Strawberry Season Snack! (Plus, PB'n'J . . . Salad!)

I love strawberry season!  There is no fruit that makes me quite so happy as a fresh springtime strawberry! This fruit is so versatile in recipes as well as fantastic all on it's own!

We were able to get 2 lbs of fresh strawberries over the weekend from Costco and I am greatly enjoying them!

My absolute favorite way to enjoy strawberries is to stuff them/make them into little 'sammies.'
We like to use softened cream cheese sweetened with a little local raw honey. Sooooo, good!

These snacks feel like an luxurious indulgence, yet they are so healthful and easy that there's really no reason why they couldn't become a regular thing! At least during strawberry season.

Another way that I enjoyed them this past weekend was on a salad. Now I have been eating strawberry spinach salad for over a decade, but this time I decided to try a little experiment based on my Peanut Butter and Honey Salad.

Since I had strawberries available, I figured it was about time I tried out my favorite sweet salad with a strawberry "jam" twist! I didn't actually make jam though . . . All I did was crush some of the berries in a bowl with my potato masher and stirred in a bit of honey (which proved to be unnecessary because the berries were already plenty sweet.) and then I drizzled this raw strawberry goodness over my salad along with my usual peanut butter dressing and some sliced strawberries.
It was lovely!

 If you love strawberries as much as I do, and/or if you miss having a good ol' PB'n'J sandwich because you cannot digest bread anymore; I recommend you try this salad! It's superbly refreshing!

What I Ate: Today (09-03-12)

I made it! (with 25 minutes to spare!)
Today I made one of my very favorite snacks. Strawberry Cream Cheese Toast. So yummy! Plus, potentially pretty healthful. Wish I had organic berries. Still, it's almost like having strawberry cheesecake for a snack, except without all the sugar.

This one is pretty self explanatory, but I'll break it down just the same. Organic nine grain bread, a generous blanket of full fat cream cheese. Tiled with fresh strawberry slices. Drizzled with raw honey and sprinkled with cinnamon. (Optionally. I don't always do the cinnamon.) Speaking of cinnamon I discovered that if you get that lovely brown powder on your upper lip it might make you do a double take when you pass your reflection. I thought I had a femmestache!!! That info might be useful for Halloween though. Think Indiana Jones' rugged five o'clock shadow. Paint free! (and you'd smell nice too. :})