Strawberries are a delicious treat! There are a few tips to know before you buy them, and a few more tricks to know once you get them home. We’ll talk all things strawberries, look at different ways to prepare them, and make a simple Homemade Strawberry Shortcake!
Episode 2 – Strawberries & Shortcakes
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Choosing & Storing Strawberries
- How to Choose Strawberries – free printable!
- How to Store Strawberries
- How to Wash Strawberries
- How to Slice Strawberries
Easy Recipe for Strawberry Shortcake
Starting Garden Seeds
Check out Episode 1 where we planted some tomato and basil seeds to see how we did it and what we used. In today’s episode, we saw how much just a little bit of water can help plants grow – when I remembered to water them! I also thinned out the seedlings so there wouldn’t be as much competition for light, water, and nutrients from the soil.
Other Recipes & Tips Mentioned in this Episode
- How & Why to Cut in Butter
- What’s the Difference Between Brown Eggs & White Eggs?
- What’s the Difference Between Greek Yogurt & Regular Yogurt?
- How to Chop an Onion Fast Without Crying
- If you’re ever in town, be sure to take your kids to visit the Children’s Museum of Evansville!
- Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits – with “cut in” butter
- Easy Homemade Whipped Cream
Products Mentioned in this Episode
- Pastry blender
- Food processor
- Stoneware baking pan
- Amazon Echo
- Berry spinner
- The egg slicer I have does not work for slicing strawberries, but one like this might
- Garden root viewer
Enjoy!
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