What’s the first thought that comes to your mind, when you think of strawberries? It is probably of a mouth-watering dessert of strawberries mixed with fresh cream? There is nothing that says "Hello Summer" quite like eating a juicy vine-ripened strawberry that has been ripened to perfection in the early summer sunshine. Strawberries serve more than just fulfilling the sweet tooth. They are packed with hordes of health benefits, making a nutritious fruit for mind and body.

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Amaretto Strawberries
What could be simpler than this recipe? Quick and easy-to-make dessert.

Assorted Berry Salad with Sauvignon Blanc
This recipe is from the cookbook The Sonoran Grill by Mad Coyote Joe.
 

Balsamic Strawberries
This is heavenly! - You'll love seeing the surprised look on your guests faces after they take the first bite.

Blended Fresh Strawberry Margarita
So refreshing and so delicious!
 

Boccone Dolce (Sweet Mouthful)
This is a classic northern Italian dessert. The combination of strawberries and chocolate in a meringue is enough to send you right out of this world!

Chilled Strawberry-Mint Soup
This soup is not only delicious, but the color is lovely.

 

Chocolate Strawberries
What could be better than luscious chocolate strawberries? Chocolate strawberries are beautiful to look at and wonderful to eat! During strawberry season, I like to serve chocolate strawberries as a finale to dinner, as decorations for cakes, and at my family's annual Mother's Day High Tea. Try serving chocolate strawberries with champagne or your favorite red wine. Since we grow pinot noir grapes, I naturally like to serve pinot noir wine.

 

Cucumber Strawberry Salad
This Cucumber and Strawberry salad is as delicious as it is beautiful! Surprise you family and friends with this delightful and very easy-to-make summer salad.
 

Fresh Fruit Salad
This is my favorite fresh fruit salad. My mother-in-law, Gertrude Zemp, taught me to make this when I was a young bride.  It is very refreshing and also low in calories. I use whatever fresh fruit is in season when making this salad. The banana dressing is very light and compliments the fruit. You will never want to make a "yucky" canned fruit salad again!

Fresh Strawberry Granita
Granitas are as cool and delicious as ice cream, but they're much light, more refreshing, and a lot easier to make.

Fresh Strawberry Sorbet
During strawberry season, this sorbet is a must to make!

 

Fruit Pizza
A beautiful dessert for brunch or any special occasion. It will not keep well, so plan on using it up. You may also use your own sugar cookie recipe in place of the refrigerated cookie dough.

 

Fruity Nachos
Want a departure from the everyday? These unusual nachos are a refreshing break from the traditional hearty flavors of beans, cheese, and jalapeno. You can use almost any firm fruit, alone or in combination.


 

Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream
This recipe is my mother's, Dorothy Hagerman, recipe that she used in the 1960's for making Strawberry Ice Cream. So delicious!/p>  

Maple Sauce for Strawberries
This is an excellent way to serve your fresh strawberries.  My husband really likes this!

Simply Strawberries
A very simple and elegant way to serve strawberries. It will remind you of cheesecake. Everyone that I serve this very easy-to-make strawberry dish, to goes "wild" over it.

 

Spinach Salad With Strawberries
During strawberry season, this is one of my "must make" strawberry recipes, especially using the local strawberries.

Strawberry Coconut Smoothie
Smoothies from the article called Blending vs. Juicing. Is it better to juice or blend? There is always a lot of discussion among my friends about whether they should juice fresh produce or blend whole foods.


 

Strawberry Custard Tart
Don't let a strawberry season go by without making this beautiful and delicious strawberry tart.
 

Strawberries in Lemon-Lavender Syrup
Recipe by Chef Revsin of Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc.
 

Strawberries Pernod
This is an extremely simple dessert to make! Especially great for your dinner party. Your guests will be delighted.
 

Strawberries with Champagne and Roses
A very elegant way to serve strawberries! Try this for your next brunch.

Strawberry Cake
A strawberry cake is perfect for any occasion. When fresh strawberries are in season, be sure and make this cake. Since no baking is required for this cake, even the kids can prepare it easily. Wouldn’t this make a great Mother’s Day cake for the kids to make?

Strawberry-Lime Crepes
This wonderful crepe recipe is from Debbie Reynolds of Rocky Mountain Lodge & Cabins of Cascade, Colorado.
 

Strawberry Shortcake
Nothing could be a more typical, totally American, dessert than strawberry shortcake. Plus what could taste better during your local strawberry season?

Stuffed Roasted Strawberries
This is an inside-out version of chocolate dipped strawberries. Roasting the fruit brings out even more flavor and juiciness. You'll never settle for plain old dipped berries again! You can use any type of chocolate (milk, white, or semi-sweet), but remember bittersweet chocolate has less sugar and is lower in carbs.
 

Zabaglione with Fresh Berries
Zabaglione is a famous Italian dessert that is usually served with sliced fresh fruit or berries. The French refer to this as Sabayon and it is used as a dessert or a sauce. It is light and refreshing and perfect as warm weather dessert.