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
Welcome to D.C.! You’ll love it here 🙂
Oh, and the strawberries look delicious!
That’s how I feel about moving to California from Florida! And this is such a fun and cute idea, thanks!
I was afraid to change careers and become a trainer because I thought that leaving my former profession would mean I had failed. I am glad I was finally able to let go of that idea. I found success and happiness in an unexpected place 🙂
Hi Katie,
The strawberries look lovely; I just love strawberries and all of the other summer fruit! So, you probably didn’t mean recipes when you talked about putting things off, but when I make a really fabulous recipe, I wonder why I didn’t make it sooner. There are larger decisions I wish I’d made sooner, but I really believe that there were reasons I didn’t or couldn’t at the time and that the timing was perfect for what it needed to be. Perhaps your move to DC happened at the perfect time and moving sooner wouldn’t have taken you on the path you’re taking meeting the people you’re meeting.
Texas is really awesome and I can’t really imagine living somewhere else, but I have a cousin who recently moved to DC and loves it. I’m so happy you love it there.
Btw, I saw this recipe and thought it’d be right up your alley.
http://www.feastie.com/recipe/purelytwins/protein-thin-mint-cookies
I made them tonight and they are really tasty, but the batter was super runny before refrigerated, so I think next time I’ll add the oil slowly and perhaps sub some of the oil with applesauce.
Peace!
It is so crazy how we always tend to deny our intuition to make a decision that we know is better for us, and then when we do make the decision it’s always hard to realize why it took so long to make!
Your strawberry cups are so cute. Love it and will be making them this weekend. I really agree with asking yourself why didn’t I make this decision sooner. With me sometimes it’s fear that stops me from making decisions sooner. Afraid of taking that leap
mmm these look yummy! will be doing this for something or other.
a decision: i can’t think of to many at the top of my head.. i quit my job once and went on a trip to africa. that was awesome!! and scary because i knew i was coming home to no job. 🙂 i liked my next job much better.
a decision i’m currently debating: getting a cargo bike and toting my 3 children (4,3,1) around NYC. very scary idea and expensive.. but …. i really really like the idea of mobility.
These are perfect for our Memorial Day cookout! They look so yummy and refreshing!
These are great! They are simple, but cute and delicious. I tried several combinations with a vanilla yogurt filling and with some of the leftover cream cheese frosting from when I made your recipe for Tiramisu Pancakes. Both fillings were great, but my favorite combination was cream cheese frosting topped with cocoa powder. Everything’s better with some chocolate! To fill the strawberries, I cut the corner off of a sandwich bag so I could pipe it in. Here’s my blog post about making these: http://forlifeincollege.blogspot.com/2014/05/yogurt-or-cream-cheese-frosting-filled.html#more
Decision I was afraid to make: Move to the other side of the world (I wasn’t even sure where), being that all that I had was a backpack full of stuff, a nearly empty wallet, a thumb to hitchhike and a heart full of dreams. Now I found my place, am happily married and have a wonderful child.
I wanted to do that for ages, now I know why 🙂
I actually won an airplane ticket on the internet to come here, everything fits so right!