I’m no stranger to the challenge of getting kids to eat fruit and veggies. I have one child that will eat pretty much any veggie you put in front of him – – but won’t touch fruit. And another who literally would hide blueberries under his highchair cushion when he was a baby for fear of someone taking his precious fruit — but won’t touch a vegetable. Therein lies the conundrum that many most of us face: How do we get our kids to eat, let alone enjoy, their fruit and vegetables?
Last week we were offered the opportunity to try Naked Juice and then share ways we were inspired to eat our fruits and veggies. Since it’s kids we’re trying to get to love fresh fruit and vegetables, I recruited mine and we took on this challenge together.
So what did we make???
Dessert of course!
Armed with our blender and ice cubes, one of my children claimed the bottle of Mighty Mango Naked Juice, the other the Strawberry Banana and we set out to make what is normally the bane of my existence come baseball season…the Snack Shack, ICEE. That frozen concoction is so frightening that the girl serving them behind the snack shack counter actually asked the kids “What color do you want” instead of “what flavor”. Yep, those florescent blue and red treats needed a makeover.
The beauty of this fresh take on an otherwise sugar/color laden concoction is not only is it an incredibly quick, easy and healthy dessert, but it is also an incredible opportunity to add fresh farmers market fruit, greens and other veggies into dessert for the kids. Feel free to add a handful of spinach, kale, a cooked beet or two…or any fresh, whole fruit you have available. Add enough greens or red beets and you too can create a “naturally” florescent colored ICEE for your kids!
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Fresh Juice Icee
Special Equipment: Blender/Vitamix, straws
Ingredients:
- 1, 15.2 oz bottle of no sugar added juice (we used Naked Juice Strawberry Banana and Mighty Mango)
- 4 cups ice
- assorted fruit/vegetable pieces (greens, beets, fruit and berries, etc)
Directions:
- Pour juice, ice and any addition fruit or vegetables into blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Serve with a fun straw!
Naked Juice is worth its weight in good! There’s a pound of fruit in every bottle. Naked Juice has partnered with charity Wholesome Wave to improve access to fresh produce in communities across the country. You can help by visiting www.nakedjuice.com/gooddeeds. For every coupon downloaded, 1 LB of fresh produce will go to an underserved community, up to 100,000 pounds
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*Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Naked Juice via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Naked Juice.
This is a wonderful idea! Thank you!
I have a 12 y/o that seems to crave sugar all the time and I’m always looking for ways to have a bit of a sweet treat, but including as much nutrients as possible.
This is helpful :->
Love this juice
Looks good. Need to try it!
I like using all fresh ingredients to make my drinks
We love naked juice but had never thought about using it to ake smoothies! We are going to try it!
We love naked juices but had never thought about using them to make smoothies! I’m going to try i
Naked products taste very good. normally, all natural products dont taste very good or have a strange after taste, i experienced that i dont get any of those problems. The recipe looks great
Looks and sounded great. My kids loved it.
That ICEE recipe looks and sounds great, and a great way to get kids (and adults) to get servings of vegetables and fruit.
fresh naked juice makes good, smoothies,
This sounds amazing!
Love it, but wish wasn’t so expensive
I love the Naked drinks. My favorites are Green Machine and Protein.
Naked juices taste great, but unfortunately their maker’s stance on GMOs is unacceptable. I boycotted them and Odwalla juices for the same reason. We have a right to know what it in the food we eat. http://www.naturalnews.com/038750_boycott_Naked_Juice_Odwalla.html
A great alternative is Bolthouse Farms, which tastes just as good, is just as healthy, less expensive, and openly discloses what’s in it’s products. http://www.bolthouse.com/faq
I like the juice.
sounds really tasty, may have to try it
Looks great and healthy ! I wang to try this
Looks so good, I’d make these for myself:)
got to try this!!!
Cute idea-looks refreshing.
I love the idea! Can’t wait to try this with my picky eater.
Yummy for the Tummy, so Cool!
This looks really refreshing, especially with Summer coming soon! I think my Grandkids would like this.
I think I just found a way to eat MY fruits daily!!
Sounds good to me
Sounds tasty and healthy
Looks like a drink it be interesting to try first before buying
Love the taste of Naked’s Mango juice
Looks yummy!!!
Smoothies are the best! Have one every morning.
I would love to try Naked Juice Strawberry Banana, it sounds so good!
this is great healthy snack
I personally do not like these drinks but to each their own.
Yumm. I love Naked. There flavors are amazing and this recipe was delish. Thank you Naked.
looks good
i love naked juices!!
I would love to sample your product… Would that be possible???
Thanks,
Marilyn
Great idea. I wish they had the “Naked” products when my kids were younger. I’ve been making smoothies lately for breakfast. I just decided to pick up some of these juices for when I want a really quick smoothie! I add ground flax seed and coconut oil and my 16 year old son had no idea and loved it. The kids also always want me to buy them the “Naked” juices. IT’s true that kids will drink something that tastes good before they would ever even consider eating most of the things in the juices!
Can’t wait to try these, I am assured all three of my kids and myself would enjoy these 🙂
Looks great! I shall try it one day! Thanks for sharing