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    Home » Family Friendly Recipes » Drinks

    Rainbow Fruit Ice Cubes

    Aug 16, 2015 · 1 Comment

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    Today I'm sharing a simple idea for rainbow fruit ice cubes. I've been experimenting with fruit infused water recently, and these seemed the natural next step to try.  I've found these a really fun way to jazz up plain drinking water for kids, helping to keep them happy and hydrated this summer!

    Fun way to get kids to drink water - make rainbow fruit ice cubes for summer drinks - easy healthy recipe from Eats Amazing UK

    I've spent a lot of time tearing my hair out over the years as Small Child just doesn't drink much at all.  He'll always drink juice if it's offered, and he'll usually drink milk, but I don't want him to drink juice or milk all of the time, and I definitely want him to drink more water! No matter how much I try to encourage him though, he never seems to drink much.

    Fun and Easy Rainbow Fruit Ice Cubes - get the kids drinking more water this summer with this fun healthy drink idea

    Recently however, I made a simple discovery which practically guaranteed that he would drink a full glass of water! I couldn't believe it, such a simple trick  that I'd been missing out on all these years! That trick was simply to add ice cubes to a glass or flask of water.  Apparently ice cubes are super fun and iced water tastes a million times better - who knew?!

    Keep kids hydrated this summer with these pretty rainbow fruit ice cubes - great way to encourage kids to drink more water from Eats Amazing UK

    Although I suspect that novelty value is playing a big part in this, it's been a couple of weeks and the ice cube trick is still working! In the meantime, I've decided to have some fun with them in the hope of extending the novelty value of ice cubes for as long as possible, and these fruity ice cubes are my latest experiment.

    They were quick and easy to make, and Small Child really loved them.  As they melted, they gave the water a hint of fruity flavour, and Small Child loved having a mini frosty fruit salad to snack on when he'd finished drinking his water!

    Keep kids hydrated with these fun rainbow fruit ice cubes - great way to encourage kids to drink more water from Eats Amazing UK

    Rainbow Fruit Ice Cubes

    Ingredients:

    • handful raspberries
    • handful blueberries
    • 1 kiwi fruit
    • 1 mandarin orange
    • jug cold water

    Method:

    Start by washing the raspberries and blueberries, then fill a quarter of an ice cube tray with each fruit.

    Peel and roughly chop the kiwi, and add to the ice cube tray

    Peel the mandarin orange, removing as much of the white pith as possible. Break it into segments, then cut each segment in half.  Use them to fill the last quarter of the ice cube tray.

    Easy rainbow fruit ice cubes recipe from Eats Amazing UK - fun way to make kids water fun

    When each compartment in the tray has been filled with fruit, pour over water to fill them all up.

    Pop into the freezer and freeze overnight or until frozen solid.

    Pop one of each flavour ice cube into a glass and top up with still or sparkling water for a pretty rainbow drink - yum!

    Keep kids hydrated with these pretty rainbow fruit ice cubes - great way to encourage kids to drink more water from Eats Amazing UK

    If you like this idea, you may also enjoy the rainbow ice cubes made with fruit juice that I made earlier this summer.  Do you have any other tips or tricks for keeping kids hydrated?

    Grace

    Keep kids hydrated with these fun rainbow fruit ice cubes - great way to encourage kids to drink more water from Eats Amazing UK
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    Rainbow Fruit Ice Cubes

    Keep kids hydrated with these fun rainbow fruit ice cubes - great way to encourage kids to drink more water.
    Prep Time5 minutes mins
    Cook Time0 minutes mins
    Freezing time2 hours hrs
    Total Time2 hours hrs 5 minutes mins
    Course: Drinks
    Cuisine: British, Vegan, Vegetarian
    Servings: 4 people
    Author: Grace

    Ingredients

    • handful raspberries
    • handful blueberries
    • 1 kiwi fruit
    • 1 mandarin orange
    • jug cold water

    Instructions

    • Start by washing the raspberries and blueberries, then fill a quarter of an ice cube tray with each fruit.
    • Peel and roughly chop the kiwi, and add to the ice cube tray
    • Peel the mandarin orange, removing as much of the white pith as possible. Break it into segments, then cut each segment in half.  Use them to fill the last quarter of the ice cube tray.
    • When each compartment in the tray has been filled with fruit, pour over water to fill them all up.
    • Pop into the freezer and freeze overnight or until frozen solid.
    • Pop one of each flavour ice cube into a glass and top up with still or sparkling water. 

    I hope you will want to try this simple but yummy idea, please pin it if you do! For more easy healthy drink ideas and recipes, check out the drinks for kids section here on the Eats Amazing blog or pop over and follow my Delicious Drinks Pinterest board.

    These rainbow fruit ice cubes are a fun way to get kids drinking water this summer - fab for party drinks and BBQs too #kidsfood #rainbowfood #icecubes #summerfood #drinkrecipes #partyfood #rainbow #frozen #healthykids #funfood

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