Earlier this week, we made a spur of the moment decision to turn a ‘regular’ school day into a field trip to go strawberry picking. Mr. T didn’t get a call for a job that day, the weather was perfect and where we live strawberry season is nearing its end….so it all made sense to head out for a fun morning of strawberry picking.
We were spoiled to have lived in Oregon for a few years so we always have sticker shock when we go strawberry picking here. In Oregon, U-pick farms were $1 per pound. Where we live now, they are $2.49 a pound. Not really much savings over going to the store, but worth the experience anyway.
So, Mr. T and I had this whole discussion about not getting too many strawberries. Really it was Mr. T saying don’t get the huge container, we don’t want to pick that many and spend that much. Would you guess who found a huge container out in the field and filled it up? Yep, that’s right, Mr. T! Not that I minded. Of course he blamed the kids, who were more busy eating the strawberries or saying they couldn’t find any that were ripe to add to his bin…lol!
We ended up with 13 lbs of strawberries. Pales in comparison with our 20lbs+ we used to pick, but at over double the cost, it will do.
See some of the ‘fun’ strawberries we found? One that looks like a hand and one that looks like a tomato.
After our morning of strawberry picking, it was time to head home and do something with all these yummy berries.
I made a super yummy, light, fluffy pound cake. Which of course we used with berries and whipped cream. I also made lots of strawberry jam, which I will post about next week as I have a great tip I learned in Oregon to make canning easy.
Finally, I asked Mr. T to make Strawberry Sorbet…..OMG it is sooo good!
We used a recipe from Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book
. This ice cream book is fantastic! We have made many recipes from it and have enjoyed almost all of them. We also used our trusty Cuisinart Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker
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. This ice cream book is fantastic! We have made many recipes from it and have enjoyed almost all of them. We also used our trusty Cuisinart Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker.
Strawberry Sorbet (Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book)
1/2 lb fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
3/4 cup sugar
Juice of 1 large or 2 medium lemons
1/4 cup corn syrup
2 cups cold water
1. Combine the strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in a mixing bowl. Refrigerate covered at least 1 hour.
2. When ready to freeze sorbet, mash the strawberries until pureed. Add the corn syrup and water and stir until blended.
3. Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze following the manufacturer’s instructions.
Makes 1 quart
So delicious! I hope you make it and enjoy it!
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It is so good. Thanks for stopping by. I am heading over to check out your blog link party now.
What fun!! How many did you eat while you picked. What a great memory and family fun.
I don’t think I ate any. Snowflake ate so many she stained herself and her clothes. Pumpkin mostly just complained about not being able to find any, unless I helped her find them. It was fun!
This looks really delicious! I am gonna have to give it a try, I love strawberries! And I live in Southern California in the summers, so they are on every street corner, I love it!Stopping by from 6 Sisters’ stuff!
yum
I have that Ben & Jerry’s book, but I haven’t tried the sorbet. I bet it’s delicious!
How nice that you can get Strawberries so much of the year! Enjoy…it is so good!
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When we lived in OR, strawberry season was later as well. Enjoy your strawberry season and all the yummy goodness! Thanks for stopping by!
Yes it is! Isn’t that book full of great recipes?!
Now that just looks plain delicious!
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That looks delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Would love for you to link up to the Pomp Party!
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You got to spend a great day with your family and make lots of wonderful treats to remember the day. It doesn’t get better than that.
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Yummy! I am going to make this sorbet ASAP! I have been a starwberry pickin’ fool for the past few weeks.
Thank you so much for sharing at Must Try Monday! Sorbet is so good!
How fun being a strawberry picking fool! Hopefully your back is doing good from all the bending down to pick them all! 😉
Yes it is! Your are welcome and Thank you for hosting the Must Try Monday link party!
This looks yummy! Perfect for a hot day. Pinned. I’d love for you to share this at my link party. http://adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com/2012/05/terrific-tuesday-15.html
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That sounds so good! Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits. Strawberry sorbet sounds like it would be really good. I would love it if you would link this up to my linky party at http://www.firehousecrafts.com/whats-hot-in-the-firehouse-linky-party-1/. Hope to see you there!
This sounds so refreshing. Came over from NY Melrose Family link, and am a new follower. Patsy
Thanks so much…it was yummy! I’m heading over to check out your link party now.
It is refreshing. I like sorbet because it is so light…not a big heavy dessert. Thanks for stopping by.
These sounds delicious thank you for sharing stopping by from the serendipity and spice link party
This looks so refreshing and delicious! Strawberries are so easy to come by right now, I’m definitely going to have to give this a try.
I would love it if you’d come and share this at my new link party, Off the Hook!
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It is delicious. Thanks for stopping by!
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Thank you so much for linking your yummy strawberry sorbet recipe up to the first What’s Hot In The Firehouse linky party. Hope to see you next week!
It is so lite and refreshing. Thanks for stopping by!
This looks amazingly delicious and refreshing! I would love to invite you to share this with my readers at Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes!
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Mmm…it is soo delicious! Thanks for stopping by.
I can’t wait to go strawberry picking!! Strawberry season doesn’t start until mid/end June here in Quebec. The sorbet looks so yummy! I’ve never made any! Thanks for the recipe!
Feel free to come link up at my party! I would love it!
Have a GREAT weekend!!
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