Strawberry season is here and the market is full of boxes of these ruby red tarty fruit. My daughter loves strawberries and I normally try and keep a box of strawberries in the fridge during the season so I can make a quick dessert for her with some whipped cream. Strawberries are packed with antioxidants, potassium & manganese and are a great fruit to eat to boost immunity. Babies can be given strawberries once they turn 1 year old.
Now as my daughter is growing older, she wants something new to eat all the time. Good old strawberries and whipped cream are not going to cut it with her that easily.
So when you have a box of strawberries in the fridge what can you make with them? I’m going to give you 7 easy recipes that use strawberries in different ways and they are all absolutely yummy.
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Antioxidant Booster With Apple & Strawberries
- 1 Glass Tender Coconut Water (nariyal pani)
- ½ Apple (peeled)
- 2 Strawberries
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Method
- Add apple, strawberries, coconut water and lemon juice to a blender. Blend it well until you obtain a liquid.
- Strain and collect the liquid in a glass.
- Do not add sugar or salt to the drink.
- Consume it in the morning, before breakfast.
Strawberry Pomegranate Green Smoothie
Ingredients (Pink Layer):
- 1 Frozen Banana
- 1 Cup Frozen Strawberries (Or Fresh!)
- 1/2 Cup Coconut Water (From A Can Of Coconut Milk, Cream Skimmed)
Ingredients (Green Layer):
- 1 Cup Fresh Spinach
- 1/2 Frozen Banana
- 1/4 Cup Pomegranate
- 1/4 Cup Coconut Water (From A Can Of Coconut Milk, Cream Skimmed)
Method
- Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour into glasses, add toppings if desired, and serve with a straw.
Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast Roll-Ups
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Ingredients
- 10 Slices White Sandwich Bread
- 1 1/2 Cups Fresh Strawberries diced small
- 4 Ounces Cream Cheese
- 1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 2 Tbsp Milk
- 3 Tsp Granulated Sugar divided
- 1/4 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
Method
- Combine diced strawberries and with 1 tsp sugar. Toss to coat.
- In another bowl, mix softened cream cheese with the powdered sugar and stir until combined.
- Flatten the bread slices with a rolling pin and trim off the crusts. Spread a teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture along one edge of the bread. Top with a spoonful of strawberries. Gently roll up the bread. Continue with the remaining bread
- In a small bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk, remaining 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Preheat your nonstick pan over medium heat. Coat with cooking spray or add a small amount of butter. Dip the rolls in the egg mixture and place seam-side down on the pan. When browned, turn and continue until all sides are cooked.
- Remove and serve with syrup, extra strawberries, or dust with powdered sugar.
Strawberry Swiss Roll
Ingredients
Cake
- 125g Flour
- 125g Powdered Sugar plus more for sprinkling on the baking papers.
- 3 Eggs
Cake Filling
- 250ml Mother Dairy Cream chilled
- 5-6 Tbsp Icing Sugar plus more for dusting on top of the cake.
- 15-20 Strawberries, chopped
Method
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 180° C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Sprinkle some powdered sugar on it evenly.
- Heat some water in a saucepan. Take it off the heat as soon as the water comes to a boil.
- Combine eggs and powdered sugar in a large bowl. Place it over hot water pan. Make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water.
- Beat the eggs and sugar, till thick and pale. The mixture should leave a trail when you lift the beaters. This should take about 8-10 minutes.
- Take the bowl off the hot water pan. Fold in the flour very very gently, taking care that the eggs don’t get deflated.
- Gently pour the cake mixture onto the prepared tray and spread the batter evenly.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the sponge is light golden and firm to touch.
- Keep a damp kitchen towel on the counter and a piece of aluminium foil or baking paper, bigger in size than the cake on top of it. Lightly sprinkle some powdered sugar on it.
- Once you take the cake out of the oven, wait for 2-3 minutes and gently turn it over on the prepared foil or baking paper. Peel the paper off the sponge base.
- Roll the sponge, starting from the short end along with the prepared foil or baking paper. Cover with a damp tea towel and let the cake cool.
Filling
- Pour the chilled cream into the chilled bowl. Mix in the icing sugar and beat the mixture for 8-10 minutes with your electric beater until soft peaks form.
Assembly
- Once the cake has cooled, unroll it. Discard the foil/ baking paper. Spread the whipped cream evenly, leaving about 1/2″ along the border. Scatter the strawberries on top and roll the cake up tightly.
- Dust the cake with icing sugar and serve immediately or refrigerate till ready to serve.
No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Tart
This is a recipe by Chef Amrita Kaur. Watch the video below to listen to her tips of sugar swaps & loads of other things.
To make 4 small tarts
Ingredients
- 6 Marie/Digestive Biscuits
- 1 Tbsp melted Butter
- Pinch of Salt
- ½ Cup Cream Cheese
- 1 Cup Whipped Cream
- 2 Tbsp Fresh Strawberry Puree
- Juice of half a Lemon
- ¼ Cup Castor Sugar
- 4-5 Strawberries
- Sugar sprinkles for garnish
Method
- Combine crushed biscuits with melted butter and salt and mix well. Press it on the bottom of the tart shells. Set aside.
- Soften the cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Add strawberry puree, lemon juice & caster sugar and mix it really well using a whisk or a spatula.
- Finally, fold in the whipped cream. Pour this batter onto the crushed biscuits-filled tart shells.
- Arrange strawberry slices in the shape of a Christmas tree and garnish with some sugar sprinkles.
- Refrigerate to set for an hour. It’ll be easy to take them out of tart shells once they have set well.
Chocolate Flower Pot Surprise
To make 4 small pots
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cup Whipped Cream
- ½ Cup Dark Chocolate chopped
- ¼ Cup Cream
- 4 Oreo Biscuits
- 6-7 Chopped Strawberries
- Mint sprigs or flowers for garnish
Method
- Heat the cream gently (make sure to not boil it).
- Carefully pour it over the chopped chocolate and mix using a spatula. You’ll get a glossy smooth ganache.
- Just fold the whipped cream in it to make a quick chocolate mousse.
- Remove the cream out of Oreo biscuits and blend the rest of it to make a coarse powder resembling soil.
- To assemble, crush some whole Oreo biscuits into the pot and layer the bottom,
- Add some strawberries.
- Spoon the mousse on top into small serving clay pots and top it with Oreo soil.
- Garnish with mint sprigs or flowers on top.
- Serve chilled.
Simple Strawberry Jam
Ingredients
- 1kg Strawberries washed
- 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
- Juice of 2 Lemons
- 1 Apple shredded
Method
- Chop up the strawberries and add sugar to it.
- Then pour the lemon juice into the strawberry-sugar mix and give it a good stir.
- Leave this mixture overnight and in the morning you will find a syrupy strawberry mix.
- Alternately you need to keep it aside for about an hour and a half at least before you can start making your jam.
- Add one grated apple with the skin for natural pectin.
- Cook this mixture on a low flame until it reaches jam consistency.
- Let it cool and put it into a glass bottle to store.
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