Strawberries and Coconut Cream

Strawberries and Coconut Cream

Today's recipe is dedicated to a sweetheart of mine from back in 2011. He grew up on a Strawberry farm up in Washington. He passed away on March 30th 2014, he was only 36. He loved everything strawberry, his Chapstick, lemonade, home made strawberry jam (made by mom) and even his gum! 

About mid day today I was hungry for something a little sweet, something fruity and a little bit dessert like but not to heavy. I had a container of big, juicy red strawberries in the fridge. I took some out and slice them up...

At first I thought this recipe was far to simple for my blog but in reality it is just perfect for it. I had been getting requests for quick, easy and simple ideas, especially for desserts and things to help out people with their cravings for refined sugars. So here we go, strawberries in all of their sweet simple glory with just a couple extra ingredients!




Ingredients:

7 - 8 Strawberries plus one extra with stem and leaves for a garnish
1 Tbsp Coconut palm sugar
A Dollop of coconut milk  
*I always keep cans of coconut milk on hand, it is a staple in my pantry 

Directions: 

Wash strawberries, cut off stems and leaves (set one aside with greenery for a garnish). Slice strawberries and put into a small bowl, add the coconut palm sugar. Take a fork and mash them up with the coconut palm sugar, just a little bit to bring out some of the juices and flavors. Open up a can of coconut milk and scoop all of the cream on top into a separate small bowl and whip until creamy with a whisk. Scoop out about 2 Tbsp of the coconut cream (or more if you would like) and put on top of the berries. Top with your garnish, right on top of your cream. (Take the left over coconut milk and cream, combine together in an airtight container and store in the fridge. The left over milk and cream works great in a smoothie).

*Makes one serving. 

Enjoy!