599 ice cube recipes

Rich South Texas duck gumbo with a dark roux, okra, tomatoes, and Cajun seasonings served over rice. A slow-simmered hunter's gumbo built for wild mallard duck.

Baked rice and beans casserole with cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, and shredded carrots. A low-calorie vegetarian one-dish meal with a bubbly cheese top.

Beef stir fry with mushrooms, bean sprouts, snow peas, green beans, bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts in soy sauce. A loaded wok dinner served over rice or chow mein noodles.

Arroz con pollo Puerto Rican style with chicken marinated overnight in adobo, sofrito, salt pork, ham, olives, capers, and peas, then simmered together into one golden pot.

When making smoothies, use the whole fruit or vegetable and blend in a good high powered blender (Vitamix and Blendtec are two of the best ones). Fresh fruits and vegetables contain large amounts of soluble and insoluble fibre which will help keep blood sugars stable and keep you full for longer. The combination of ingredients in this smoothie makes it an ideal breakfast as it contains protein, fibre, omega-3 fatty acids and probiotics for healthy digestion.

For those of us who cannot really chew in the morning, but still need some intake with nutritional value and the awakening effect of coffee - a breakfast which helps you and yours to make it through the day. Sour cream and heavy whipping cream instead of milk is handy, as they last longer in the fridge, and for the bananas you can also take those which are already brown.

Fresh or frozen strawberries, both work well here, and the shortbread like crust on top gives the nice crunch with the soaked in strawberry juice. It is full of fresh strawberry flavor, and it is so refreshing and tasty. A great fruity dessert.

A scrumptious dessert made with bread cubes, apples and a bit of cinnamon. Tastes amazing when served with hard sauce or ice cream.

Homemade orange sherbet with fresh orange juice, lemon juice, whipped cream, and beaten egg white. No ice cream maker needed, just an ice cube tray and a freezer.

Maple snow is the classic Canadian kid treat: warm maple syrup drizzled over fresh clean snow or crushed ice. Two ingredients, zero cooking skill required.

Peeled radishes with red-vein streaks, stuffed with green olives and frozen into ice cubes, then dropped into tomato juice. The creepiest Halloween drink that's actually edible!

Boozy date and Coffee Cake with Lime Buttercream Icing, Using Atholl Brose, a traditional Scottish Whisky liqeuer. Perfect with a cuppa' Joe :)

A bundt cake made with real cubed watermelon and fruity gelatin for a pink-hued summer dessert. Topped with luscious cream cheese watermelon icing that tastes like a backyard party.

Smooth, naturally sweet baby food puree blending tender carrots with brown rice. Freeze in ice cube trays for single-serve portions packed with vitamins and fiber.

Strawberry frozen yogurt made with plain yogurt, sieved strawberries, whipped cream, and gelatin. A no-churn frozen dessert set in an ice cube tray without a machine.

Chocolate banana peanut butter shake made with a frozen banana, diet chocolate shake mix, and frozen soda cubes blended thick. A frosty, creamy treat without ice cream.