STRAWBERRIES

STRAWBERRES.

Strawberries simply spell pure delight. Today you can purchase strawberries for longer periods and organic ones are the best to eat.
Use them fresh, in fruit salads, milk shakes, smoothies and in salads. They make a great pie and are a decorators delight for jazzing up a simple dessert.
Strawberries make delicious jams, relishes, jellies and sauces.

SIMPLY STRAWBERRIES.

Wash and hull, arrange on a plate and sprinkle a few drops, only a few, of balsamic vinegar on them Dust with confectioners sugar. Serve.

STRAWBERRIES AND COINTREAU.

2 cups of strawberries. 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
2 cups vanilla ice cream. 1 jar of 3% yogurt. 2 tablespoon cointreau.
Wash and hull strawberries, Sprinkle sugar on them. Chill 2 hours. Soften ice cream and mix with the yogurt. If you use cream instead of yogurt, it will be thicker. I choose the Sane and Sensible options as a rule. Fold in cointreau and strawberries. Serve in a deep fruit glass with a strawberry and a meringue or chocolate on top. Enjoy.

STRAWBERRY PARFAIT.

Use tall glasses and have a long spoon for each glass.
Cut up six to eight strawberries. Put aside. Mix two yogurts, one banana and ten strawberries in a blender. You use a yogurt for each person a few strawberries and half a banana. Blend and add a few drops of vanilla. Pour into a glass and sprinkle the remaining strawberries on top. Decorate with some mint leaves and serve chilled.

FRUIT SALAD WITH STRAWBERRIES.

Cut up fruits in season and squeeze orange juice over it all. Chop the strawberries and add a teaspoon or two of pine kernels and a few raisins. Mix and serve . You can make this elegant by serving the fruit in a glass bowl placed on a doily Arrange one or two biscotti next to the fruit.

SUMMER SALAD TO SERVE WITH A MEAL.

3 cups melon cantaloupe balls. 1 cup fresh pineapple cubes.
1 avocado. 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
1 cup strawberries . 1 cup strips of cut up Cheddar cheese.
Honey Nut dressing.

Use a large shallow dish. Cut the avocado into strips and sprinkle with the lemon juice.
Fill bowl with cut up melon balls, cubed pineapple and strawberries.
Decorate with the avocado and strips of cheddar cheese. Pour over a dressing of three tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar and 2 teaspoons of honey. Add a few chopped walnuts.

Alternative salad dressing. Use half a cup of techina and two tablespoons honey and three tablespoons of sliced almonds.

PEAR SALAD WITH CREAM CHEESE.

5 tablespoons cream cheese.
A little salt. 1 tablespoon sugar. Dash cayenne pepper.
Half a cup strawberries.
Five pears, halved.
Salad greens.

Mash and whip the cheese. Add salt, sugar and cayenne. Fold in the berries. Place the filling in the pear halves and arrange on the bed of green salad leaves or lettuce. Serve with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, honey and salt and pepper.

You need two halves per person. This is great with a cheese and wine meal.

Love and light.

RONA