Chocolate Strawberry Pancakes

This is going to be my 300th post! Hooray!! If that’s not a sign that it is time to through my recipe index, I don’t know what is.  I also feel like I really need to make this post count.  What could be better then chocolate covered strawberries? Why chocolate covered strawberries disguised as a…

Strawberry Shortcakes

I tried holding out until June 14th, or Strawberry Shortcake Day, but I simply could not resist the lure of plump, macerated strawberries enveloped in soft clouds of whipped cream, set atop a buttery shortcake biscuit.  These are the strawberry shortcakes of my childhood, just as my Mom would make them.  A special weekend treat,…

Strawberry Crisp

Well, I am still on my strawberry kick, and when I was asked to bring dessert to a dinner party earlier this week, this is what I came up with.  I love a good fruit crisp, but have never actually made one with strawberries.  I intended to bake a strawberry-rhubarb crisp, but I couldn’t find…

Strawberry Jam

There is nothing quite like a homemade strawberry jam that highlights the sweet cloying taste of freshly picked, sun-ripen strawberries in every bite.  Freshly picked, sun-ripen strawberries that can’t be found in half-frozen Vermont during the month of April. Therein lies my dilemma.  The berries available to me, at this time of year, are fresh…