Salad with Strawberry Jam Vinaigrette

This salad dressing was subtle and yet tummy: I suggest everyone try it! Next time, I'll be making it with less vinegar -- I found it a tad on the too-mush-vinegar side -- and I'll replace some of that with lemon juice. I meant to do that this time, but didn't have any. You can get the recipe from the blog Coconut and Lime.

Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes

To be honest, I found the cupcakes a little dry, even though no one else had a problem with them. I'm going to be experimenting with the recipe to see if I can't make it better. The name is also a bit deceptive: these are really just vanilla cupcakes with a sweetened whip-cream frosting and strawberry garnish. The same basic vanilla cupcake recipe occurs throughout the cookbook I used, so I think it's worth tinkering with it.

Basil-Infused Strawberry Lemonade

I may not be the first person in my family to go to University, and even if I don't finish my program I won't even be the first the drop out of graduate school...but I am the first one to make lemonade from scratch! Woo: I finally achieved something unique around here! I never thought I'd do something like this, but I found the recipe on the blog Babyfood Scoops and just had to try it! In case you're wondering: yes, making it from scratch really does make a difference.

Strawberry Bread

This is a lovely, cake-like bread that tastes delicious alongside either lunch or breakfast. It's moist, thick and generally good at reminding you that bread can taste like dessert at any time of the day.

Small-Batch Shortcake with Strawberries and Devonshire Cream

Have you ever had one of those moments where you couldn't decide whether you wanted to make strawberry shortcake or strawberries with Devonshire cream? Yeah, that happened to me. So I made them both!

This wasn't the usual shortcake recipe we use in my family (rather, it was one for cream biscuits), and it wasn't as buttery, but it was definitely good. Also, the cream is technically mock Devonshire cream. But really, who cares? It's yummy! I made the shortcake recipe smaller so that it yields four cakes. If you want the full recipe, e-mail me or something.