Thursday, June 20, 2013

Strawberry season is here - enjoy these Fresh Strawberry Recipes

home grown strawberry
First Strawberry
Strawberry season is upon us (at least where I live it is). Strawberries are my favorite fruit - and thus this is one of my favorite times of year.  Strawberries are available all year round- being shipped in from other places - but nothing beats the taste of a fresh strawberry.

I normally take Mr. J (will start bringing Mr. K now too) once a year to pick strawberries at a local strawberry farm.  This year - we are growing our own at home too - very excited about it.  We had our first ripened berry on Saturday (Mr. K was a thief and picked it off the plant and popped it in his mouth when I wasn't looking)

Given that this is one of my favorite times of year, I thought I would do a round up of Strawberry posts that have yummy easy fresh strawberry recipes and droolworthy photo's!

  1. Tales of Mommyhood - Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
  2. Tales of Mommyhood - Summer Fruit Pizza
  3. A Busy Mommy - Strawberry Shortcake
  4. A Busy Mommy - Chocolate Strawberries
  5. Little Miss Kate - Strawberry Rhubarb Loaf
  6. Snip-Its of Me - Strawberry Lemon Yogurt Cake
  7. Nugglemama's Handful - Strawberry Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
  8. Nugglemama's Handful - Canada Day Dessert
  9. Sober Julie - Berry Rhubarb Parfait
  10. Sober Julie - Watermelon Cake
  11. Sober Julie - Strawberry Mango Mocktail Recipe
  12. Mom vs. The Boys - Strawberry Raisin French Toast Bake
  13. Our Family World - Strawberry Smoothie
  14. Our Family World - Strawberry Romaine Salad
  15. Life on Manitoulin - Valentines Love Berries
  16. Canadian Moms Cook - Pampered Chef Santa Hat Brownies
  17. Just Us Girls - Strawberry Shortcake Martini
  18. 1 Heart, 1 Family - Food Friday, Creamy Strawberry Delight
Do you love strawberries? What is your favorite strawberry recipe?  I would say mine is probably strawberry shortcake or chocolate covered strawberries.

10 comments:

  1. Love the pic!! Thinking of growing some at home as well. I doubt they could ripen fast though enough given how much the kids love them. Great post roundup :)

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    1. thanks Fariha! They definitely don't happen quickly, and the plants are flowering at different times (and even each plant the buds are coming out really randomly)

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  2. thanks for featuring our recipes. Off to check the others. I love strawberry

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    1. no problem! Looking forward to trying them out

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  3. How neat! I love that you guys are growing your own, must be a great experience with your little guy! Thanks for sharing the recipes. I've already found a couple I'm adding to my To Make list! :)

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    1. this is the first year, we will see how it goes! They boys certainly like to check them out and see how they are coming along!

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  4. I can not wait to go strawberry picking. Love them, so sweet

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    1. Me too! The boys have so much fun finding the "reddest" and "biggest" berries

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  5. We use to have strawberries in our backyard but eventually the trees took over and the spot became to shady. However, this year I did buy potter strawberry plant and my little one is loving it. We go out every day and see if there is a ripe strawberry to pick and when there is she devours them!

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    1. I love seeing how excited the kids are about it! It's a great way to get them interested in learning about how food gets to the table

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