{"id":4261,"date":"2017-04-17T10:41:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2017-04-07T10:41:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T14:41:56","slug":"strawberry-treats-for-a-sweet-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=4261","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Treats for a Sweet Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anjeli Sambasivam &#8217;18<br \/>\n<em>EE<\/em> Senior Lifestyle Editor<\/p>\n<p>Spring is finally here! This flowerful season makes me think of fresh fruit and vibrant flowers. Spring is the perfect time to eat some delicious strawberries! These quick and easy recipes are perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/strawberry-ice-cream.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4265 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Photo courtesy of Food to Love\" src=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/strawberry-ice-cream-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"strawberry ice cream\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Recipe #1: Strawberry Shortcake<\/strong><br \/>\nIngredients:<br \/>\n3 pints fresh strawberries<br \/>\n\u00bd cup white sugar<br \/>\n1 egg<br \/>\n4 teaspoons baking powder<br \/>\n\u00bc teaspoon salt<br \/>\n\u2153 cup shortening<br \/>\n\u2154 cup milk<br \/>\n2 tablespoons white sugar<br \/>\n\u00bd cup white sugar<br \/>\n2 cups whipped heavy cream<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.<br \/>\n2. Slice the strawberries and toss them with \u00bd cup white sugar.<br \/>\n3. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, 2 tablespoons white sugar, salt, and baking powder. Cut in the shortening until the mixture is crumbly.<br \/>\n4. Add the beaten egg and milk. Stir until combined.<br \/>\nPour the batter into an 8 inch round cake pan.<br \/>\n5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.<br \/>\n6. Slice partially cooled cake in half, creating 2 layers. Place half of the strawberries in between the two layers.<br \/>\n7. Spread the whipped cream and remaining strawberries on top.<br \/>\n<strong>Recipe #2: Strawberry Ice Cream<\/strong><br \/>\nIngredients:<br \/>\n1 package of strawberries<br \/>\n\u2154 cup heavy cream<br \/>\n\u00bd cup sugar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><br \/>\nSlice the strawberries and place in the freezer until frozen.<br \/>\nUsing a blender, combine the frozen strawberries and sugar until the strawberries are roughly chopped.<br \/>\nSlowly pour in the heavy cream until everything is fully combined.<br \/>\nFreeze and serve for up to one week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anjeli Sambasivam &#8217;18 EE Senior Lifestyle Editor Spring is finally here! This flowerful season makes me think of fresh fruit and vibrant flowers. Spring is the perfect time to eat some delicious&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4261"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4266,"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4261\/revisions\/4266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}