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Proper Care of Strawberries

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:51:45 +0000

Sort berries as soon as you get home; use any softened berries first. Place in a shallow container; cover with wax paper and refrigerate. Wash berries just before using and use within three to four days.

Spinach Strawberry Salad

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:48:06 +0000

9 cups torn fresh spinach

1 pint fresh Gettings Garden Strawberries halved

1/2 cup slivered almonds toasted

1 boneless chicken breast cut in narrow stripes and browned

1/3 cup thinly sliced red onion

Combine spinach, strawberries, almonds, onion, and chicken in bowl.

Dressing:

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 tablespoon sugar

2 tablespoon vinegar

1 teaspoon poppy seed

1 teaspoon sesame seed

1/4 teaspoon paprika

1/8 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Blend in blender until combined. Pour over salad, toss to coat, serve immediately.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:42:00 +0000

1 baked pie shell

4 oz. softened Philadelphia cream cheese

1 pkg. Dream Whip prepared or you may use Cool Whip

¾ cup powdered sugar

Filling:

1 ¾ cup water

1 cup sugar

2 heaping tablespoons cornstarch

4-5 cups Gettings Garden Strawberries cut up

1 – 3 oz. pkg. strawberry jello

Mix cream cheese, Dream Whip (or Cool Whip) and powdered sugar. Put in bottom of baked crust.

Filling: Boil water, mix sugar and corn starch until well blended and add slowly to boiling water. Cook until thick and clear. Add jello and stir to dissolve. Cool. Add Gettings Garden strawberries. Pour over cream cheese filling in pie shell and refrigerate.

Strawberry Punch Bowl Dessert

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:35:01 +0000

Bake one yellow cake mix or angel food cake mix according to directions on package.

2 packages instant vanilla pudding mix according to directions

2 quarts of Gettings Garden strawberries sliced

1 large container of Cool Whip

Layer in a punch bowl – 1/3 cubes of cake, 1/3 pudding, 1/3 Cool Whip and repeat layering 3 times ending with Cool Whip on the top. Garnish with whole Gettings Garden Strawberries.

Frozen Strawberries for Garnish

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:28:32 +0000

Whole strawberries may be frozen with caps on or off, spread out on a cookie sheet. Once frozen, place berries in a freezer container for storage. Use before completely defrosted. Whole berries frozen with no sugar do not retain the same quality as when sweetened and sliced.

Freezing Whole Strawberries

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:17:40 +0000

Use only firm, ripe berries and freeze promptly after picking. Sort, wash in cold water, agitate gently to chill and wash. Drain and remove caps, then follow these steps:

Prepare syrup ahead by bringing 3-4 Cups sugar per quart of water to a full, rolling boil. Cool to refrigerator temperature.

Place prepared fruit in sturdy, leak proof containers, and cover with cold syrup, leaving a one-inch head space. Seal, label and date containers and freeze.

Click here for steps on freezing sliced strawberries.

Freezing Sliced Strawberries

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:14:18 +0000

Use only firm, ripe berries and freeze promptly after picking. Sort, wash in cold water, agitate gently to chill and wash. Drain and remove caps, then follow either method A for Sliced Strawberries or method B for Whole Strawberries:

Method A (retains flavor best) – Sliced Strawberries

Slice berries into bowl or pan. Use one cup sugar to seven cups berries, or more sugar if you like fruit extra sweet.

Sprinkle sugar over fruit; using large spoon, mix gently until some juice is drawn from fruit and most sugar is dissolved. Avoid breaking up fruit.

Pack berries and juice into containers, leaving one inch head space for expansion during freezing.

Click here for steps on freezing whole strawberries.

Strawberry Shake

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:53:11 +0000

2 cups Blue Bunny Fat Free Frozen Yogurt “Strawberry Cheesecake”

1 quart frozen or fresh Gettings Garden Strawberries

Put yogurt and strawberries in a blender and blend. Then enjoy Don Getting’s favorite shake.

Heavenly Chocolate Berry Pie

Gettings — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:34:31 +0000

1 ¼ cups graham cracker crumbs

3 tablespoons sugar

1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted

½ cup plus 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate morsels, divided

8-oz. package cream cheese

¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup whipping cream, whipped

1 pint fresh Gettings Garden strawberries

1 teaspoon shortening

Combine first three ingredients, mixing well; firmly press onto bottom and sides of a lightly greased 9” pie plate. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes; cool completely.

Place ½ cup chocolate morsels on top of double boiler; bring water to boil; reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Set chocolate aside to cool slightly, then drizzle over baked crust.

Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; add brown sugar and vanilla; mix well. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture; spoon filling into prepared crust. Chill eight hours. Set aside one strawberry and cut remaining berries into thick slices. Arrange slices over filling; place whole berry in center.

Combine remaining two tablespoons chocolate morsels and shortening in a small saucepan and melt over low heat. Drizzle over strawberries.