At my daughter’s soccer practice, held on a hot day, I was asked to bring popsicles to reward/motivate the girls. Between the shlepping involved to accomplish this feat and my Berkeley-mom guilt over giving kids a sweet treat at 5.30 pm, I decided to peer into my freezer.
A bag of frozen peaches was my salvation. No trip to the store, no added sugar or artificial colors. I stuck the peaches in a small cooler and headed out.
At the end of practice, I called out, “ICY PEACHES! ICY PEACHES!” and the girls came running. I put a couple of large, frozen peach slices in each of their hands, and they were delighted.
At my house, we eat frozen peaches, frozen pineapple, and frozen blueberries straight out of the bag. (I do not slice and freeze the peaches myself, but if I came upon a windfall of peaches, perhaps I would.) I got the straight-from-the-freezer idea from Heather who encouraged me to put frozen peas on Scarlett’s high chair tray. Without heating them. I’m not sure if it’s lazy, brilliant, or a combination of the two.
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I second this idea! My kids always requested “frozen peas still frozen” or “frozen corn still frozen” as their veggies. Today, frozen berries are almost always on the breakfast plate, especially in non-summer months.
Yep! My son asks for “cold peas.” He doesn’t like them warmed up.
It all started with that mesh feeder thingy when he was still a teething tot. But he’s 3.5 now, and still wants “cold peas.”
I like the idea of them as a treat for sports in the summer.
I like cold peas, too.
Love this idea. Going to see if my tot will like the frozen berries we have in the freezer (I’m not making smoothies as much as I’ve envisioned during our last Costco trip) as much as she likes the non-frozen type….
Fab idea! Somehow “icy peaches” sounds way better than frozen peaches. Way to go, mama!