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Make the most of strawberry season with these 15 easy and delicious recipes. There's everything from freezer jams to desserts!
Are strawberries ripe where you live? It's almost strawberry season in our little part of the world and we are ready! There's nothing like a big bucket of farm-fresh, ripe strawberries. And while we could eat them straight from the bucket, we love using them in all kinds of recipes too.
Strawberries are perfect in everything from jams to cakes to muffins and salads. These are some of our favorite ways to showcase strawberries this season. We hope you enjoy these recipes as much as we do!
Fresh Strawberry Buttermilk Muffins
With a sweet, crunchy sugar topping, a moist tender crumb and bits of delicious strawberries in every bite, these high-domed Fresh Strawberry Buttermilk Muffins are a no-fail hit, every time!
Ridiculously Easy Fresh Strawberry Scones
The first bite of these Ridiculously Easy Fresh Strawberry Scones will have you smitten! They're melt-in-your-mouth tender, studded with sweet strawberries and have a delicious lemon glaze.
No Fail, Super Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam
Once you try this fabulous, No-Fail, Super Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam, you'll be spoiled for life. I call it "springtime in a jar"! It's like a little dollop of heaven on toast, biscuits, scones, ice cream, yogurt...
Strawberry Kale Salad with Honey Lemon Dressing
Fresh, healthy and delicious this make-ahead Strawberry Kale Salad is perfect for summer picnics, potlucks and parties. The honey lemon dressing and candied pepitas take it over the top!
Strawberry Habanero Pepper Jelly
This Strawberry Habanero Pepper Jelly is sweet, spicy and oh-so-delicious! It's fabulous paired with cheese and wonderful on a charcuterie board. It's also great with biscuits, muffins... and SO much more!
Balsamic Strawberry Pizza
This Balsamic Strawberry Pizza is the most unique, delicious pizza ever! Don't let the strawberries throw you off, it's an AMAZING combination!
Ridiculously Easy Fresh Strawberry Cake
This one-bowl, no-mixer Fresh Strawberry Cake comes together quickly, has a tender, moist crumb and lots of fabulous fresh strawberries!
Easy Strawberry Jalapeño Jam
 This Strawberry Jalapeño Jam is sweet, spicy and extraordinarily delicious! It's wonderful spooned over goat cheese, cream cheese and on appetizer trays. But don't stop there, read on for lots of other ways to use this wonderful condiment!
Easy, Refreshing, Strawberry Lemonade
Easy, homemade strawberry lemonade, from scratch. It''s super fresh, incredibly delicious and truly the "essence" of summer!
Strawberry Layer Cake
With layers of tender, moist yellow cake sandwiched between a double dose of strawberries - fresh strawberry buttercream and strawberry jam, this cake is the kind of confection that dreams are made of!
Strawberry Habanero Pepper Jelly
This Strawberry Habanero Pepper Jelly is sweet, spicy and oh-so-delicious! It's fabulous paired with cheese and wonderful on a charcuterie board. It's also great with biscuits, muffins... and SO much more!
Ridiculously Easy Fresh Strawberry Galettes
These fabulous Fresh Strawberry Galettes are bursting with summery flavor. The super-easy (actually ridiculously easy) recipe employs a "cheat" ingredient - but no one will know (or care once they take the first delicious bite)!
Strawberry Balsamic Black Pepper Jam
This Strawberry Balsamic Black Pepper Jam is a perfect pairing for cheese and charcuterie, makes a wonderful sandwich spread, a fabulous grilling glaze and so much more! It also makes a delightful gift combined with a log of goat cheese and a packet of wonderful crackers. The free printable labels are the crowning glory!
Strawberry-Glazed Pink Velvet Cake with Almond Butter Cream
This strawberry-glazed Pink Velvet Cake tastes like the BEST wedding cake, delicately sweet, with a soft, tender crumb and a fabulous silky almond buttercream (optional). Plus it's pretty as a (pink) picture! What's not to love?
Raspberry Strawberry Lemongrass Jam
Weary of the same old jam on your morning toast? This Raspberry Strawberry Lemongrass Jam is a delicious alternative! Make a batch in less than an hour with plenty for yourself and enough to give away (and you'll love the free printable labels)!
Vanilla Bean Sheet Cake with Fresh Strawberry Icing
This fabulous Vanilla Bean Sheet Cake with Fresh Strawberry Icing comes together super quickly with just one bowl, a whisk, no mixer needed. The beautiful pink-hued icing is bursting with fresh strawberry flavor!
Strawberry Spinach Salad
This Strawberry Spinach Salad is pretty as a picture. The Basil Dressing and Sweet, Spicy Glazed Pistachios are the crowning glory!
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And there is salvation in no one else;
for there is no other name under heaven
that has been given among men by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12
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