FAMILY FUN
Red, White and Berry
Celebrate the 4th of July with patriotic ice pops
By PJ Feinstein
he best thing about ice pops—aside
from how refreshing they are on a hot,
sticky summer day—is how easy they are to
make at home.

“Popsicles are such a fun vehicle for
creativity. They’re bright in color, they’re
delicious in flavor [and] you can do
different textures with them,” says Becca
Katz. She likes theming them to a holiday
or occasion, like summer. “You can do a
popsicle that’s watermelon flavored but also
looks like a watermelon,” she says.

Katz is the co-founder of COOK
KITZ (cookkitz.com), a new service
delivering weekly kid-friendly cooking
projects throughout the summer. A gra-
duate of the Institute of Culinary Education
in New York City, Katz cooked up the idea
(pun intended) for COOK KITZ with her
sister, Valerie Zweig of Prescription Chicken
in D.C., when Katz moved back to Maryland
at the start of the pandemic.

At first Katz thought she could be a
culinary “camp counselor” over the summer
and teach people how to cook in their own
homes. After brainstorming a bit, the sisters
decided they could give families everything
they need to master easy-but-delicious
recipes on their own.

From mid-June through mid-July, COOK
KITZ is offering eight weekly kits with free
delivery across the DMV. Inside each kit,
which costs $54.99, is a base recipe plus
instructions for three variations of the
recipe and pre-measured ingredients for four
servings. There’s also an education packet
with suggestions for parents on how to assist
kids of different ages in the kitchen and
access to online “how-to” videos.

“While we want to teach really great skills,
we don’t want to make the recipes really
difficult so that people can’t figure out how
to do them. We want them to be fun and
educational and a really great way to pass the
time when you’re looking for something to
do,” says Katz.

As a special treat for Washington FAMILY
readers, Katz and Zweig are sharing the July
4th-themed ice pop recipe featured in the
COOK KITZ “Popsicle Party” kit. These
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patriotic ice pops are a festive and tasty
upgrade from the homemade pops you’ve
been making by freezing store-bought fruit
juice in a plastic mold.

Red, White and Berry:
A COOK KITZ July 4th
Popsicle Yields about 6 ice pops
Ingredients: 1 1 / 2 cups strawberries, hulled
2 bananas, thinly sliced and frozen
(about 1 1/2 cups total)
1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
1 1 / 2 cups blueberries and/or blackberries
Steps: 1. Blend strawberries and 1 / 2 cup frozen
bananas until smooth.

2. Pour strawberry-banana mixture 1 / 3 of
the way up the popsicle mold. Tap molds
to evenly distribute and freeze for 15
minutes. 3. Rinse out blender, add yogurt and 1 / 2 cup
frozen bananas and blend until smooth.

4. Remove popsicle mold from freezer and
pour yogurt mixture an additional 1 / 3 of
the way up the mold.

5. Place back in the freezer for another 15
minutes. 6. Rinse out blender again and puree
blueberries (and/or blackberries) with
the remaining 1 / 2 cup frozen bananas
until smooth.

7. After the second layer hardens slightly,
fill mold to the top with berry mix.

8. Carefully place popsicle stick in mold and
return to freezer. Freeze popsicles until
completely frozen, at least 4 hours.

9. Enjoy! Note: If using frozen fruit, you may need
to add a bit of liquid (water or milk) to help
with blending. Use caution, as you want the
mix to be pourable but thick. Additionally,
you can add honey or agave for a sweeter ice
pop. T
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BECCA KATZ
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