strawberry shortcake or whipped cream recipes

[exurb]

anyone got any good recipes for either? We have strawberries in season here, no chemicals, fresh-picked, yummy!!! :p

[wyjoz]

Make a cookie recipe. Then macerate sliced strawberries with agave squirt of lemon. Let them sit a short while. Whip up some whipping cream.(I did older coconut and ran it through Champion with the plank--you get this thick cream and then the ground coconut) to the thick cream add a little agave mix with a spoon and dollop on the strawberries. Save a whole strawberry to use it on top. and you'll enjoy this guaranteed!

there are several other recipes; type strawberries in the banana/search and enjoy.

try this and click on the link provided to see a picture;
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14083&highlight=strawberries

[exurb]

thanks wyjoz! The whipped cream from coconut sounds perfect!! The ones I've made I haven't been that happy with, from cashews, and the worst one had some banana in it. I have to travel 75 miles to get a young coconut, so if it can be made with old coconut that's a bonus, as they have that in my small town. So I will try your recipe in your link, do you think it will work in a cuisinart?

[wyjoz]

If you do the coconut in quisinart it will be just grated and then you'll probably have to strain it. Never tried it that way. I Love my Champion! You could probably blend all in vita Mix like you would for almond milk and strain.
I fell in love with the texture of champtioned cream with agave. So that's what I'm doing. I got two 'mature' coconuts(hard shell white skin) for just that purpose, getting strawberries this weekend. Also I tried this (my 2nd favorite) whipped cream. You can add 1/2c macs or use pine nuts.
Coconut Frosting.Topping. Rita Romano's?
3 c coconut meat
1 c macademia nuts
3 T coconut oil
1 t vanilla
2 T Agave
coconut water only to
make it spread. This was not so sweet, so you can make it sweeter by adding more agave.

[Vanessa]

Any tips on getting the meat out of the mature coconuts?? The last time I did it, I swore I'd never do it again it was so hard.

[exurb]

yeah, good question Vanessa, I'd also love tips on that one.

wyjoz, you're making me want a Champion even more now. I have a juicer, but I always see recipes to use it with the blank plate, and it sounds great just for that purpose alone.

Thanks so much for the whipped cream tips, I was getting tired of all the ones I tried and didn't really like.

[wyjoz]

to open a mature coconut you poke the eyes and drain the liquid. Then with a hard object: a hammer? crack the coconut into small chunks and dig out with a knife, then you grate, blend or quisinart it.

You can do so much with the Champion. I use it to mix/grind all my veggies and seeds for carackers. Ice Crem! (it can be done in quisinart)but I use Champion. Ten u can make nut butters and the coconut cream. And above all we make a beet juice (I call it wine!) so it's a very appreciated appliance here. Vita Mix is another one and then Quisinart. If you have a chance, search for one, many times in a health food store they do have used ones for less.

The coconut cream comes out so silky and smooth and it's so easy, only 2 ingredients.