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Kids have enjoyed the ease and convenience of making homemade ice cream in a bag. Now, adults (and kids too) can have a healthier alternative while offering the same convenience. This summer, while you are watching your weight and achieving a healthier new you, try making homemade sorbet in a baggie! This is a fun and simple idea to make by yourself or with kids. Or, if you’re feeling festive, create a sorbet bar with a variety of juices, and let everyone make their own!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 2/3 cup pure juice in whatever flavor you desire (orange, lime, watermelon, etc.)
• 12-to-18 ice cubes
• 6 Tbsp. rock (course) salt
• 1 pint-size plastic baggie
• 1 gallon-size plastic baggie
• artificial sweetener to taste (optional)

Place juice and sweetener if desired in a small baggie, then squeeze air out and then seal closed. Fill the large baggie half full with ice cubes, keeping in mind that more or less may be needed, depending on the size of your ice cubes. Add rock salt to the large baggie. Place the sealed small baggie into the large baggie, then seal closed.

Now comes the fun part: shake the baggie for about five minutes, or until the juice turns into sorbet. Have a little fun while the shaking is going on and add some fun music or silly shake-down moves to add some exercise and silliness while waiting for the sorbet to make. When the texture is right, open the large bag and rinse or wipe the tops of both bags off so no salt gets into the sorbet. Either pour into a bowl or just dig in with a spoon. Enjoy! The bags can be re-used for the next sorbet maker, although some new ice and salt may need to be added to each batch.