When Life Gives You Strawberries...

Make a strawberry smoothie! Or a strawberry shortcake! Or dip them in chocolate! Clearly there are many ways to use fresh strawberries, and I'm just here to help you with some of my favorite options! Below, I am going to include a list of five ideas followed by a recipe for one of the ideas. I hope this helps you next time you're craving strawberries!!

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5 Ways to Use Strawberries:

1. Make a strawberry shortcake using your favorite pound cake, biscuits, or shortcake shells and some whipped cream.

2. Make a delicious fondue-like dip for the strawberries by melting chocolate with some nut butter and milk.

3. Make a smoothie bowl with frozen strawberries, bananas, milk, and whatever other flavors and frozen fruits you like, then top with some homemade granola.

4. Top a store-bought (or homemade) cake with strawberries to add something fresh and bright.

5. Make the smoothie recipe shown below!

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Strawberry Coconut Smoothie Recipe

Serves 1

Ingredients:

- 2 large strawberries, frozen

- 1/2 a banana, frozen

- 1/4 cup almond milk

- 1/4 cup coconut milk

- handful of baby spinach

- liquid sweetener, to taste

Steps:

1. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until a thick liquid is formed.

*Tip: If you don't like the flavor of coconut, replace the coconut milk with more almond milk.