Chicken Breast with Strawberry

3 cups fresh strawberries (halve or quarter larger berries)

2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar or white wine vinegar

¼ cup strawberry jam

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 3 pounds)

3 ounces Parmesan or white cheddar cheese

6 large fresh basil leaves

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

Snipped fresh basil

 Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In 3-quart baking dish combine strawberries, vinegar and jam. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Cut a horizontal pocket in each chicken breast half by cutting from one side almost, but not through, to the other side. Cut Parmesan or white cheddar cheese in six strips about 1 inch wide, 3 inches long and 1/8 inch thick. Wrap a basil leaf around each strip; stuff into chicken pocket. Secure pockets with wooden toothpicks or skewers. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

In 12-inch oven-safe skillet, cook garlic in oil over medium heat 30 seconds. Add chicken and cook 5 minutes or until golden brown, turning once. Transfer, uncovered, to preheated oven to bake.

After 5 minutes, add baking dish with the strawberry-jam mixture to oven. Bake 10 to 13 minutes longer, or until berries are softened and jam mixture has thickened, and chicken is no longer pink (170 degrees). Serve chicken with melted strawberries. Sprinkle with snipped basil. Makes 6 servings.

Strawberry Cheesecake

Categories: Cakes, Desserts

    

Yield: 12 servings

CRUST

  1 1/2 c  Graham cracker crumbs

      2 tb Sugar

      3 tb Margarine or butter; melted

FILLING

     19 oz Cheese, cream; softened

      1 c  Sugar

      2 ts Lemon peel; grated

    1/4 ts Vanilla

      3    Eggs

GLAZE

      1 c  Strawberries; mashed

      1 c  Sugar

      3 TB Cornstarch

    1/3 c  Water

  Pre-heat oven to 350F.

 

  CRUST: Stir together graham cracker crumbs and sugar. Mix in butter

  thoroughly and press into a 9" spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool.

  Reduce oven temperature to 300øF.

 

  FILLING: Beat cream cheese in a large mixing bowl. Gradually add

  sugar, beating until fluffy. Add lemon peel and vanilla. Beat in eggs

  one at a time. Pour into shell. Bake 1 hour or until center is firm.

  Cool to room temperature and then spread with the strawberry glaze.

  Chill 3 hours.

 

  GLAZE: Blend sugar and cornstarch together in a small saucepan. Stir

  in water and strawberries. Cook, stirring constantly, until the

  mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir for 1 minute. Cool

  thoroughly before spreading over cheesecake.

Restaurant Review

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Human Interest Story

Straw berries are very common fruit around the world because they can be grown anywhere in the world so everyone can try this delicious fruit. There are some really cool facts about strawberries which are that they are the only fruit with seeds on the outside. A single strawberry has 200 tiny seeds. There is a museum in Belgium just for strawberries that museum in Belgium is called Musée de la Fraise it is a five room museum but it has a lot of stories about why it is so important in Belgium and there is a tour around to yards where they plant the strawberries. Strawberries are known to be a very popular fruit because when they did a study of kids who different type of fruits more than 50% of the children voted strawberries. How they get strawberries to stores is that they are planted during the months of September and October. Strawberry plants are handpicked after every three days. This is the time required for a strawberry to change its color from white to red. After they are picked, they are cooled and delivered to the stores.Not only is a strawberry very good to eat it can help your heath because they are low in fat and calorie. They have a lot of vitamin C, fiber, folic acid as well as potassium. They can reduce the risk of cancers and heart attacks. When you eat it, it helps in the reduction of blood pressure. Fresh juice from strawberry pulp helps in recovering from fever. Strawberry juice, if combined with honey can reduce inflammation. It has a curative effect on sunburns.

Introduction

Strawberries are a very common fruit in the world, because they are very tasty and can also be grown in most of the continents in the world. People can eat strawberries as a dessert for example a strawberry cheesecake or a strawberry tart. You can also eat a strawberry as a main course with chicken breast which looks amazing! There is a wide variety of things that a strawberry can do for your health and people like it so much it was even made in to a museum. Here are some cool things about strawberries.