Summer Strawberry Sweets

Strawberries can eliminate toxins from your body, boost your immune system, protect your eyes from cell damage and are a powerful anti-aging fruit.  I can't say how this natural sweet, treats your body once we sprinkle dairy and sugar onto this small, deep red and truly enticing snack , but we do it anyway right.  You've got to live a little.

So,

when summer comes around, I start to dig through my recipes to find the best ways to use my favorite fruit.  In recent posts I have listed a few recipes I love.  A list of my top 10 strawberry sweets are as follows: 

1. Crepes + Strawberries and Creme, as in creme... a guilty, french pleasure.

2. Strawberry Puff Pastries

3. Strawberry Spritzer

I use a flavored sparkling water to cut down on calories, raw strawberries and a tiny bit of grenadine for a fun color.  But if you wanna go for the gusto, 

TRY THESE.

  

4. Sour cream and brown sugar (most people go for the whipped cream, but those with tangy taste buds stand inside their refrigerators with a tub of sour cream in one hand and a strawberry in the other .  Skip the whip cream and chocolate next time and you might be pleasantly surprised.

5. Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle 

6. Strawberry Pretzel Salad

7. Strawberry Fro-Yo

8. Strawberry-Lime Shortcake with Coconut Cream

This recipe is from Our Best Bites, I love to browse this site when I'm searching for easy meals and sinful sweets.

9. Frozen Strawberry Dessert, this recipe uses walnuts in the crust, which is scrumptious if you are a nut person.  I like to substitute a graham cracker crust, when serving more than one (i.e. myself).

And lastly, my ABSOLUTE fave has to be...

10. Strawberry Spinach and Arugula Salad 

(hold the onions please)

Despite all of these yummy recipes I can't help but think to myself... WHY MESS WITH A GOOD THING?

photo via

Shared on:
 CraftoManiac
The Ivy Cottage
Sugar Bee Crafts
Home Stories A 2 Z
Tip Junkie
Today's Creative Blog
Lil Luna
Not Just A Housewife
Shabby Creek Cottage