Sunday, April 18, 2010

I'm loving this heart-shaped fruit ;)

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I got a lot of strawberries this week. My strawberries usually doesn't last long enough to do anything:) Hubby and I top them with whipped cream and eat them. Or I make strawberry sauce. Aria is not a big fan of strawberries.

I placed a single layer of strawberries in a container lined with a paper towel and sealed with the lid to keep them one week fresh. Lol, this week, I had more strawberries than we could eat.
Today I froze some of them. I didn't use any sugar or syrup. I washed, hulled and drained the strawberries. Then placed them on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper.
Once frozen I put them into freezer bags.


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And I used the rest of it to make this fresh strawberry sauce. I also make this simple sauce with frozen strawberries.
I like to keep this sauce on hand so makes great topping on ice cream, yogurt, pancakes, waffles, desserts without sugar!

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Clean strawberries and remove stems and cores. Put in a blender. Add vanilla and Splenda to desired sweetness and blend all ingredients until smooth.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving. You are done! Yummy!

When I was preparing strawberries Aria kept telling me about one of his favorite cartoon shows on TV. Adventure Time with Finn&Jake. Finn is a silly kid who wants to be a hero one day! Jake is his dog and his best friend. My son never misses an episode of their adventures and can't even wait to watch this cartoon every Monday!

Lol, the sauce was ready but Aria was still talking about last episode of this cartoon!!!

27 comments:

  1. Yummy! I love anything with strawberries:)

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  2. I just brought home a quart of strawberries and have been putting them on my cereal. I never froze them though, so I might give this a try too...

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  3. We picked strawberries this week and I put a ton of them in the freezer. We are eating the rest. Yummy!

    Your strawberry sauce sounds delish!

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  4. Strawberries are my favourite!!

    Happy Monday Yonca!!

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  5. Oh my gosh, that looks so refreshing and delicious!!! I'm going to buy strawberries & whipped cream tomorrow!

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  6. I enjoyed your blog. yummmm ... I'm hungry now!

    http://westbob.blogspot.com/2010/04/line-upon-line.html

    God Bless, Bob West

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  7. The strawberries look wonderful!

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  8. Yum, that sounds so good. Strawberries don't last any time around our house either!!

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  9. Yummy! For deserts, when I use strawberries and whipped cream, I get some pound cake for strawberry shortcake. So true, strawberries don't last. Making fresh strawberry sauce. Yum! Will try it.

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  10. that looks delicious! I really wish strawberries would last longer - but at least now I have 2 kids that love them too - so between hubby, myself and the kids, they don't last that long in our house for me to do anything w/ them!!!!

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  11. strawberries are by far my favorite berries in the world. your sauce looks divine. :)

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  12. Strawberries never last long around our house either. We bought four boxes a couple of weeks ago and they were gone in a couple of days.

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  13. Oh, we love strawberries, too! When I buy them, they don't hang around here too long...I've got a bunch of Strawberry Monsters around here.

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  14. I love fresh strawberries. The sauce sounds delicious, I will have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Now that looks just wonderful!!!! It makes me want strawberry shortcake!

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  16. For some reason I am not a strawberry gal. I don't know why. But I did get my friend one of those topsy turveys but for strawberries instead of tomatoes!

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  17. I love strawberries especially fresh field strawberries right from the farm.

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  18. I love strawberries. That is making me hungry. I also love - love strawberry shortcake.

    Great idea freezing them & the sauce sounds great for ice cream. I should try that sometime. Thanks for sharing♥

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  19. I'm soooo hungry now! Thank you for sharing!

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  20. I'm so happy that strawberry prices are coming down, because I love to freeze them for smoothies!

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  21. What a great idea! I just bought some today!! :) They definitely top my list of favorite fruits.

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  22. Strawberries are one of the best things about summer! I can't wait to go pick them again!

    Chandler is the same way whenever he is telling me about school or something on tv. He could go on and on. LOL

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  23. Wow, I love this post. I loooveee STRAWBERRIES , anything strawberries. I love strawberry jams for my bread, strawberry shortcake, strawberry cheesecake & ice cream hehe. I love to try this very simple yet very yummy looking recipe, thanks for this post hehe. ^_^

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  24. oooh, this looks so yummy!
    I just came across your blog, love meeting other moms, especially ones who can cook, cause I need some major help in that area :)
    Great to meet you, now a follower!

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  25. Yonca, I will have to try that soon. It looks and sounds delicious! I can't wait:)

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