Strawberries

Yesterday, I visited one of the many local farmers' markets and bought strawberries. I love local berries not the ones that have been trucked from California which most of the time are very woody. I want to start complaining to the major grocery chains about the fact that they do not supply local berries in season. This is the month of Strawberry festivals!

After cleaning all my berries, I decided that I had to indulge in a smoothie. I am not one of those people who buy fruit drinks when I go out but I love the decadence of mixing fruit, yogurt and milk or ice cubes depends what the recipe calls for. I made a fruity milkshake and it was thick enough to look like a milkshake. Michael suggested adding some liquor- tried some vanilla liqueur. The recipe is simple

1 cup milk (250 mL)
1 cup vanilla yogurt (250 mL)
1 cup berries or sliced peaches (250 mL)

Peaches will be nice. I will work my way through the berries of summer. Not sure if blueberries will work but blackberries, raspberries will be nice.

I will be back every week that I can getting those strawberries and since one of the farmers raises ever bearing strawberries which produce fruit until the first frost, I will be in berries for many months.