5 ways to enjoy fresh strawberries
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Strawberry season is in full swing. Now that we have the opportunity to use the strawberries in unlimited quantities, we can experiment and cook this magic berry is quite original dishes.
We already wrote about the healing properties of strawberries, and now, as promised, we offer You some recipes where the main ingredient is this Queen of berries.
When we talk about the dishes of strawberries, the first thing that comes to mind is a delicious and flavorful desserts — mousses, cakes, casseroles and many other dishes.
But it is not so, we offer five recipes are quite unusual and original dishes of strawberries.
The contents
- Strawberry toast with guacamole
- Strawberry-Apple salsa
- Strawberry salad with avocado and chicken
- Fitness salad with shrimp and strawberries
- Burrito with strawberries
Strawberry toast with guacamole
Let’s hit the routine of the weekdays rather unusual flavor of strawberry toast. Today we will make guacamole out of avocado and strawberry.
For starters, for those who do not know what guacamole is. Guacamole is a dish of Mexican cuisine, prepared from the avocado pulp is crushed in a blender to a thick sauce, and if easier — puree.
Classic guacamole is prepared with lemon juice, herbs, salt and pepper and is a perfect dietary snack with corn chips and bread.
Also used as a sauce for main dishes.
So, let’s start cooking our diet Breakfast – toast with guacamole and strawberries.
Ingredients:
- Bread — 2 slices, which one You like best
- Avocado — 1 PC.
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- Strawberries – 6-8 berries
- Balsamic sauce – 2 tsp
Preparation:
- With the help of a blender or mortar rubs avocado until smooth
- Add salt, lemon juice
- Fry the bread in the toaster
- Toasted slice of bread, spread the guacamole, cover the strawberries
- Watering our toast balsamic sauce
Our diet the toast is ready. Bon appetit!
Cooking options toast with strawberries very much, you just need a little imagination, here’s an example:
And then be creative and experiment yourself, most importantly — do not be afraid. Sometimes an unusual combination of seemingly incompatible ingredients gives an unforgettable taste of the dish.
Strawberry-Apple salsa
Not less extravagant dish – strawberry-Apple salsa. Easy, healthy and festive appetizer, perfect for holiday parties, picnics, home gatherings with friends, and also as a garnish for fish and meat.
Ingredients:
- Strawberry – 0.5 kg
- Apples – 1-2 PC. it is Better to take sour
- Jalapeno pepper – 1-2 PCs. (don’t worry this name can be replaced by Chile)
- Red onion – 1 clove (you can substitute green onions)
- Honey – 2 tsp
- Cilantro – 0.5 beam
- Lime juice – 1 tbsp (or lemon – 2 tbsp)
- Salt to taste
Preparation:
- Strawberries, apples, peppers, onions cut into cubes, cilantro, you can just break it.
- In a large bowl, mix the chopped ingredients, pour lime juice and honey. All salt and mix well.
- Put in refrigerator for 30 minutes so all the flavors blend together.
- Served with chips and tortillas (wheat or corn).
As you can see, strawberry salsa cooked very quickly, and the taste of hot peppers and onions combined with sweet strawberry and sour Apple is just wonderful.
And again to us comes to the aid of our imagination and desire to experiment. In salsa to strawberry, you can add mango, cucumber, avocado and many other fruits and vegetables as You let Your creative nature.
Strawberry salad with avocado and chicken
Quite unusual and juicy salad, which contains only healthy ingredients. Suitable for those who adhere to the rules of healthy eating and just watching their health.
Due to its beautiful appearance and combination of bright colors, this salad can become a decoration for any table. And surprise their taste even the true gourmet.
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet – 2 PCs.
- Strawberry – 50 g
- Avocado – 1 PC.
- Spinach – 1 bunch
- Red onion – 1 head
- Feta cheese – 50 g
- Almonds or walnuts – 1 tbsp
- Olive oil – 2 tbsp
- Balsamic vinegar – 1 tbsp
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Salt, pepper and tarragon to taste.
- First make the sauce for the salad dressing: in a blender whisk olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper and tarragon. Sauce leave to stand.
- RUB the chicken with salt, pepper (can use seasoning for chicken).
- Fry the chicken Breasts on a well-heated the grill pan.
- Avocado, red onion, chicken, feta cheese cut into cubes, strawberries cut into four parts.
- Put all chopped ingredients in a bowl with chopped almonds or walnuts.
- Dressed our salad present sauce and all mix well. Only very carefully so as not to mash strawberries.
If desired, the spinach can be replaced with arugula, too, will be very tasty.
If You adhere to a vegetarian lifestyle, it can be removed from the chicken salad and replaced, for example, cheese.
Or make a salad with just nuts.
Fitness salad with shrimp and strawberries
This really is a wonderful light summer salad that will help to strengthen the immune system and not harm the figure.
- Quail eggs – 10 PCs.
- Lettuce – 400 grams (you can substitute arugula)
- Shrimp – 300 g
- Strawberry – 200 g
- Orange – 2 PCs
- Lemon juice – 2 tsp
- Olive oil – 5 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- In a saucepan, boil the quail eggs and shrimp.
- Prepare sauce: in blender, mix fresh squeezed juice from oranges and lemon, salt and olive oil.
- Now we start to lay our salad. On a plate put lettuce, cleaned and cut in half quail eggs, shrimp, sliced strawberries.
- Pour the salad sauce.
You can do something a little different: mix all ingredients in a salad bowl and dress with sauce. The appearance will change slightly, but taste will remain.
Burrito with strawberries
And of course I can not offer to prepare a dessert dish. I like it for its simplicity and originality.
- Strawberry – 100 g
- Blueberries – 100 g (or any other berry that You like)
- Cottage cheese or sour weight – 200 g
- Tortilla – 6 PCs
- Sugar, cinnamon for topping
Preparation:
- Cheese or syrkovuyu mass well triturated through a sieve or blend in a blender until smooth.
- Add the chopped strawberries and any other berries. Mix well.
- On tortillas or pita bread spread our cheese and fruit filling.
- Carefully wrap and grease with a brushdipped in vegetable oil.
- Sprinkle burritos with cinnamon sugar.
- Put burritos in a preheated 200°C oven, after 10 minutes you can bring to the table.
Before serving, pour chocolate and decorate with fruit. With a Cup of hot and fragrant coffee will make a wonderful Breakfast.
As you can see, the strawberries are blended in salads and meat dishes and fish. Enjoy the moment and don’t miss your culinary experiments with this useful and tasty berry.
Bon appétit!
Thank for the given photos and recipe: http://peasandcrayons.com, http://www.foodiecrush.com, http://womo.ua/category/lifestyle/food-and-wine-lifestyle/, http://www.manusmenu.com/
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