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Strawberry Pie Jello Bars

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These bars are everything you love about strawberry pie minus the pie crust and the addition of the best graham cracker crust!

Strawberry Pie Jello Bars

 

I love strawberries in the summer!

I could eat them plain and they are just as good as they are in these jello bars. However, sometimes I just love mixing things up a bit and that’s exactly what happened with these strawberry pie jello bars.

These bars were made the day after I totally flopped on some lemon poppyseed scones I was super excited about. But something about me always thinks scones need to taste just like a muffin and mine didn’t and so I was super disappointed. Who wants a dry scone?? Not me and I bet you don’t either…

That is when I decided to skip the scones and just move on. Sometimes it is just best to keep going and not look back, ya know?!

And because I think you deserve a snapshot of the graham cracker crust that always seems to get my mouth watering, here ya go!

Strawberry Pie Jello Bars

I almost couldn’t believe how tasty these bars are. I had my 3 little helpers on standby to confirm their deliciousness and although their dollop of whipped cream was much more massive than in the pictures they still ALL loved these strawberry pie jello bars!

They decided it would be best if they helped to name the bars.

Here are their votes:

  1. Strawberry Pie Jello Bars – Collin
  2. Strawberry Pie Scream Bars – Parker
  3. Strawberry Cake Bars – Reese

Collin was the winner! Shh! Don’t tell the other two.

Strawberry Pie Jello Bars

We have been having quite the summer with all the camps and motocross we can seem to fit in. We wouldn’t have it any other way honestly.

This past weekend we headed to Council Bluffs for some motocross racing at Westfair and we all had a blast. The boys did so well and Reese managed to find enough friends to keep the entire motocation enjoyable!

I don’t know about you but usually after days away all I want is some fresh fruits and vegetables! These strawberry pie jello bars were good enough!!

Strawberry Pie Jello Bars

Strawberry Pie Jello Bars

Strawberry Pie Jello Bars

These bars are everything you love about strawberry pie minus the pie crust and the addition of the best graham cracker crust!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Graham Cracker Crust

  • 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs or 10 graham cracker sheets processed in food processor
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 7 tbsp butter melted

Filling

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp corn starch
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 oz strawberry gelatin
  • 4 cups strawberries, sliced nearly 2lb

Instructions
 

Graham Cracker Crust

  • Preheat oven to 375℉.
  • In a medium bowl, combine crumbs, sugar, and melted butter until well mixed. Pat into a 8x8 or 9x7 baking dish using the bottom of a clean measuring cup making it even.
  • Bake for 5-8 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside.

Filling

  • Combine sugar, corn starch and water in a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Once to a boil, stir another 2 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in strawberry gelatin until dissolved.
  • Refrigerate mixture for about 20 minutes. This is a good time to slice strawberries. Arrange strawberries over graham cracker crust. Pour gelatin mixture over strawberries and smooth out with a rubber spatula. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Taste of Home

 

 

Strawberry Pie Jello Bars

 

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Easy Roasted Asparagus

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Easy roasted asparagus done in less than 20 minutes! It’s so delicious that you will wonder why you don’t make this more often!

Easy Roasted Asparagus

Heyyy asparagus fans!

What’s your favorite way to do asparagus? Are you into fancy recipes where you peel off ribbon-like pieces of asparagus? Those are amazing, huh! I mean I have never created one of those recipes because most of the time I’m thinking about all of the things I want to do but am just trying to keep my head above water and get dinner on the table before it’s dark out which nowadays is like 9:15!

So what I am trying to say is that I am totally into simple, easy roasted asparagus recipes like this one that still taste incredible every single time I make it.

Lately, we have been sprinkling Traeger® seasonings onto pretty much everything. Some of our favorites include the Salmon Shake, Veggie Shake, and Blackened Saskatchewan seasonings. For this roasted asparagus, we seasoned it with the Veggie Shake seasoning, sprinkled it with parmesan cheese, and added some lemon juice and roasted it for 12-15 minutes since the asparagus we add were a bit on the thicker side. Easy Roasted Asparagus

My husband absolutely loves when I make roasted asparagus. I claim it’s not one of my top favorites as far as veggies go, but then I make it and try it and I’m like what the heck is wrong with me because this stuff is delicious!!

I guess you could say I always think there is something better than asparagus to pair with my fish or meat or whatever but the truth is this asparagus deserves a spot right next to my fish every so often because it’s just that good.

Easy Roasted Asparagus

Easy Roasted Asparagus

Easy Roasted Asparagus

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Course Vegetable
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bunch asparagus
  • Traeger® Veggie Shake seasoning
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425℉. Wash asparagus stalks and pat dry with paper towels. Remove tough ends of stalks by bending the thick end of the stalks until they snap and discard.
  • Arrange stalks on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over stalks and mix until they are evenly coated with oil. Arrange in a single layer. Sprinkle Veggie Shake seasoning over stalks. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over asparagus evenly down the center of the stalks.
  • Roast asparagus for 9-11 minutes for thinner stalks and 12-15 minutes for thicker stalks.

Easy Roasted Asparagus

Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

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Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

It’s summer and that means you need to take full advantage of all of the fresh dark, sweet cherries available right now. Yes, they are super delicious as is but if you want to take them to next level kind of good then you need to get your hands on this Cherry Dessert Bread!!

Homemade bread of any sort is always amazing but my family and I have become somewhat obsessed with this cherry bread lately. And by obsessed I mean when the loaves are gone, my husband starts asking when I’m going to be making more. It’s truly amazing!

Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

I’m calling this cherry dessert bread as a hint that it’s not meant to be eaten at every meal or in place of every meal like my husband thinks it should be! Haha!

However, if you have new neighbors moving in nearby or family that you want to bake something for then this cherry bread will be just the thing to say welcome to the neighborhood or I love you mom and dad!

Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

 

Here is a list of some of my favorite brunch must-haves:

  1. This cherry dessert bread, duh! 🙂
  2. Strawberry rhubarb muffins. I can’t go even a couple weeks without making something with rhubarb in it and these muffins are the perfect thing!
  3. Zucchini fritters. I am actually more of a savory brunch eater myself so these fritters are very much up my alley! If you have never made fritters before you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy they are to make!
  4. Blackberry + Cream Cheese Toast. I love when blackberry season comes around and this is a quick and easy go to breakfast on any day of the week!

Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread

5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Breakfast/Brunch, Dessert
Servings 2 loaves

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups canola oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 cups dark, sweet cherries pitted and roughly chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans and set aside
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, and eggs until well combined. Pour wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined. Add chopped cherries and stir until evenly mixed.
  • Add batter to prepared loaf pans and bake for about an hour or until toothpick inserted into bread comes out clean. Let sit until cool before removing from pans, about 30 minutes.

Notes

Recipe lightly adapted from Saveur The New Classics Cookbook. 

Favorite Cherry Dessert Bread