Strawberries Forever!
Strawberry nutrition simple fast recipe for cold pizzza and ideas for salad and dessert.
Apr 30, 2006
Depending on where you live, this is strawberry season or close to it. Where I live, we are getting strawberries from California and are eagerly awaiting local ones, usually mid May with a second bloom in August. The ones from California are good, big enough (really big ones lack flavor), with a dark red color and most importantly red all the way through. Despite advances in shipping strawberries, local is still better.
Strawberries are a nutritional powerhouse, containing calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin C and A. Its one of nature's gifts tastes great, equally great for you.
Gently wash strawberries with just enough water to make sure they are clean and always discard the green tuft.
Strawberries for Breakfast
What better way to start a day than with strawberries? Anyone looking at all that juicy red goodness will smile.
Mix sliced strawberries with vanilla yogurt and perhaps a drop of honey, fast, easy and delicious.
See my pancake article for tips on strawberries and other fruits as pancake toppings with whipped cream.
Or here's my blog on fruit drink with strawberries.
Strawberries for Lunch
For something a bit different try cold strawberry pizza.
You'll need:
- Pita bread, English muffin or rice cake
- About 1 tablespoon easy to spread cream cheese
- 2 sliced strawberries
Spread the cream cheese over pita, English muffin or rice cake and arrange strawberries on top.
Strawberry Salads for Lunch or Dinner
Nothing livens up a salad faster than strawberries.
The perfect pairing is strawberries with baby spinach. All you have to do is slice the strawberries and wash the spinach, chop off the ends. Perfect.
If you want a dressing, just put strawberries in the blender and then mix the strawberry juice with your favourite Italian dressing.
Here's my blog on a salad with lettuce and herbs .
See Salad Index
For a meal in itself why not a chicken salad with strawberries? Simply take cubed white chicken, add lettuce- romaine or head, crotons, sliced strawberries and aged cheddar.
For something just a bit different serve strawberries on top of steamed asparagus with goat cheese and black olives.
There's also strawberries dipped in reduced balsamic vinegar or in melted chocolate or just with whipped cream.
Strawberries for Dessert
Strawberry shortcake, just buy the white cake, cut width wise put strawberries and whipping cream inside and on top.
Here's a strawberry pudding recipe
Strawberry Combinations
Try strawberries with kiwis, rhubarb, applesauce, mint , chocolate sprinkles, custard, feta cheese, goat cheese, or aged cheddar. Go ahead, experiment.
While the season lasts, get as much of it as you can!
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