What's fun and easy to make, tastes delicious and is insanely healthy? Superpops! Today's pop is actually a frozen smoothie created yesterday by my toddler boy and I. Side tip: A great way to get picky kids to eat vegetables is by using this twofold tactic, which is comprised of (1) intelligently concealing it with state of the art blending, and (2) involving said child in the mission.

We use a Blendtec blender with the Wildside jar to make our smoothies and Superpops because it literally obliterates whatever you put inside it. Do you see any kale bits in the picture above? I don't either! And I promise I didn't use Photoshop to make it go away. Kale is dark green, in case you never saw it and with every other processor and blender I've tried, the kale still shows up. Not that that's a bad thing at all! I love proof of goodness, but with kids who have superhuman vision...

The best part of blending fruit is that you need to work very hard to completely mess up. There's almost always a way to remedy a nasty-tasting smoothie. I like to use a 2:1 ratio for fruits and vegetables if preparing for kids, but I've got no problem with 1:2 or 1:3 for myself . For best results, include only 1 very sweet fruit (e.g. pineapple, mango, orange, apple, banana) to prevent suger overload. Berries are fantastic because besides for all their health benefits, they are really sweet-tasting without containing much sugar.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup kale
2 cups fresh pineapple
2 cups strawberries
1 tsp probiotic powder (optional)
1-2 tsp superfood powder (optional)
1 tbsp hemp protein (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

If you're using frozen pineapple or strawberries, let them thaw for half an hour or microwave them for 1-2 minutes to soften. Blend the kale and pineapple until very fine. Add the strawberries and blend until smooth. Add the optional add-ins if using and pulse for a few seconds.

This makes about 4 cups of smoothie which you can either drink fresh (yum!) or freeze into popsicle molds for an already prepared smoothie when you don't have time to make one. We drank some at the time and then froze the rest for another day.

See more on Superpops Instagram page @eatsuperpops