients. You can decide to create yourself and your family healthy treats on a hot Summer day – and chuckle to yourself you’ve pulled one over on all of ‘em. I’m not going to tell.

You can take all the glory, when your reluctant Husband, who turns his nose up at anything healthy on his plate, suddenly is downing after dinner treats, that benefit his health. Men are “dumb” for the most part, we’ll fall for almost anything. Your secret’s safe with me.

Joe