Super Simple Strawberry Sauce {no cook!}
Like every other growing thing here in the Midwest, the strawberries have been lagging behind, too. We went berry picking last week, at the start of this year’s picking season, when the strawberry season is normally winding down by the 4th of July. It was so hard to wait those extra couple weeks for sweet sun ripened berries!
But it turned out to be worth the wait. The strawberry picking was out of this world, the best we’ve ever experienced, and the most lovely bonus for our endurance of the long cold winter and spring. The berries were plentiful and a great medium size. They were perfectly sweet and juicy and oh so hard to resist.
And when we got our berries home, it was the same ol’ story… “What are we going to do with all these berries?!?!”
After eating MANY of them straight from our box of pickings, we filled the blender with strawberries and a few scoops of ice cream. Mmmmm…the sweetest ripe strawberry shake we’d ever devoured. Well, since last year, anyway. ;)
And the next thing I made was a fresh-from-the-field jar of Super Simple Strawberry Sauce. I wanted an easy, no cook sauce that tasted just like fresh squeezed berries. And, by golly, this quick sauce with just a few ingredients surely does the trick!
This homemade strawberry sauce, vibrant red with a bright and tangy taste, was the perfect mix-in for our morning yogurt. And it disappeared fast! So fast, that I didn’t get to try it in any of the other ways I had imagined…over vanilla ice cream or a piece of cheesecake…in lieu of syrup on waffles or pancakes…in fresh squeezed summer lemonade…oh my.
This can only mean one thing.
Yes, I’ll be making another batch!
Super Simple Strawberry Sauce {No Cook!}
What better way to celebrate summer than with a Super Simple Strawberry Sauce? Drizzle this sweet, no cook sauce over yogurt, ice cream, and more!
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs. fresh strawberries, hulled
- 1 T. super fine sugar
- 1 T. honey
- 1.5 T. freshly squeezed lemon juice
- zest from 1 medium lemon
Instructions
- In a blender or food processor, combine strawberries, sugar, honey, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Blend until smooth, about 20 to 30 seconds. Strawberry sweetness will vary, so taste sauce and add more sugar or honey, if desired.
- Cover and refrigerate. Sauce will keep for up to 5 days. Swirl sauce into yogurt or vanilla ice cream, stir into lemonade, or drizzle over cheesecake, pound cake, waffles, or pancakes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 36Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 1mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 2gSugar: 7gProtein: 1g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by Nutritionix. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee accuracy. If your health depends on nutrition information, please calculate again with your own favorite calculator.
Here are more fresh strawberry recipes you may like:
- Strawberry Sunrise Breakfast Smoothie from The Lemon Bowl
- Fresh Strawberry Juice with Coconut Water from With Style and Grace
- Strawberry Tart from Smitten Kitchen
- Strawberry Lemonade
- Patsy’s Strawberry Pie
- Strawberry Muffins with Lime Glaze
I made this sauce for a strawberry cake & it was very yummy. My niece really loved it!
Wonderful to hear!!
Just made this! Absolutely perfect! Thanks for another fabulous recipe!
Great recipe. Simple is beautiful. This is the perfect time for strawberry recipes. Thanks.
Such gorgeous berries! We usually pick berries every summer, but the u-pick farm near us didn’t offer it this year. Will have to find a new spot next year!
Yum to the yum! Looks perfect.
those pictures are precious and YUM to the no cook sauce. We are HUGE strawberry lovers here.
Thank you, Jen!
I love that this is no cook! Beautiful!
Some of my best childhood memories are going to the strawberry patch with my grandma. I love this sauce and can’t wait to try it.
I really love your quick and easy strawberry sauce! Best of all, I love the no cooking part. :) I’ve been buying so many baskets of berries and need to use them fast. :) Can’t wait to make a batch of the yummy and gorgeous sauce for my morning yogurt. :) I think it’ll be nice as an ice cream topping too.