Strawberry Ombre Creamsicles + a Noonday Jewelry Giveaway!

Today I have a little something different for you: not only a delicious summer creamsicle recipe that you're going to LOVE, but also a chance to win a gorgeous acai seed necklace AND a signed copy of my cookbook! The necklace is from a company called Noonday, who I have recently fallen in love with. I adore their mission to:

  • empower women
  • cherish children
  • provide jobs

noonday artisan and child

More about Noonday:

I love the company's vision to empower vulnerable people groups through economic development. It's such a fun business model that blesses so many people along the way. It allows people here in States to give a better, fair marketplace to these gorgeous, handmade goods. Meanwhile the artisans are getting a livable wage, providing education to their children, breaking the cycle of poverty, enriching their communities, and getting access to healthcare.

And all we have to do to help is buy beautiful jewelry!

noonday purpose

Speaking of cherished children...

I love this girl and this face so much. She had a blast trying on all my jewelry AND taste-testing creamsicles. 

strawberry ombre creamsicles babycakes

We started with super sweet, organic strawberries. Trust me, organic ones are sweeter... and soooooo worth the extra one or even two dollars.

noonday jewelry plus strawberries

Did you notice those gorgeous bazaar bangle bracelets in the photo above? Yes, they're Noonday. And I have been LOVING THEM -- especially paired with these carved plume earrings!! Babycakes saw me all dressed up and said, "WOW, Mommy... you look so STYLISH!" 

noonday bangles and plume earrings

When thinking about what to create for this post, I knew I had to incorporate acai berry juice! 

Introducing Strawberry Ombre Creamsicles:

These creamsicles are bright and vivid and bold in their colors, just like the acai necklace! They are colored completely naturally from real fruit and veggies and are dairy-free thanks to the Silk strawberry dairy-free yogurt alternative. Remember I introduced you to their new yogurt in this post?

strawberry ombre creamsicles

So you're going to want to make a batch of these creamsicles asap... and enter to win the acai necklace. It really is beautiful and super well made. 

strawberry ombre popsicles

Giveaway closed!

TWO Winners Received:

TWO ways to enter:

  1. 1 Entry - no purchase necessary: Go to this Noonday Collection, and then leave a comment below with which item you'd want first (besides the Acai Rope Necklace)!
  2. (bonus entries) -- Get 3 bonus entries for purchasing any Noonday item from the collection.

Giveaway will end 5/19 at 8pm MST and winners will be announced the following week! Giveaway is open to blog readers in the US only.

Strawberry Ombre Creamsicles

Strawberry Ombre Creamsicles

Description

Strawberry Ombre Creamsicles // via Nosh and Nourish

Ingredients

4 Strawberries (greens removed)
1⁄2 cup Silk Vanilla Almondmilk (unsweetened, or regular.. up to you)
5 1⁄3 ounces Silk Strawberry Dairy-Free Yogurt Alternative (or sub strawberry Greek yogurt)
1 small banana
3⁄4 cups acai berry juice (or sub your favorite juice)
1⁄4 cup organic cane sugar (or sub coconut sugar)
6 Strawberries (greens removed)
1⁄2 small roasted beet*
1⁄4 cup organic strawberry jam

Notes

*to roast a small beet, preheat oven to 425 degrees. Peel the beet then wrap in aluminum foil with a teaspoon of olive oil. Bake for 45 minutes, then let cool in the fridge before adding to popsicles!

Instructions

  1. Dice the 4 strawberries, then add equal amounts into the bottom of each popsicle cup.
  2. In a high powered blender (I use a Blendtec), combine the almondmilk, yogurt, and banana. Blend until smooth. 
  3. Pour the mixutre into the popsicle mold, filling each cup up 1/3rd of the way to the top. (There will be a little extra leftover mixture in the blender, but that's good!) 
  4. Put the popsicles in the freezer for an hour. 
  5. Meanwhile, do not clean out the blender. Leave the leftover mixture and then add in 3/4 cup acai juice, 1/4 cup sugar, and 6 additional strawberries. Blend until smooth. 
  6. Once the bottom white layer is thoroughly frozen, pour on the 2nd strawberry layer, filling each cup about 2/3rds of the way to the top.  (There will be a little extra leftover mixture in the blender, but that's good!)
  7. Put the posicles in the freezer for an hour. 
  8. Meanwhile, do not clean out the blender. Leave the leftover mixture and then add in 1/2 of the small roasted beet plus 1/4 cup strawberry jam. Blend until smooth. 
  9. Once the 2nd strawberry layer is thoroughly frozen, pour on the darkest top layer, filling each cup all the way to the top. 
  10. Put the popsicles in the freezer for two hours... then, devour!

ALTERNATIVELY, if you don't need/want the layers, just blend all the ingredients together at the start!

Yields 10 Creamsicles