The fresh fruit season is in full swing! In our area local strawberry patches have their signs out at roadsides, to entice folks to come on in and load a flat with hand-picked berries. Cherries are abundant now too. Garnet-colored fruits are loaded into plastic bags that overflow the produce bin at the grocery store. On our little cherry trees in our front yard we have a decent blush of fruit too, and we have to rush to pick them before the birds swoop in to have their fill.
Though I’m sure many of your fresh strawberries and cherries will be gobbled up as soon as they come home (hard to beat eating fresh-picked fruit) here are some suggestions for the fruits you can keep from being devoured: 6 Sweet Ways to Use those Strawberries and Cherries while you still have them!
Strawberry Lime Smoothie with Bits of Chocolate
A refreshing breakfast treat or snack, loaded with Greek yogurt and a handful of fresh strawberries. And a little chocolate!
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
A classic early summer creation, combining freshly ripened, tart rhubarb with sweet strawberries, all in a buttery flaky crust.
Triple Berry Mason Jar Trifle
A pretty little dessert in patriotic hues! Strawberries are combined with more berries and layered with whipped cream and shortcake.
Cherry Nectarine Mason Jar Trifle
Nectarines and cherries, such a great pairing! These single serving desserts are great for parties and to make with kids.
Cherry Chocolate Coffee Cake
This coffee cake is fantastic, and not only for breakfast. It’s hard to beat the combination of cherries and chocolate!
Cherries Dipped and Sugared
Speaking of cherries and chocolate, keep the presentation simple with these whole, fresh cherries dipped in chocolate. A little decorating sugar brings the bling!
Happy berrying!
The ladies in my house made an amazing pink lemonade with fresh strawberries and raspberries. My wife also made clafoutis with cherries. Fun weekend!
I saw that she made clafoutis. That lemonade sounds so good! I don’t think I have had pink lemonade made that way before.
I may encourage a re-creation of the lemonade for an upcoming gathering… The kids need to have something fun to drink, too, right?
Oh, they’d love it!
That cherry coffee cake looks amazing! I’m so happy cherries are in season again. At $2/lb I’m picking up another bag every week. Strawberries are still a bit on the expensive side, however. I’m going to have to raid a friend’s garden for those.
I know, fruit can get so pricey. Sometimes I can catch a good sale and pick up a bunch. Perhaps you could trade some cherries to your friend for her strawberries! 🙂