summer treats

what's better than a beer and a BBQ after a day full of yard work. Well if you have a sweet tooth, then how about a somewhat healthy frozen dessert treat?

Banana Popsicles Recipe (4 servings)
2 bananas
4 popsicle sticks
1 dark chocolate candy bar
1/4 cup milk (or soy milk)
1/4 cup chopped almonds

1. Start a double boiler - take a pot and put some water in the bottom, take a metal bowl and put it in the pot but don't let the water touch the bowl. Break up the chocolate and put it in the double boiler with the milk, until all of the chocolate is melted.

2. While the chocolate is melting, peel the bananas and put them on the popsicle sticks.

3. Go stir the chocolate before it burns. Then get back to work crushing the almonds. You can make this really easy by using a heavy jar or even a large knife to crush the nuts. Or, you can make it even easier and just buy chopped nuts. Lay out two plates - one with the bananas on a stick and one with the nuts.

4. Now the chocolate is melted. Pour it over the bananas and roll the bananas in the chocolate so that they are covered all the way around. Then roll them around in the nuts.

5. Put them in the freezer for at least one hour. Voila! So, did one of the bananas mysteriously disappear? Well, anyone who knows me will know where it went...

Enjoy!

*k*