Easy Homemade Strawberry Recipes

• Serves: 8
• Prep Time: 15

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of sugar or Splenda (Low Calorie Sweetener)
• 8 oz of cream cheese or Neufchatel cheese
• 8 oz - Cool Whip or a whipped cream
• 1 tsp - Vanilla
• 1 - ready-made graham cracker pie crust
• 1 - carton of strawberries
• sliced and soaked in the 1/2 cup sugar for 15 minutes to make a juice (do this by slicing the strawberries then sprinkling the sugar over top of them and mix. Allow to sit covered for 15 minutes)

Instructions

Here's how to prepare this delicious strawberry cheese cake:

1. Carefully blend, with a mixer, the cream cheese, whipped cream, vanilla and the 1/2 cup of sugar & juice together until fluffy.


2. Spoon into crust and chill at least 2 hours.


3. Top with strawberries and dollops of whipped cream on top around the edge of cheesecake if desired right before serving.


4. Takes 15 minutes to make and serves 8.

• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1 package of packaged shortcake cups (usually in the grocery store bread aisle)
• 1 basket of Fresh strawberries
• ¼ cup of Sugar
• Whipped cream or whipped topping
• White chocolate shavings (optional)

Instructions

Let's start preparing our tasteful no bake strawberry cake:

1. First you make the strawberry filling.


2. Slice your strawberries into thin slices and place them in a large bowl.


3. Pour in the sugar and lightly fold into the strawberries.


4. Cover your bowl and place it in the refrigerator for an hour or two.


5. The sugar will meld with the strawberries and create a natural syrup and fruit mixture.


6. If you are health conscious, you can skip this step and use the fresh strawberries as is after they are sliced.


7. Arrange your short cake cups on a plate or serving platter.


8. Fill each cup with a heaping spoonful of the strawberries and cover shortcake with a heaping pile of whipped cream or whipped topping.


9. Vanilla ice cream also works well.

If desired, finish with white chocolate shavings.

This recipe will serve 6. You can tweak the recipe to make more or less as needed.

Click here to read the original strawberry shortcake recipe; which is quite longer to prepare.

Ingredients

• 1 cooked pie shell
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1 c. 7-Up soda
• 4 tsp. cornstarch
• 3 tsp. strawberry Jello
• 1 pint strawberries

Instructions

You'll make the 7 Up strawberry pie in just 4 easy steps:

1. Mix together sugar, soda, cornstarch and Jello while stirring over low heat


2. When mixture has turned clear, remove from heat and set aside to cool 20 minutes


3. Add 1 pint strawberries to the mixture and pour into cooled pie shell - chill 20 minutes


4. Add a topping if desired

Ingredients

• 10 strawberries
• 1 8oz chocolate bar

Instructions

Let's see how to prepare our fantastic chocolate covered strawberries:

1. Wash strawberries and blot dry with paper towels.


2. Be sure they are totally dry otherwise the chocolate won't stick to them.


3. Put the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on low setting for several minutes until melted or melt on low heat on stove.


4. Put a piece of parchment paper on a plate or tray (so the chocolate strawberries don't stick).


5. If you don't have parchment paper you can use foil.


6. Dip strawberries in chocolate and place on the parchment paper.


7. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to enable the chocolate to harden.

Ingredients

• quarts strawberries
• washed with stems removed
• 1 package (1-3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin
• 6 and 3/4 cups of sugar

Instructions

Take an eye on this great recipe to prepare an old fashioned strawberry jam:

1. Crush strawberries and measure 4-1/2 cups of strawberries into a large saucepan.


2. Stir in pectin and bring to a rolling boil over high heat, stirring frequently.


3. Add sugar and return to a rolling boil.


4. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.


5. Remove from heat and skim off foam.


6. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace.


7. Remove air bubbles, wipe rims and adjust lids.


8. Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

The processing time listed is for altitudes of 1,000 feet or less. Add 1 minute to the processing time for each 1,000 feet of additional altitude.

Yields about 7 half-pints. 2 tablespoons equals 104 calories.

• Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 1 cup of skim milk (90 calories)
• 1/3 cup of stirred plain yogurt (45 calories)
• 5 medium strawberries (25 calories!)
• 4 packets (or 2 tbsp) of Splenda (0 calories!)
• 1 cup of crushed ice (0 calories)
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract (0 calories)

Instructions

Directions for preparing this tasteful strawberry smoothie:

1. Remove the 'stems' from the strawberries and cut them in 1/2


2. Put all ingredients in a blender all together


3. Blend until there are no big ice chunks left


4. This recipe makes 2 servings of 80 calories per serving.

Ingredients

• 5 large fresh or frozen whole strawberries
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/2 ounces of Rum
• 1/2 cup crushed ice

Instructions

• Pour all ingredients in a blender


• Blend 10-20 seconds


• Serve in a chilled cocktail glass