Deviled strawberries…

Yes, you read that correctly, like the eggs.

I was going thru healthy and light recipes for the month of May and stumbled upon this genius idea

Whoever thought of it should get a huge pat on the back. There are so many recipes for deviled strawberries it’s crazy.

I chose one and made it this morning. I only made half the amount of filling and still had some leftover.

The recipe calls for cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, heavy cream and I added a little lemon zest and a tiny pinch salt,

That’s not healthy you may be saying but you aren’t using a lot of any ingredient and each strawberry gets about 1/2 teaspoon of the “cheesecake” filling.

So, unless you eat 50 of them they are a light and tasty dessert option for the spring and summer.

I immediately began thinking of different variations you could do with the “cheesecake” filling or even just flavored whipped cream.

Most recipes call for a sprinkling of graham cracker crumbs but I didn’t have any on hand.

Gluten free ones are expensive and not worth it.

I did crush up a Trader Joe’s GF chocolate chip cookie because I always have those in hand.

I haven’t really started thinking about what other fruit you can do this with but just while typing this I thought of ripe peaches or plums.

As I was packing up what didn’t fit in my nana’s deviled egg platter I thought hell, you can half strawberries, put the cheesecake filling in a separate container and just dip them it!

Then I thought if you didn’t want to dick around making deviled strawberries you could put the filling in the center of a platter and spread out strawberry halves.

The crumbs you can top it with is also endless possibilities.

Marty and I sampled a couple of the strawberries and I gotta tell you. They are very good.

Here is the recipe I used. Yes, there are healthier ones but I chose this one since it was one of the first ones I saw.

https://dangthatssweet.com/deviled-strawberries/#wprm-recipe-container-6889

Chocolate hazelnut cream is another delicious option even mixed into the cheesecake filling or just a flavored whipped cream

Anyway, I said I would always share recipes and ideas I think are good ones and this one is definitely a good one.

If you will be at an event I will be at this summer don’t bother bringing these as they will be my signature summer dessert. 🤣