50 Strawberry Recipes to Sweeten Your Summer

Strawberries taste like summer to me in the same way that apple cider tastes like fall and peanut brittle tastes like Christmas. We’re at the tail end of the local strawberry crop season where I am, and you know what that means: adventurous cooking with deeply discounted produce! #Adulthood #Amirite #YesIAm

I don’t know your status, but I haven’t gotten nearly my fill of strawberries in yet this summer. That’s even after having gone strawberry picking in early June. Strawberries are just so good, you guys! There can never be too many. Bring on the recipes.

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1. Strawberry Soup

2. Strawberry Cucumber Salad with Lemon Cream

strawberry-cucumber-salad-with-lemon-cream-940x560 — Via Bon Appétit.

3. 5-Ingredient Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad

4. Quinoa Salad with Spinach, Strawberries and Blueberries

5. Chicken Strawberry Pineapple Salad

chicken-strawberry-pineaple-salad — Via Cindys Recipes and Writings.

6. Strawberry, Pink Peppercorn and Mint Couscous

7. Balsamic Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Chia Pudding

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8. Layered Chia Pudding With Strawberry Fig Compote

chia-layered-pudding — Via Nutritionist in the Kitchen.

9. Roasted Asparagus Strawberry Salad

10. Strawberry Salsa

11. Grilled Salmon with Strawberry Jalapeño Salsa

I tried this and it’s really tasty! Makes a very mild salsa.

12. Caramelized Figs and Goat Cheese Pizza With Strawberries and Balsamic Glaze

13. Strawberry Bruschetta Grilled Cheese

14. Strawberry Avocado Goat Cheese Panini

“There aren’t many meatless sandwiches that leave me feeling completely satisfied, but when you combine sweet spring strawberries with avocado and tart goat cheese, you get one of them.”

15. Slow Cooker Strawberry Chipotle BBQ

16. Grilled Chicken with Spicy Strawberry BBQ Sauce

17. Grilled Strawberry and Shrimp Skewers with Fennel Slaw

18. Fish Tacos with Quick Pickled Rhubarb and Strawberry Salsa

Unf. I want this in my mouth.

19. Balsamic Chicken with a Sweet and Spicy Strawberry Salsa

20. Strawberry Chutney Chicken Sandwich

STRAWBERRY CHUTNEY SANDWICH — Via Look What I Made

Heads up: the chutney recipe takes 4-6 weeks. Plan ahead.

21. Coconut Chicken Stuffed With Goat Cheese an Strawberry Balsalmic Sauce

Strawberry-coconut-chicken-1 — Via Nancys Cravings.

22. Strawberry Lemonade

23. 4-Ingredient Strawberry, Ginger, Coconut Ice Cream Float (Gluten Free, Vegan)

24. Strawberry Milk

25. Strawberry Basil Sipper

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Tayler likes drinking the cocktail, then spooning out the vodka infused strawberries and eating them like a refreshing little dessert.

26. The Wimbledon

wimbledon pour Ali: “This cocktail is perfect for dinner parties, garden parties, parties where you’d like to have a go at being fancy as fuck.”

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27. Strawberries with Creme Fraiche and Sugar

Can confirm, this is an absolutely delightful way to eat strawberries.

28. Strawberry Mousse in Honey Tuiles

29. State Fair Chocolate Strawberry Waffle Pops

30. Chocolate Covered “Sativa” Strawberries

I assume you can just leave the weed out if you’re not into it.

31. Gluten Free Strawberry Cake Bread

32. White Chocolate Strawberry Cookies

33. Strawberry-Filled Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

34. Roasted Strawberry Trifles with Lemon Cream

35. Strawberry-Basil Shortcakes

36. Grilled Strawberry Poundcake

strawberry-shortcake-grillded-pound-cake — Via TheChicSite.

37. Strawberry Bread Pudding

38. Triple Threat Vegan Cheesecake

Ara: “Fear not, I made this in the kitchen of my new place, which means I made it using only the assorted glassware that survived the move, a Talenti Gelato container, a silver spoon and a borrowed Ninja blender. If I and my untested kitchen skills could make it to impress someone in my book club, so can you.”