Cooking Thursday: Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

 

Hello my Peeps!

For those in the states are you getting excited to celebrate the holiday weekend soon? I can't believe it's almost the 4th of July already!  

My Hubby just got back from a meeting with a car dealer group in a city close to ours. Matt is a consultant for a very large automotive group that's a national fortune 500 company. He mainly works from home (other than a meeting away here and there) and it's lucrative and provides a lot of freedoms. He works as a performance manager and consultant and is loving what he does. But at his meeting it sounded like the owners were practically begging him to come be a GM for them. They were throwing lots of good things at him and it sure made his day and made him feel great! 😊 He works hard and I'm so very proud of him. But he loves what he does right now, as well as the many freedoms & perks it allows for both of us. So I think he's staying put.

But it's sure nice to know that others see in my sweet Hubby what I see too. A genuine, smart, hard working, very good Dude. :)❤️❤️❤️

Sorry for the sidetrack and thanks for letting me gush about the love of my life. But now on to this recipe that I thought might be something perfect as an Independence Day dessert. 🇺🇸

My rhubarb was planted late last year and I wanted to give it a full season to be established. So I only harvested a little bit of it, so it could get its roots nice and set. So I only grabbed a couple of small stalks to make this sauce. I love the sweet & sour nature of rhubarb in desserts. Do you? 

We had it over vanilla bean ice cream (so that right there is the red & white colors) now just imagine throwing some blueberries on top for the blue. You'd have a very patriotic dessert. ❤️💙

However, we had some crushed graham cracker over ours - sort of like deconstructed strawberry rhubarb pie. 😉 It was AMAZING!

Here's how I made it:

2 stalks rhubarb, chopped

1 c. of chopped strawberries

3 TBSP sugar

a splash of lemon juice...maybe 1-2 tsp (or you could do orange juice or just water)

a tsp of cinnamon and small splash of vanilla

Cook all the above in a saucepan over medium low heat until the fruit gets soft and forms a sauce, stirring regularly. About 10-12 minutes. Spoon over ice cream or yogurt and enjoy! Keep any leftovers in the fridge.

Don't you just love the fruits of summer? 🍓😋

If you're looking for another summer holiday dessert idea I'd definitely recommend the summer berry poke cake I plan to make for this weekend that you can find by clicking here. It's also so delish and patriotic looking. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend ahead, and for those that celebrate have a very fun and safe 4th! 

xoxo