Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
So many funny, awkward, or crazy things have happened to me since moving.
I could fill three notebooks with stories of situations in which I’ve found myself–situations with friends, situations with guys, or sometimes even with strangers… and I wish I could figure out a way to write them all here without embarrassing or hurting the people that the stories are about.
Do you ever look back on a decision you made and think, “Why did I not do this sooner?!”
That’s how I feel about moving to Washington, D.C. I should have left Texas much sooner.
This particular post is dedicated to my friend, Jess—one of the many wonderful new friends I’ve been lucky to make this year. When she found out about my website, she asked if I could post a recipe that was super-simple, only required a few ingredients, and did not involve an oven. She then showed me a picture of something she had recently made: Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries. (Her photo was beautiful, by the way.) I decided a twist on the concept of cheesecake stuffed strawberries would make a perfect Memorial Day post.
Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
Ingredients
- 1 container fresh strawberries
- Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting OR vanilla yogurt of choice (such as Wholesoy) – about 2 tsp filling per strawberry
- Optional mini chocolate chips for garnish
- Optional graham crackers for garnish
Instructions
Wash the strawberries, cut off the stems, and scoop out a well in the middle of each, using a small spoon or knife. If you want the berries to stand up, cut off the bottoms of the berries as well. Eat the unused berry pieces as you work! Fill the hollow section of each berry with yogurt of choice. (If you’d prefer a cream cheese or coconut filling, I’ve listed alternative filling ideas below the second photo in this post.) Garnish with graham cracker crumbs or mini chocolate chips, and serve immediately.
Question of the Day:
Are there any decisions you were initially afraid to make, but that you now look back and wonder, “Why didn’t I do this sooner?”
Link of the Day: Peanut Butter Frozen Hot Chocolate
Every night I think that about my glass of wine – LOL! I wish I had started my blog sooner, but if I had I wouldn’t have completed graduate school. So I suppose the timing of everything happens for a reason as well. Thank you for sharing this recipe. It would be so lovely for a Sunday brunch.
~Bre
Clever idea for those giant strawberries. My little great-grandchildren would love these, especially with ice-cream. Decision I put off and regret was a procedure on my heart called “ablation.” I put it off for two years out of fear and then when I had it I was SO much better. Like 1000 times better. And another one was not flossing when the first dental hygenist told me to! There are others I’m sure, but those two are biggies.
Yum! I recently decided to take a job teaching abroad so my husband and I are packing or selling everything and moving to the United Arab Emirates! Crazy, but we are excited!
I signed up for emails for the contest drawing. And I love this post 🙂
As a Texas girl myself, I’m kinda sad that you moved away! Of course, I don’t live there anymore, either, so nevermind. 🙂
I almost bailed on the interview for the job that I currently have teaching high school, just because I thought I wouldn’t like high school. But it turned out to be my favorite age and well, my career! Who knew.
What a cute idea! Hmmm…I wish I would have made the decision to be single, and not jump from toxic relationship to toxic relationship through all my teen and 20’s. I was so worried to be alone, but now that’s all I want! (Not that I’ve acted on that decision yet). Good question btw.
Easy, but so cute dessert! Lovely!
Yay! I’m so glad you love living here! In a few weeks when they are ready I highly recommend going strawberry picking. They are SO GOOD!
This is going to be an awesome treat for the kids. I can’t wait to try it. Thanks so much! May I repost, with links of course?
On CCK’s FAQ page at the top of the blog, it says she is ok with photo reposts but recipes should be linked to the original instead of re-copied into a new post.
I was afraid to leave a toxic job to do something totally different and unexpected. And I wound up in the DC area too!