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Strawberries are always in my house because of the kids. They’re little foodies too, probably no surprise there. They’ll eat them straight out of the carton, but honestly, they get just as excited about any recipe made with them, which means I’ve had a lot of reasons to keep building out my strawberry recipe collection over the years. But there’s a difference between the strawberries I pick up in December and the ones I get from the farmers’ market in spring. When they’re actually in season, they taste completely different, and that’s when I go all in. So I put everything I actually make into one list so I’m not scrambling to figure out what to cook with them when the good ones show up.
34 Recipes Using Strawberries
Over the years I’ve built up a solid collection of fresh strawberry recipes for that window when they’re at their best. There are strawberry breakfast recipes like crepes, stuffed French toast, chia pudding, yogurt toast, oatmeal, and parfaits, plus a couple of savory salads with spinach and arugula. For no-bake days there’s frozen yogurt bark, popsicles, and banana nice cream. The strawberry dessert recipes include s’mores, a trifle, and a rhubarb crisp.
The baking section has muffins, cupcakes, and pound cake, and the drinks section covers smoothies, lemonade, and a strawberry matcha latte. I also added a few tutorials for the basics: how to cut and freeze them, a simple sauce, and an easy strawberry chia jam. If you’re trying to figure out what to make while they’re good, I hope this helps.
Basic Strawberry Recipes & Tutorials
How to Freeze Strawberries
Learn how to freeze fresh strawberries for later use all year long. Perfect for smoothies, strawberry syrup, and pies.
4 hours 30 minutes
Strawberry Sauce Recipe
This Homemade Strawberry Sauce (or compote) is made with only 2 ingredients strawberries and sugar. It cooks down on the stovetop in just 20 minutes.
Strawberry Chia Jam
This strawberry chia jam is a made with 5 simple ingredients including strawberries (or any fruit), chia seeds, maple syrup, vanilla and lime
Savory Strawberry Recipes
Butter Board
Need a butter board recipe that’s sweeter for breakfast or brunch? I’ve got you covered! Fresh berries, honey & nuts atop softened butter with bread. Yum!
No-Bake Strawberry Recipes
Frozen Yogurt Bark
Simple and quick to make, this frozen yogurt bark is the perfect summer treat. Topped with fresh berries and crunchy granola, it’s a perfect hot weather snack.
3 hours 10 minutes
Strawberry Cottage Cheese Ice Cream
Base recipe for cottage cheese ice cream with only two ingredients, cottage cheese and honey. Add in frozen fruit, nut butters, chocolate or anything else you like.
4 hours 10 minutes
Frozen Strawberry Popsicles
Learn how to make popsicles from scratch and try these three fruit popsicle flavors: strawberry, mango and kiwi. It’s an easy healthy recipe that kids will love!
4 hours 5 minutes
Strawberry Banana Nice Cream
Learn how to make banana nice cream 4 different ways! Traditional vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and even a peanut butter version! Easy and delicious!
2 hours 10 minutes
Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles
Yogurt popsicles made with a base of Greek Yogurt, milk, honey, or maple syrup, and vanilla extract. With 4 different recipe variations to try Strawberry, Blueberry, Pineapple and Chocolate banana!
8 hours 10 minutes
Easy Strawberry Dessert Recipes
Strawberry S’mores
This Strawberry S’mores recipe is a twist on the classic s’mores summer snack but with added strawberries – a quick dessert recipe that is very kid-friendly
Strawberry Trifle Recipe
This strawberry trifle recipe is made with homemade angel food cake, vanilla pudding, and macerated strawberries layered into a trifle dish.
1 hour 17 minutes
Fruit Pizza Recipe
This fruit pizza is made with an easy sugar cookie dough crust and a lightly sweetened cream cheese frosting topped with fruit like kiwi, strawberries, or blueberries. ,
1 hour 35 minutes
Strawberry Pie Recipe
Easy strawberry pie recipe made without Jell-O. The filling uses real strawberry juice thickened on the stove. Chill, then slice for a clean piece of strawberry pie.
4 hours 20 minutes
Dubai Chocolate Strawberries
Dubai chocolate strawberries are a must-have viral treat made with fresh strawberries, pistachio butter and melted chocolate layered in a cup.
Strawberry Cupcakes
This easy recipe for strawberry cupcakes are made with freeze dried strawberries for a naturally pink cupcake color and pink cream cheese frosting without any food dyes!
Strawberry Pound Cake Recipe
This strawberry pound cake uses fresh and freeze-dried strawberries for extra flavor and no artificial colors! It’s perfect for spring and summer!
1 hour 15 minutes
Tips for Making Recipes with Strawberries
- Choose red and firm strawberries for the best flavor. Strawberries with green parts are underripe and less sweet, and red strawberries that are soft are overripe and contain more water.
- Ripen green strawberries quickly at home. Take them out of their original container and lay them on a baking sheet so that they are not touching. Keep them at room temperature and they will ripen in a day or two. Keep your eye on them as they can over ripen quickly too.
- Eat your strawberries at room temperature. Store them in the fridge to keep them fresh, but take them out about an hour before you want to use them for the best flavor.
- Reserve fresh strawberries for garnish. In recipes like salads, smoothies, and breakfasts, garnish your finished dish with fresh strawberries to highlight their sweet and fresh flavor.
FAQs
In the Northern Hemisphere, the peak season for strawberries is during June and July, though they are widely available from April through to October.
When strawberries are out of season, frozen is often a great way to enjoy them as they are frozen at the peak of ripeness. Frozen strawberries are great in smoothies, purees, and jams as they have a strong and intense flavor.
To keep the strawberries fresh longer, soak them for a few minutes in a bowl with ½ cup white vinegar and 2 ½ cups of water. Pat them dry and then store in the fridge in a paper-towel lined ventilated container. Make sure you remove any spoiled berries to avoid contamination. This will help them last several days longer.
