Blueberry Yum Yum

We can’t lie and say we don't love playing with our food. These new edible spray paints are incredibly dope and taste unlike anything you have ever eaten (in a good way.)

"Lemonade Was A Popular Drink And It Still is" (Homemade Strawberry Lemonade Recipe)

The Gifted Unlimited said it best, “Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is…”

Sometimes all you need to brighten up your day is a cold drink, some good conversation and a few quality songs to help pass the time. This Strawberry Lemonade recipe should put a smile on your face and this classic Gangstarr video should put some pep in your step…

Enjoy!

(recipe & Video after the jump)

ROTD: Strawberry Salad Smoothie

Starting off the year on a healthy note never anyone in our book. We promised ourselves that we were going to eat as little processed or pre-prepared food as possible this year, we wanted to put this incredibly healthy recipe up for everyone to try out. This Strawberry Salad Smoothie recipe makes for a gluten-free & vegan beverage that will surely help power you through the morning as well as help cleanse the body of a lot of the artery clogging goodies we consumed throughout the holiday season.

Enjoy.

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Fresh Whipped Cream & Strawberries... (National Strawberries & Creme Day)

Today is National Strawberries & Cream Day, which works out perfectly for us. Ya see we love strawberries, we love cream and with the temperature reaching 80 before 10:00am we know its going to be a long hot day, so what better to eat to keep yourself cool?

Strawberries (which aren’t hard to grow in your own backyard) are healthy for you, loaded with vitamins, minerals, healthy lipids and amino acids. Strawberries also contain the naturally produced chemical fisetin, an antioxidant that helps prevent kidney failure, resulting from diabetes as well as has been used in Alzheimer’s  Disease studies.

Recipe Of The Day: Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes

This is the type of recipe you wake a loved one up too, on a Sunday or Saturday morning, with some crisp Bacon, fresh fruit and a cup of whatever they like to sip on in the morning, even if it is a Mimosa. This recipe goes a long way as far as giving you energy to start off the day, or even better a full stomach to turn over and go back to sleep for a few more hours, leaving the dishes to someone else hands.

Enjoy your day either which way.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups strawberries, hulled and sliced

2 TBS seedless strawberry jam

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

1 ¼ cups buttermilk

1 large egg

¼ cup vegetable oil

¼ cup granulated sugar (for a healthier lighter version, use Nectresse™ Sweetener)

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

Pinch of Kosher salt

2 cups chopped frozen cheesecake

Cooking spray

Butter, confectioners' sugar or whipped cream, for topping (optional)

Directions:

Mix the strawberries, jam and 2 tablespoons warm water in a bowl; set aside. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.

Pulse the flour, buttermilk, egg, vegetable oil, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a blender until smooth.

Transfer to a bowl and stir in the cheesecake pieces, keeping them whole.

Coat a large nonstick skillet or griddle with cooking spray and heat over medium heat.

Working in batches, pour about 1/4 cup batter into the skillet for each pancake. Cook until bubbly on top, about 4 minutes, then flip and cook until the other side is golden brown, about 2 more minutes.

Transfer the finished pancakes to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Serve the pancakes topped with the strawberry sauce; top with butter, confectioners' sugar or whipped cream, if desired.

Skillet Cornbread & Strawberry Jam

Simple classics always remain in style. Fads come and go, well all know this is true, so while many people Worldwide are currently “enjoying” the carb-less life we over here are headed in a whole different direction by preparing the perfect treat on a warm Spring Day, Skillet Cornbread & Strawberry jam. 

Being that today March 21^st is National California Strawberry Day, we believe that there is no better time than the present to perfect a 2 piece dish that will complete just about any meal with Simple Elegance. Besides who doesn’t love Skillet Cornbread, that is just a sin to begin with.

Enjoy!!!

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In Honor of Strawberry Sundae Day, We Give You The Strawberry Daiquiri

Seeing as how today is National Strawberry Sundae Day, we figured why hit you off with a simply recipe you could’ve caught last year if you’ve been following us that long. We ok just in case you haven’t we wont hold that against you, just get with your program and peep the previous post and see how we flipped your average strawberry sundae into something kinda fly.

Back to the mission at hand, this here is about a great drink ,that with the current onset of misery bringing heat goes perfect with the climate and just about any kind of food you can imagine. The Strawberry Daiquiri ladies and gentlemen, something your mama used to drink, but you never knew why. 

Why you ask, because with a proper and steady hand, you can get an entire party bent beyond comparison without them even knowing simply because of how smooth these drinks are.

Enough with all that, check the recipe below and enjoy!

Ingredients:

Strawberry Daiquiri

1.5 oz Bacardi Silver Rum 


¾ oz strawberry liqueur


½ oz lemon-lime mix


2 ½ cups fresh (or frozen) strawberries


Crushed ice
Blend.

Cocktail glass with slice of strawberry as the garnish.