Strawberry Salsa, a refreshing salsa that tastes great with any chips/crackers. If you like salsa and chips combo, then you have to try this salsa when the strawberries are in season. It's so light, delicious  and a perfect salsa to make on the hot summer days.

Last week, we went to our annual strawberry picking and had a lot of fresh strawberries which were so delicious so I asked my IG followers what would make with it. Got a lot of interesting suggestions and this salsa recipe was mentioned by a couple of followers so thought of giving it a try immediately and it was an instant hit at our home.  Thanks to my IG followers. 

Today is the third time i've made this salsa in the last 4 days. It was so good and even my toddler liked it very much and asked me to make it again.

To be honest, this recipe doesn't need any precise quantity. You can add more or less of all the ingredients listed in the "Ingredients" list as per your liking. Also, if you want some spiciness, add some jalapeno too. 

Now let's check out how to make this delicious Strawberry Salsa

Strawberry Salsa | Summer Salsa Recipe

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Salsa | Recipe Cuisine: Fusion
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Ingredients

Strawberry - 20 

Onion(chopped) - 1/3 cup

Coriander leaves - a few 

Honey - 1tbsp

Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

Salt - as needed

Procedure

First wash and pat dry the strawberries and then cut the strawberries into small pieces. In a bowl, add the chopped strawberries, onions and coriander leaves.

Next add the honey, lemon juice and salt. Tossed it all well together. 

Delicious Strawberry Salsa is ready. Serve it with chips or crackers as per your like.

Related: Mexican Salsa/ Pica De Gallo

Notes:

• Keep all the ingredients and mix it all together when it's ready to serve.
• Depending on the sourness of the strawberries, you may need less or more of the lemon juice.
• Instead of honey, maple syrup/ agave syrup can also be used.

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Strawberry Jam Without Pectin | Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam

Strawberry Jam, a delicious and easy to make jam with fresh strawberries. We love strawberries and mostly have it as it is, but occasionally i make this strawberries jam especially for the kid. It's so flavorful and absolutely delicious with a piece of bread. 

Usually many commercial jams are made with pectin which is used for thickening the jam and gives that jelly-like consistency. However, in general, when i make jams at home, i don't use any pectin but still the texture is so nice and easily spreadable on bread. 

So if you would like to make jam at home in small quantities without pectin, then definitely give a try on this super easy jam recipe. 

Strawberries 

For this jam recipe, all you need is strawberries, sugar and some lemon juice. So the flavor, color and the taste of the jam  purely depends on the quality of the strawberries. 

I have tried this jam a couple of times before and i found that the freshly picked strawberries from the farms are so good for making this jam compared to the store bought strawberries. But if you're having only store bought, go ahead and make it by all means and it will still taste so good. 

Sugar

The main advantage of making jam at home is that you can adjust how much sugar you want in the jam. If you feel that the store bought jams are super sweet and hurts your teeth, then you can easily reduce the sugar quantity in this recipe.

For this recipe, the given quantity of the sugar is for moderate sweetness. However, depending on the sweetness of the strawberries, you may need less or more  sugar as i mentioned. So give a taste test when the sugar is completely melted and adjust if it needs more. Just a gentle reminder, if the strawberries are so tart then definitely it needs more sugar to balance out the taste.

Ok, now let's check out on how to make this super easy and delicious strawberry jam.

Strawberry Jam Without Pectin

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Jam | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients

Strawberry - 1 lb

Sugar - 1/4 cup

Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp

Butter - 1 tbsp

Procedure

First wash the strawberries, remove the top and cut the strawberries into small pieces. Heat the sauce pan with butter. Once the butter starts to melt, add the strawberries and mix it well with the butter.

Then put the lid on and cook the strawberries till they are soft. Once they are soft, add the sugar.

Next squeeze the lemon juice into it and then mash the strawberries with a masher.

Then put on the lid again and cook the mixture till they are glossy and thick. Switch off the flame and let it cool it completely and then put it on air tight container.

Delicious Strawberry Jam is ready !

Related:How to make Strawberry Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce

Notes:

• I like a few chunks of strawberries in my jam, so mashed it gently.
• Keep it refrigerated for longer use.
• Switch off the flame when the jam is slightly runny so that it comes to perfect consistency when it's cooled down.

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Strawberry BlackBerry Smoothie | Smoothie Recipe

Strawberry Blackberry Smoothie, a quick and easy to make delicious smoothie with berries, yogurt and any sweetener. It's one of my favorite smoothie and used to have it in the morning as breakfast when i'm planning for earlier lunch or as mid morning/evening drink.Here in today's recipe, i have used fresh strawberries and blackberries but frozen also works fine for this smoothie. When the berries are in season, i would like to make them often because of the beautiful purple color smoothie.  Gorgeous, isn't?? Now let's see how to make this yummy and fulfilling smoothie.

Strawberry BlackBerry Smoothie

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Smoothie | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Strawberry - 1 cup
Blackberry - 1 cup
Curd/Yogurt - 1 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Maple Syrup/Honey - as needed 

Procedure

Put all the ingredients in a blender and grind into smooth.It's that simple !!! Your delicious Strawberry Blackberry smoothie is ready. 

For more smoothie and juice recipe, check out here.
Notes:

• Add more or less of water as per the consistency you prefer.
• Use fresh & chilled yogurt for great taste.

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Strawberry Coconut Milk Popsicle | Summer Treats

Strawberry Coconut Milk Popsicle, a delicious and healthy popsicle without any artificial sweetener. All you need is some strawberries, coconut milk and honey, throw everything in the blender, puree and pour into popsicle mold and freeze. Yep, it's that simple, your home made strawberry popsicle is ready to devour. 

I had this popsicle recipe in mind for a while to try, so bought a pack of strawberries with the thought of making it last weekend and in the next morning, it started to snow here. Yeah, in May!!! I was brought up with the idea of not eating anything cold even when it's drizzling  outside and now it's snowing!! Had the dilemma but went with my plan anyway and enjoy it after two days when the temperature is bit better :-)    

For the past couple of days, the temperature is so pleasant here to go outside and finally spring is here !! The trees begin to sprout the leaves & buds and it's amazing to witness the whole world around you awakens and slowly everything in grey and black starts to become colorful :-)  I'm from the place(Tamilnadu,India) where autumn and spring are not in our weather seasons, hence i'm always fascinate about these seasons and after all these years still i'm at awe when the leaves fall and sprouts again!!  

Related: How to make Mango Falooda

Ok, now coming back to the recipe, the amount of each ingredients used in the recipe is up to my preference. There is no hard rule here  in making popsicle, you can add more or less of any ingredients as per your liking. Use this as guide and make as you like. Now let's check out how i have made this delicious strawberry popsicle. 

Strawberry Coconut Milk Popsicle

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 6 small pops 
Recipe Category: Popsicle | Recipe Cuisine: General
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Ingredients
Strawberry - 1/2 lb
Coconut milk - 1/2 can(around 3/4 cup)
Honey - 2 to 3 tbsp

Procedure

Trim the top of strawberries and chop them into small pieces. Add into the blender along with coconut milk.

Next add honey and grind them into smooth puree. Take the popsicle mold and stick few strawberries on the sides of the mold(it's purely optional).

And pour the strawberry puree into the mold and cover it with lid. Freeze it for 6 to 8 hrs.

Delicious Strawberry Popsicle is ready.
For more summer treats and popsicle recipe, check out here

Related: How to make Watermelon Popsicle

Notes:

• To remove the popsicle from the mold, keep it under running water for a while or put it in glass with warm water for a while
• Depends on the sweetness of the strawberry, you can add more or less of honey. Mine was so sweet, so i used 2tbsp of honey only.
• Instead of canned coconut milk, you can use fresh coconut milk also.
• For additional flavoring, you can add a dash of vanilla extract.

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Strawberry Smoothie | Summer Drink | Smoothie Recipe

Strawberry Smoothie, a quick to make delicious smoothie with only 3 ingredients. This is my go to recipe for strawberry smoothie. Since strawberries are in season for a while, though i love to have them as it is, sometimes prefer to make this smoothie or this strawberry lemonade. Both are my absolute favorite and it's bring out the strawberry flavor well. As i like strawberry flavor so much, while make any drink with these fruit, i'm always so subtle on adding other flavors or mostly prefer to skip adding any additional flavor, that's when you get the full flavor of strawberries in your drink. If you're like me, then definitely you will love this simple yet so delicious strawberry smoothie, now let's check out the recipe, honestly there is no such thing as recipe for this smoothie, you have to put together everything in the blender, blend and your smoothie is ready. Since it's my favorite, it has gotten a place here :-)

Strawberry Smoothie

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 1 or 2 
Recipe Category: Smoothie | Recipe Cuisine: International

Ingredients
Strawberry - 1/2 lb
Milk - 1/2 to 3/4 cup
Honey - as needed

Procedure

Wash and cut the strawberries into small cubes, put it in blender along with milk.Add the required honey/any sweetener as per your liking and blend into smooth puree.Tada, Quick to make strawberry smoothie is ready.

Notes:

• If you like thick smoothie, put the strawberries in freezer for one hour and then blend.
• Add more or less honey based on the sweetness of the strawberries and your preference.
  

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Strawberry Sorbet | Home made Strawberry Sorbet | Sorbet Recipe

Strawberry Sorbet, an easy to make sorbet recipe with just 2 ingredients such as strawberries and any sweetener. Sorbet is different from ice creams. Sorbet is a frozen dessert made from the sweetened fruit puree or with any artificial flavored sweetened water. 

It's very mild, refreshing and melt in your mouth texture. Whereas ice creams are rich and based on dairy or egg products. So generally sorbet are considered as low fat version of ice creams.

Related: How to make Strawberry Coconut Milk Popsicle

Now coming to today's recipe, it's the most easiest sorbet that you can make at your home and enjoy with your family. Since strawberries are in season now, i want to make something different other than the usual strawberry lemonade  & popsicle, so tried out this strawberry sorbet, as expected, it turned out so delicious, refreshing and melt in your mouth texture. 

Tips to make delicious Strawberry Sorbet

• Use fresh and bright colored strawberries that will give great flavor and color to the sorbet.
• Make sure that the cling cover touches the sorbet while keep it for freezing. It will prevent the ice forming on the top
• Don't add any water while grinding the strawberries. 

Strawberry Sorbet

Preparation Time : 3 hrs | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 4 to 5  
Recipe Category: Sorbet | Recipe Cuisine: American
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Ingredients
Strawberries - 1 lb
Honey or sugar - as needed

Procedure

Take the strawberries, wash it well, remove the leaves and pat dry them with paper towels.

Cut them roughly into small chunks and arrange it in single layer on the tray and keep it in the freezer for 1 hr or until the strawberry is hard around the edges.

Put it in the blender along with required honey & blend into smooth.

Transfer into the baking pan/tin and cover it with cling wrap and freeze it for 2-3 hrs or until it's firm to scoop up.

Tada, Strawberry Sorbet  is ready.

Related: How to make Strawberry lemonade 

Notes:

• Depends on the sweetness of the strawberries, add more or less honey
• If the strawberries has more sweetness, add around 1 tsp of  lemon juice to balance out the taste.
• Using heavy blender/mixie helps to grind them easily and smooth.
• Serve as soon as it is scooped.
  

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Strawberry Pancake with Strawberry Sauce | Strawberry Pancakes

Strawberry Pancakes with strawberry sauce is my recent favorite pancakes. One month back, while browsing through pinterest, this pancake recipe caught my attention,as strawberries has been in season for a while, immediately i tried this with little modification in the recipe as suit to our taste and we loved it.The original recipe uses egg, but we both cannot stand egg smell in pancakes, so i used my  eggless buttermilk pancakes  as guidance and make it as eggless, still it's so fluffy and spongy.
This pancakes taste best with strawberry sauce, pour the sauce over the pancakes and let it sit for few mins and allow the pancakes to soak with syrup and then have it. Really yummy on every mouthful. As the sauce has enough sweetness, i have used very less sugar in the pancake batter,but you can add more if you wanted. Ok, now, let's see the recipe. 

Strawberry Pancakes

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Makes : 8 or 9 
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: American

Ingredients
Strawberry - 1/2 lb
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Butter milk - 1 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/8 tsp
Melted butter - 2 tbsp + extra for grease the pan
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Honey -1/4 cup
Water - 2 tbsp

Procedure

First let's make the sauce, in a pan, add roughly chopped strawberries(reserve few tbsp for batter),honey and water and mix it well. Turn on the heat and let it comes to boil, then simmer the sauce for 5-7 mins in medium flame. Switch off the flame. That's it, your strawberry sauce is ready.Now for the batter, add flour,baking soda, baking powder, salt & sugar, give a good mix with whisk, add the butter.Then add the buttermilk & milk and mix it well until the batter is smooth. Add the remaining strawberries and mix well. Heat the pan, grease with butter, pour the batter on the pan, cook on both sides on medium flame or until it becomes golden brown.Stack the pancakes, pour the sauce over it and it's ready to serve.

Notes:

• I have used whole milk here, but you can used reduced fat milk too.
• Buttermilk helps to get fluffy pancakes.
• For additional flavor, you can use cinnamon or vanilla flavor in the batter. But i want strawberries flavor predominantly, so leave as it is.
• Depends on the flour quality, you can need more or less liquid. 

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