Riot and Frolic

a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog

about

I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Cool Down

June 30, 2011

With a forecast of 96 degrees and a heat index of 105 today (I don't understand any of those words or numbers), I thought I'd prepare some icy delights last night.

Many of you know, I am slightly obsessed with popsicles. Not so much the making of them, just really the eating of them. I bought a bag of those nifty freeze pops before my lonely weekend and they were gone in three days. I'll let you do the math on that one.

I don't have many cravings when I'm pregnant. But I do like icy beverages, ice-like desserts, icy fruit, or just plain ice. I would eat it non-stop if I could. Non-stop. Oooh, Frappuccino. You were my downfall on baby #1.

So, with an excuse of "saving money in the long run," I bought a few popsicle molds at good ol' Target and asked my ma for the recipe of those popsicles she always used to make when we were little. (But Ma had Tupperware popsicle molds! So fancy!)

Childhood Popsicles

Ingredients:

– one package Kool-Aid

– one package Jello

– 2/3 cup sugar

– 2 cups boiling water

– 2 cups cold water

Combine first three ingredients in a heat-safe bowl. Pour in boiling water and mix well to dissolve Jello. Then add 2 cups cold water. Fill popsicle molds.

Ta-da!