The following is a guest post by Paige Billings, a Florida-based recipe developer, blogger & photographer. You can find Paige’s blog here.

What’s better than a sugar free, naturally sweet popsicle on a hot summer's day? One made with Health-Ade!!!

Hi! I’m Paige, a professional food photographer, as well as a gluten-free & vegan recipe developer! I love love love homemade popsicles, and have the fondest summer memories of making them with my mom! Our go to as kids was an orange juice and pomegranate mixture and dang were they amazing!

I was feeling nostalgic this month and needed to remake my favorite summer healthy popsicle but also wanted to add in some tea for an extra exciting flavor! Without thinking I tossed in some Health-Ade pomegranate kombucha that I was drinking, blended it up and froze them. The next day, I grabbed a pop and was blown away by the delicious tang the kombucha added to our old time recipe! So ladies and gents… the recipe of the summer is here for you! Created, many times taste tested and currently eating as I’m writing this for you!

Shall we build these pops?!

To me July is all about family, celebrating America and drinking in every last drop of those warm bright summer nights! Sitting out on the front porch listening to the birds chirping and the breeze singing through the trees pulling me into a summer daze. Add to that a healthy kombucha popsicle, endless chatter from my family and a few puppy snores and I am sure that is what bliss is.

When it comes to life, I preach balance! Balance is the key to living a happy and sustainable life, but for this particular recipe, you don’t have to add sugar, sweetener or anything! The tang of the pomegranate mixes effortlessly with the sweet orange flavor and the kombucha adds a slight bubbly taste to the pops! Talk about delicious!

Freeze up a big batch of these popsicles and enjoy them everyday with friends and family. Really soak in what summer means to you! Get out there and be happy, be bubbly and live inspired!

About Paige:

Not one day has gone by that Paige Billings has not believed that cake can solve most problems. After being told she was allergic to gluten, Paige realized she had to modify her cake recipes. Committed to making her cakes just as delicious as before, Paige has combined her passion for baking, design, and photography into her career as a freelance food photographer, freelance copy and photography editor, and recipe developer. Her delicious and beautiful recipes that can be found on her blog, instagram, and in the secret pages of her ongoing cookbook. Though Paige has lived in many places, from the Bay Area of California, where she grew up, to Montana, where she graduated from Montana State University. She now works out of her Florida home with the help of her eager taste testers, husband, Drew and dog, Moose.

Today's blog is written by our very own Daina Trout, MS, MPH

Daina is not just our Co-Founder, she is also a nutritionist that has spent her adult life dedicated to finding and sharing health and wellness through food. With 2 masters' degrees in nutritional biochemistry and public health, Daina has called upon her education often while leading the way at Health-Ade - from how we make every batch of kombucha, to how we talk about gut health to consumers, to even how healthy our employee workplace is! She even writes a few blogs here and there. Happy reading! :)