Elizabeth and I joined a few friends for some Florida strawberry picking the other week! Growing up my Dad always had raspberry bushes and my grandparents home was surrounded by blueberry bushes so I grew up picking berries. My favorite book as a child was even Blueberries for Sal about the adventure of a mother and her daughter berry picking with a mommy bear and baby bear. So, it was such a joy to be able to take my little love Elizabeth on her first strawberry picking adventure!
Once home I was neck deep in strawberries!
I made LOTS of jam. Strawberry jam, strawberry pineapple jam, strawberry rhubarb jam and strawberry blueberry jam! I followed this recipe.
I froze about half of my pickings for smoothies
I even made homemade fruit roll ups from this site! Sadly my boys still preferred the processed kind yet I think it may have to do with the Star Wars characters imprinted on them!
Strawberry Rhubarb crisp - my FAVORITE
I even made self proclaimed rhubarb haters into lovers of this unique vegetable!
Cannot wait for Blueberry season!
Cannot wait for Blueberry season!
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