Strawberry Swan Song

Well, strawberries, I had big plans to pick lots and lots of you, and turn you into all kinds of things: ice cream, strawberry shortcakes, jam. Oh, the jam. My friend Amber and I made some last year, and it was heavenly. But time got away from us, and I never got to a farm to do any picking. We did get a couple of pints in our CSA box. And maybe a couple from the grocery store. These were eaten straight up, and also with ice cream and Nutella. And I froze the rest. The boys finished the last few frozen strawberries in this smoothie.

Three cups. Miles had a buddy over. The boys adore smoothies in the summer, and I try to have different types of frozen fruit on hand. This one had the strawberries, of course. Also, frozen blueberries and bananas, organic strawberry yogurt, and vanilla soy milk.

So, goodbye little red fruit. See you next year. Good thing there are still blueberries and raspberries to look forward to.