With summer just around the corner, we are approaching one of the best times of year: Strawberry Season! Strawberries are one of the best fruits in cooking and baking, the sweet fruity flavor, the amazing aroma, and the red vibrant color shines through in any dish. You can technically get strawberries year round but there is nothing better than a fresh in season strawberry. I’ve put together some of my recipes that feature strawberries. Enjoy them throughout the season!
Favorite Strawberry Recipes
Strawberry Banana Pancakes
Strawberries and bananas not only bring bright and sweet flavor to the vanilla batter, but they add moisture too, making the pancakes as tender as they are pretty.
Strawberry Nutella Crepes
Thin and delicate crepes filled with chocolate hazelnut Nutella and fresh strawberries
Strawberry and Spinach Salad
(pictured above!)
Fresh Strawberry Dressing
Spinach salad with chicken, feta, almonds, and a bright, tart, fresh strawberry dressing! It’s so delicious and refreshing!
Red, White and Blue Salad
Refreshing, sweet, and satisfying. Perfect for a cookout side dish or a refreshing summer meal.
Fluffy Angel Food Cake with Strawberries
Light, unbelievably tender, with the most delicate crumb. And with only a touch of sweetness, it lets the fresh strawberries and cream shine.
What are some of your favorite strawberry recipes?
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Good article and useful information
Love seeing all these strawberry recipes! Perfect for making the most of fresh, sweet strawberries this season — can’t wait to try a few.
Oh, how wonderful! Thank you
this recipe is so amazing, I can do it for the first time, my daughter said she like it very much
Great recipe. Thank you!
Strawberries and bananas not only bring bright and sweet flavor to the vanilla batter, but they add moisture too, making the pancakes as tender as they are pretty.
I’m absolutely trying that strawberry spinach salad with the fresh dressing—sweet and savory together is my weakness, and the feta and almonds sound like the perfect crunch. Also, the fluffy angel food cake with strawberries and cream is calling my name for a weekend treat.
Really helpful article. Thanks for sharing these insights!
I love that you highlighted the fresh strawberry dressing for the spinach salad—it sounds like such a bright, tart contrast to the feta and almonds. The red, white, and blue salad also feels perfect for summer cookouts. Do you find that in-season strawberries need less added sugar in recipes like the angel food cake topping?
Well written and easy to follow. Great job!
I love that this roundup focuses on in-season strawberries rather than just generic berry recipes—the Strawberry and Spinach Salad with fresh dressing sounds especially perfect for summer. It’s refreshing to see a mix of sweet and savory options, and the note about fresh berries letting the flavor shine really resonates.
The strawberry and spinach salad with that bright, tart strawberry dressing sounds like the standout here, especially since it pairs feta and almonds with fresh berries instead of the usual sweet treatment. I also appreciate the reminder that in-season strawberries are worth waiting for—there really is no comparison to the year-round grocery store ones. The angel food cake with strawberries and cream feels like the perfect light finish for a summer cookout.
I love that this roundup is organized around what’s actually in season rather than just listing sweets. The strawberry and spinach salad with chicken, feta, almonds, and that tart strawberry dressing sounds like the most refreshing option here, and pairing it with the red, white and blue salad for a cookout makes a lot of sense. The angel food cake with strawberries also stands out because a light cake really does let the fruit and cream do the work. I’m curious whether the strawberry banana pancakes hold up with frozen berries in the off-season.