Remember the frosty strawberry pops I posted last month? Now how about some pina colada pops from Kraft Foods? Sounds good doesn’t it?
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup boiling water
1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Pineapple Flavor Gelatin
1/4 cup coconut-flavored rum or coconut milk
ice cubes
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice, drained, liquid reserved
ADD boiling water to gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in rum. Add enough ice to reserved pineapple liquid to measure 3/4 cup. Add to gelatin; stir until slightly thickened. Remove any unmelted ice.
REFRIGERATE 15 min. or until gelatin is thickened. …read more

It’s, well, really hot outside! I don’t like to complain about the heat because I know it gets old: Yeah, we live in the desert southwest so of course it’s going to be unbearable, why bother getting wound up about it, you know?
So we find ways to beat the heat, and easily one of our most favorites are turning regular snacks into “cool” snacks. One of my girls’ favorites are fruit skewers. Using whatever fruit we have my husband or I will cut it into chunks, skewer it, and then place it in the freezer for about half an hour, …read more