Post in collaboration with Iceland Foods
Healthy Easter treats that taste as good as they look. Easter craft and food combine in these oh so cute, delicious and nutritious fruit and vegetable smoothies. Perfect for Easter breakfast or brunch and the ideal antidote to all those Chocolate Easter Eggs! Great fun to make for or with kids this Easter.
Chocolate, hot cross buns, chocolate, roast lamb, chocolate, simnel cake, chocolate... Easter is second perhaps only to Christmas as far as feasting dates go. Like so many holiday occasions it can be somewhat of an overindulgence when it comes to eating, drinking and being merry. All of a sudden chocolate becomes acceptable at pretty much any time of the day! As an antidote to all of the above today I'm sharing a fab selection of Fruit & Vegetable Smoothies. For the Easter Bank Holiday weekend my friends at Iceland foods asked me to come up with a recipe with the theme 'Easter Fun – Foods that aren’t what you think they are'. The only stipulation was that I had to include frozen fruit and vegetables and that my end product should be creatively presented to look like something else. I reckon that I've hit the nail firmly on the head with this one!
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The bank holiday weekend is set to be a proper scorcher so the #PowerOfFrozen will help you to keep cool, calm and collected. Frozen food can really take the strain off at seasonal get togethers and give you more time to spend with family and friends rather than slaving over a hot stove. Iceland have got everything instore that you'll need for Easter from roasting joints to trimmings and showstopping desserts to award winning hot cross buns. I always have a selection of their frozen fruit and vegetables to hand in my freezer. They are so convenient, avoid waste and are just perfect to help aim towards the new 10 a day guidelines. Freezing fruit and veg at the seasonal peak of perfection locks in the freshness until you're ready to use them, keeping them at their most appetising and nutritious. I love the convenience of Iceland's individual smoothie portion packs and we had great fun using them along with frozen rasps and baby carrots to come up with our Happy Easter Smoothies.
First you'll need to make your Chick, Lamb and Bunny drinking receptacles. I used mini glass milkbottles but you could use regular glasses or disposable plastic tumblers. You'll need to raid your craft box and/or buy a couple of cheap (should that be cheep?!) kids Easter craft packs at the supermarket or pound shop. I am SO not a craft blogger so if I can make these anyone can!
You will need...
- Glue (I used a hot glue gun)
- Googly Eyes and/or Sharpie Pens
- Feathers
- Pipe Cleaners
- Coloured Felt or Cardboard
- Cotton Wool Balls
- Straws to serve
Easter Lamb - cotton wool balls plus two threaded through straws, googly or drawn on eyes, felt/cardboard nose & mouth.
Easter Chick - googly or drawn on eyes, felt/cardboard comb and beak, feathers, cardboard feet.
Easter Bunny - googly or drawn on eyes, felt/cardboard nose, pipe cleaner whiskers and ears, cotton wool ball tail.
Easter Bunny - googly or drawn on eyes, felt/cardboard nose, pipe cleaner whiskers and ears, cotton wool ball tail.
Easter Lamb - Banana, Kale, Mango and Honey Smoothie
...this green thickie is baa-rilliant
...this green thickie is baa-rilliant
1 x 150g Sachet Iceland Banana, Kale and Mango Smoothie Mix
200ml Natural Skyr (or yoghurt)
100ml Milk
1 Tbsp Runny Honey
Put the ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth.
Pour into a Lamb and enjoy.
...let me see you shake your tail feather
1 x 150g Sachet Iceland Pineapple, Papaya and Carrot Smoothie Mix
250ml Apple Juice
Put the ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth.
Pour into a Chick and enjoy.
Easter Bunny - Raspberry, Carrot, Orange and Maple Syrup Smoothie
...who loves Iceland's Baby Carrots as much as we do? The Easter Bunny!
100g Iceland Frozen Raspberries
50g Iceland Baby Carrots
300ml Orange Juice
1 Tbsp Maple Syrup
Put the ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth.
Pour into a Bunny and enjoy.
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Disclosure: This is a commissioned recipe for Iceland Foods. As always, all views expressed are my own.
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