And amazingly beautiful bursts of strawberries, mulberries and loquats are on sale for the tiniest of time. Fresh lush red punnets of strawberries...
Some tart ,some sweet...
Some biting, some plain...
You get the drift , right?
All women here.
Anyways strawberries are yum but they need to be used up ASAP. Unfortunately, that happens only in an ideal world.
So if you are not prompt, half the punnet gets wasted.
The best thing to do is Macerate them.
Yo.
Macerate.
Basically hull ,as in remove the stalks and leaves ,and cut them up into a glass bowl.Add in a sweetner like honey and some herbs.
I used dried basil and mint leaves.
Cling wrap and chill.
You can use this to top a dessert, or add to a salad or into a smoothie... or even munch into for the wholesome goodness.
I tried a simple Parfait.
For the
Strawberry and Yogurt Parfait topped with Oats...
You need
2 punnets of strawberries
1/2 cup rolled oats -I used Quakers
2 cups Greek yogurt or homemade yogurt with homogenised milk
honey to taste
mint leaves and basil leaves
chopped almonds or walnuts or chocolate to top your parfait -optional
Hull and chop the strawberries into a glass bowl. Add honey to taste and pop in the leaves. Macerate these strawberries overnight in the fridge.
Lay the oats on a plate and microwave them for a few minutes, stirring them till they don't taste raw.
Cool them .
Whisk the yogurt with or without additional honey so that it is lump free.
Out with the pretty glasses.
A couple of spoons of macerated Strawberries with the syrup.a layer of toasted oats and nuts.
topped with a generous spoon of whipped yogurt.
And again some more strawberries, oats and then some nuts or chocolate.
You can share or not....add more or less. Whatever you do it will be a perfect Parfait.
Enjoy your wholesome, healthy ,yummy, antioxidant and probiotic bacteria loaded snack Or dessert or just a pick me up.
All lush and strawberry red .II heart #KitchenAid. I also used these strawberries to add a zing to my flourless Chocolate Cake that I made with the #KitchenAid #Artisan stand mixer.
Thank the lord for his bounty of good fruit and yogurt.
PS you do know that strawberries and chocolate make an aphrodisiac, right?
So what are you baking today???
