Strawberries & Goat Cheese

Nothing beats fresh strawberries during the warm summer months. I love the combination of strawberries and goat cheese so I thought I would share some yummy strawberry and goat cheese recipes.  Along with the recipes featured below I also incorporated strawberries, goat cheese and baked chicken breasts into salads, which I brought for lunch. 

Balsamic Strawberry & Goat Cheese Crescent Roll Bites

Makes 8 crescent roll bites

Ingredients:

1 can of refrigerated crescent rolls

1cup of strawberries

8 tablespoons of goat cheese 

8 teaspoons of balsamic vinegar 

Recipe:

1) )Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2) Cut strawberries into bite sized pieces, put into a bowl

3) Unroll crescent rolls and separate into 8 triangles

4) put crescent roll triangles into mini muffin tin to create a "bowl" for  balsamic strawberries and goat cheese 

5) add 4 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar to strawberries and mix 

6) put one tablespoon of strawberry mixture into center of crescent roll "bowl"

7) Sprinkle a tablespoon of goat cheese on top of  each crescent roll bowl

8) Bake for 8-10 minutes or until crescent roll bowl is brown. 

Coconut Crusted Shrimp with Strawberry Salsa and Quinoa

Serves 1 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup medium peeled and deveined shrimp

1/4 cup of sweetened shredded coconut

1 egg

1/4 cup of flour

1/4 cup of cut strawberries

1 tablespoon of goat cheese

1/2 teaspoon of trader joe's cilantro dressing 

1 teaspoon of red onion

1 teaspoon of lime juice

1/2 cup of Quinoa 

Recipe:

1)Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2) Defrost shrimp in microwave- took me about 1 1/2 minutes

3) Dry shrimp off with paper fowl

4) add honey to shrimp

5) roll shrimp in plate/bowl of shredded coconut

6) Bake shrimp for 7-10 minutes

7) While shrimp is baking make your strawberry salsa by combining your cut strawberries, goat cheese, cilantro dressing and red onion. To make a more traditional salsa you could also add some jalapeno pepper, I just didn't have any at the time. 

8) Make your qunioa- I use the trader joe's microwaveable quinoa, but you could also make the quinoa, I like this recipe. 

9) plate your quinoa and shrimp and top with the strawberry salsa. 

Baked Chicken with Strawberry Salsa and Quinoa

Serves 1

Ingredients:

1 cooked chicken breast, I used this recipe to make baked chicken breasts

1/4 cup of cut strawberries

1 tablespoon of goat cheese

1/2 teaspoon of trader joe's cilantro dressing 

1 teaspoon of red onion

1 teaspoon of lime juice

1/2 cup of Quinoa 

Recipe:

1.  Chop red onion and strawberries.  Put both ingredients into a bowl and add lime juice and cilantro dressing. 

2. Cook/microwave quinoa according to directions on package 

3. Microwave chicken for 1 minute or until reached desired temperature. I always cook for a little bit of time and cook longer, I get nervous about overcooking the chicken and drying it out. 

4. Add cooked quinoa and chicken to plate. Top with strawberry salsa. 

Warm Goat Cheese Salad

Serves 1

Recipe from Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's