Hooray, it’s finally strawberry season here at Russo’s! After a cool spring, my favorite little red beauties are finally ready! Better late than never! Right? There is nothing like a Jersey strawberry. The taste, texture and flavor is like no other. Here at on our farm, we grow three acres of strawberries each year, mostly for our retail locations but we do wholesale some. The strawberry plants are planted the spring before the actual harvest. So, the strawberries are planted a full year before we can pick and enjoy eating them. Straw is spread on to of them (hence them name STRAW-berry) in the early spring to protect them and keep them clean.
Russo’s Strawberries
Since we are in the heart of strawberry season on the farm, I will be featuring some of my favorite “strawberry”recipes throughout the week. Here is a quick and easy recipe for Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits. Healthy, yet satisfying, these mini-desserts are sure to please. It is an easy weeknight dessert to prepare when time is always running short. Incorporating low fat cream cheese into the yogurt gives you all of the flavor and none of the guilt of an actual cheesecake.
Russo’s Strawberries
The recipe can even be doubled or tripled to accommodate a larger crowd. Using mason jars is not necessary. I just like the rustic look they provide. If you don’t have mason jars, feel free to use wine glass or even a small bowl to layer the parfait in. And, of course, if you don’t have access to Jersey strawberries, check out your local farmers’ market to see what local strawberries they have. There is nothing like that fresh from the farm taste. I hope you enjoy this. Let me know how you like it. What’s your favorite strawberry recipe?
- 2 cups Jersey Strawberries, sliced
- 12 ounces vanilla non-fat yogurt
- 8 ounces low fat cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- 1½ cups crushed vanilla wafer cookies
- Clean and slice strawberries. Set aside.
- Roughly crush vanilla wafer cookies.
- In medium bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
- Add the yogurt, powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until mixture is smooth and creamy.
- In 4 pint size mason jars, layer crushed cookies, cheesecake mixture and strawberries. End with strawberries on top. Sprinkle with remaining strawberries.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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YUMMY! There is nothing on earth like a delicious strawberry! : )
This look so great and a “reasonable” dessert choice. Pinned. 🙂
YUM! I think I totally need to make these!!
Yum! I love farms like this where you can fresh Jersey produce!
I love strawberries, this sounds so good.
sounds perfect and so easy! I need to pick fresh strawberries pronto!
Stopping over from Merry Monday Link Party! Thanks for sharing with us! The appropriate words here are NOM NOM NOM!
I love strawberry desserts & this looks especially good! I stopped by from Freedom Fridays to check it out. I am hoping you will bring it or one of your other delicious creations to my link party The Yuck Stop Here. You can find us this week until Sunday evening at 8pm ET at http://mommasangelbaby.com/the-yuck-stops-here-10/ or starting next Tuesday at 8pm ET at http://mommasangelbaby.com/?p=2628. Hope to see you there! Thanks for sharing & HUGS
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you again next week! HUGS
Stopping in to say hi from the Yuck Stops Here party! 🙂 These little desserts are too darling for words!
I want to try these. Right now. The wonder of fresh strawberries! Hello from The Yuck Stops Here.
A delicious no-bake cheesecake parfait, I can’t wait to make it. Thanks for sharing with Foodie Friends Friday party this week. I’ve pinned/shared. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
A FFF co-host,
Joanne/WineLady Cooks
These look delicious! Thank you for linking up to The Creative Exchange. xo, Laura
The photos alone are making me want some of this…add to that fresh fruit and I’m sold! Thanks so much for sharing …
I love that they are served in the half-pint mason jars! Pinned!
oh yum!
I love picking up fresh strawberries straight from the farmer’s market or the farm stand, so much better flavor than the ones found at the grocery store. These strawberry parfait desserts could double as breakfast (of course, I might substitute in granola for that)! Thank you for sharing with Farmer’s Market Friday!