I love summer fruit. We've been buying flats of strawberries on the street corner for $10. Oh the things you make with delicious sweet strawberries! These babies taste to good there is no need for sugar - we eat most of them straight out of the box (after a good wash, of course). However, I did do some recipe searching.
First up - Ice Cream! Found this recipe online. Made it the first time exactly as posted, then began to experiment. Except for the first step macerating the strawberries, I replaced the remaining sugar with agave nectar for the sugar. No problems there - would just recommend cutting down the amount slightly since agave is sweeter than sugar. Then I replaced the cream with 2% condensed milk. Worked amazingly well, except I think I'll try it again using one cup plain Greek yogurt for a little more creaminess & some added nutrition (protein/probiotics). Hubby and LittleA seem to like it no matter how I make it. Next I think I'll try with peaches (yummm).
I saw these posted on facebook and just had to try the strawberry-citrus cocktail since we had so many strawberries on hand. Seriously, it tastes like summer in a glass! I wasn't sure I'd like the mint & strawberry mixture but it was divine. If you're one of the many chronics who doesn't tolerate alcohol, I think it would be equally summer delicious muddling the mint & strawberries & adding club soda or sparkling water in place of the vodka with a splash of orange juice for the citrus flavor.
First up - Ice Cream!
Found this recipe online. Made it the first time exactly as posted, then began to experiment. Except for the first step macerating the strawberries, I replaced the remaining sugar with agave nectar for the sugar. No problems there - would just recommend cutting down the amount slightly since agave is sweeter than sugar.
Then I replaced the cream with 2% condensed milk. Worked amazingly well, except I think I'll try it again using one cup plain Greek yogurt for a little more creaminess & some added nutrition (protein/probiotics). Hubby and LittleA seem to like it no matter how I make it. Next I think I'll try with peaches (yummm).