What Are Strawberries and How Can I Use Them?

If strawberries have turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use them with confidence and how to choose them, cook them, store them, what to substitute, and 771 recipes to try them in.

What are strawberries?

The fragrantly sweet juiciness and deep red color of strawberries  can brighten up both the taste and aesthetics of any meal; it is no wonder they are the most popular berry fruit in the world.

Although strawberries have become increasingly available year-round, they are at the peak of their season from April through July when they are the most delicious and most abundant.

Nutrition

Where found

Strawberries are usually found in the produce section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.

Food group

Strawberries are a member of the Fruits and Fruit Juices US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.

How much do strawberries weigh?

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Recipes using strawberries

There are 771 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Spinach & Strawberry Smoothie

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Homemade Strawberry Preserves

Homemade strawberry preserves with just three ingredients: ripe berries, sugar, and a splash of cider vinegar. Hard-boiled the old-fashioned way with whole berries that hold their shape.

Strawberry & Chocolate Wafer Popsicles

These delicious strawberry and chocolate wafer popsicles will be sure to cool you down on a hot summer day.

Strawberry Jam

Old-fashioned strawberry jam macerates whole berries with sugar overnight, boils briefly, and rests another day before canning. Two ingredients, no commercial pectin needed.

Kate's Strawberry Biscuits

Strawberry biscuits, drop biscuits studded with fresh chopped strawberries and optional pecans. Hot from the oven with butter and cold milk, the unofficial breakfast of June.

Whole Wheat Buttermilk Pancakes with Banana Cream

Whole wheat buttermilk pancakes with strawberries, egg whites, and cottage cheese, topped with mashed banana cinnamon cream. A healthier high-protein breakfast that doesn't sacrifice flavor.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Fresh strawberries dipped in melted chocolate bark for a classic romantic treat. Includes a bonus technique for making a drizzled chocolate basket to serve them in. Two ingredients, ten minutes of prep, endlessly impressive.

Delicious Belgian Waffles

Quick Belgian waffles made with baking powder and egg substitute, ready to top with frozen dessert and strawberries for a lighter breakfast or dessert option. These simple waffles cook up fluffy and tender in minutes, no yeast or waiting required.

Amazing Strawberry Sorbet

Fresh strawberry sorbet with simple syrup and orange juice. A dairy-free, vegan summer dessert with just 4 ingredients and bright fruit flavor in every bite.

Freezer Strawberry Jam

Freezer strawberry jam made without cooking, using fresh berries, sugar, lemon juice and Certo liquid pectin. Bright fresh-fruit flavor that tastes like summer in a jar.

Buttermilk Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce

Fluffy buttermilk pancakes topped with a quick stovetop strawberry sauce thickened with orange juice and brown sugar. Brunch-worthy in 25 minutes from start to plate.

Strawberry Crepes

Strawberry crepes flambe fresh berries in a citrus-butter-brandy syrup, then fold them into delicate crepes glazed with the reduced sauce. Showy New Orleans-style dessert ready in 30 minutes.

Mama D’s Very Berry Margaritas

This frozen margarita is a berrilicious treat. Sweet, cool, refreshing and goes down smooth. Great for unwinding on a hot day or any festive occasion.

Strawberry Ice Cream

Homemade strawberry ice cream blends sweetened condensed milk, half-and-half, and strawberry soda with thawed berries for a creamy summer churn. A vintage two-step churned recipe.

Scrumpdilly Berry Muffins

Berry muffins with whole wheat, bran, and fresh strawberries or blueberries. A high-fiber, low-fat breakfast bake sweetened with strawberry yogurt and crowned with crunchy pecans.

Strawberry & Oreo Popsicles

Fresh and local strawberries are in season now, try these popsicles that are made with fresh strawberries, oreo cookies and creamy vanilla yogurt. They are light and delicious, great frozen treats at a hot summer day.

Cinnamon Ice Cream

Custard-base cinnamon ice cream infused with whole cinnamon sticks and a real vanilla bean. Egg yolk-thickened French style with heavy cream finish. Makes 12 servings.

Fresh Strawberry Sherbet

Fresh strawberry sherbet made in a food processor from frozen berries, sugar, strawberry fruit spread, and a splash of non-fat yogurt. No ice cream machine, no eggs, no dairy heavy lift.

Strawberry Buttermilk Pancakes

Fluffy from-scratch buttermilk pancakes with fresh strawberry slices folded right into the batter. The tangy buttermilk and sweet berries hit all the right notes for a weekend breakfast worth waking up for.

Fresh Strawberry Mousse

Fresh strawberry mousse with pureed strawberries, whipped cream, framboise, and a ribbon-stage egg base. A light, elegant French-style molded dessert.

Fresh Strawberry Mousse

Fresh strawberry mousse with pureed strawberries, whipped cream, framboise, and a ribbon-stage egg base. A light, elegant French-style molded dessert.

Fruit Salad with Cream

Fruit salad with cream, fresh strawberries, banana, and pineapple tossed with lemon juice and topped with cream, strawberry jelly powder, and a drizzle of syrup. A quick, sweet, chilled fruit dessert.

Whole Wheat Strawberry Shortcake

It's hard to resist these fresh strawberry shortcakes. Easy to make, and always popular. Next time when you get some fresh strawberries, don't forget to make these yummy strawberry shortcakes.

Fresh Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

Classic double-crust pie filled with fresh strawberries and tart rhubarb sweetened with sugar and thickened with quick-cooking tapioca. A perfect spring dessert.

No-Cook Strawberry Freezer Jam

No-cook strawberry freezer jam made with fresh crushed berries, pectin, and corn syrup. Tastes like summer straight from the jar with no canning equipment needed.

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