Kids are home for the summer and this heat is unreal. You need to keep them busy while you work from home. What do you do?  

Family time can be a great and memorable time these days, and what better way to spend time together than by making refreshing allergy-friendly snacks! 

Here are 5 refreshing recipes to make your family and friends with allergies on a hot, summer day.

Black Cacao Nice Cream

• Ingredients: 
  • 4 frozen bananas 
  • ½ cup canned full fat coconut milk 
  • ¼ cup cacao powder 
  • 1 tsp activated charcoal 
  • 1 to 2 tsp agave OR sub honey or maple syrup
  • ¼ cup non-dairy milk

• Instructions: 
  • Blend coconut milk, cacao powder, charcoal, and agave until smooth. Add frozen bananas and blend using the tamper tool until smooth and creamy. Adding up to 1/4 cup non-dairy milk only as needed.
  • If you want scoopable ice cream, pour into a freezer-friendly airtight container, or a bread pan and top with plastic wrap. Freeze for 3-6 hours until frozen and allow to thaw 5-15 minutes before scooping.
  • Scoop into a bowl or cone, add desired toppings, and enjoy!

Raspberry Chocolate Protein Popsicles

Makes around 6 popsicles, depending on the size of your molds.

• Ingredients: 
  • 1 ripe banana 
  • One 12-ounce package of frozen raspberries 
  • 1 cup full fat coconut milk 
  • ½ tsp vanilla 
  • 1 scoop Bob’s Red Mill Chocolate Nutritional Booster 
  • Optional: 2-3 tsp pure maple syrup OR agave 

• Instructions: 
  • Place all of the ingredients in your blender. Blend until everything is smooth. Taste and add the sweetener if needed
  • Pour into popsicle molds and allow to freeze completely, 6 hours overnight.
  • When you’re ready to serve, run warm water over the popsicle mold, until you can slide the popsicle out.

Mango Lava Flow Smoothies

• Ingredients 
  • Mango Puree: 
    • ½ cup Dole frozen mango chunks 
    • ½ cup coconut milk carton or can, preferably light or it will be thick and hard to blend 
  • Pina Colada smoothie
    • 1 cup Dole frozen pineapple chunks 
    • ½ cup greek yogurt plain or vanilla, or dairy-free yogurt alternative 
    • 1 cup coconut milk carton or can, preferably light or it will be thick and hard to blend 
    • ½ cup ice (depending on desired consistency) 
    • 1 tsp honey, sweeten to taste 
    • Optional: ¼ tsp coconut extract
    • Optional: 2 maraschino cherries 

• Instructions: 
  • Mango Puree: 
    • Combine the mango and coconut milk in a blender and puree until smooth. 
    • Set aside in the blender if you have a second blender jar or in a pitcher or measuring cup.
  • Pina Colada smoothie 
    • Combine the pineapple, yogurt, coconut milk, and ice in a blender and puree until smooth.
  • To serve: 
    • Pour a small amount of the mango puree into each of the two glasses. Top each with about a quarter of the pina colada smoothie and a little more mango puree. Pour half of the remaining pina colada smoothie in each glass and top with the remaining mango puree.

Triple Berry Kiwi Smoothies- Immunity Boosting

• Ingredients: 
  • 1 cup frozen strawberries 
  • ¾ cup frozen raspberries 
  • ½ cup frozen blueberries 
  • 2 kiwi (peeled and sliced) 
  • 1 cup of orange juice

• Instructions: 
  • Place frozen berries in a blender and let them thaw for 10 minutes.
  • Add kiwi and orange juice and blend on high until smooth.
  • Garnish with desired fruit and enjoy! 

Fizzy Pineapple Punch

• Ingredients: 
  • One 12-ounce can of frozen pineapple juice concentrate thawed 
  • One 6-ounce can of frozen limeade concentrate thawed 
  • 1 ½ cups cold water 
  • 1-liter club soda chilled 
  • Assorted fruit: strawberries raspberries, blueberries, oranges, limes, and pineapple) 
  • Optional: garnish such as fresh mint 
• Instructions: 
  • Pour thawed pineapple juice concentrate and thaw limeade concentrate in a large pitcher 
  • Add cold water and most of the club soda (reserve about ⅓ cup) 
  • Stir to combine and chill until cold 
  • Add ice cubes and assorted fruits to serving glasses and pour in chilled punch 
  • Garnish as desired and top off glasses with a splash of extra club soda

We hope that these recipes will help you and your family find great new snacks and spend more time together. Thank you, A Whisk and Two Wands, Allergy Awesomeness, Cupcakes, and Kale Chips, the pretty bee, and The Chunky Chef for providing these recipes, respectively.  

If you suspect you or a loved one has food allergies, call Allergy SA at (210) 616-0882 to schedule an appointment with a board-certified allergist. Same day appointments are available.