Flu Month and Spa Pops

Meyer Lemons. Cucumbers. Honey. Long neglected ice pop molds. You do the math!I have been very sick and dehydrated this month. I have missed a lot of work and found out a lot about the true nature of people in my life. As my little sis would say, 'growing pains'. Maybe I'm taking everything a little too metaphorically lately but that's probably just my delirium. I'm so used to being very active that I get cabin fever very quickly when I'm so sick that I have to stay home. So. I often entertain myself with Pintrest (which I prefer to call PINT-rest) and I was browsing through my dessert recipes and decided to make these lemonade-cuke spa pops, especially sine my darling boyfriend just got back from CA with a big bunch of meyer lemons from his dad's backyard and they need to get used up ASAP. Find the original recipe that inspired me here http://backonpointe.tumblr.com/post/34835034655/myhealthyweighs-lemonade-cucumber-spa-pops.

Ingredients:
2 Meyer lemons, halved and juiced through a strainer to remove seeds
About 2 cups water
Squeeze of honey or to taste
3/4 of a cucumber, peeled (or not if it's English, this will also give a beautiful green speckled appearance to your pops!)

Directions:
Stir to combine lemon juice, honey, and water. Pour into ice pop mold, filling each one about 2/3rds full. Place in freezer. After about an hour, peel and thinly slice your cucumber (I used my mandoline!) and add about a tablespoon to each ice pop. Make sure to leave a bit of space at the top of each mold so your pops don't overflow when they freeze. Cover and add sticks, allow to freeze for around 3-4 hours. "pop" them out and enjoy! And don't get the flu. And don't work for your friends.

Try some!