Homemade Strawberry Fromage Frais
There is an absolutely gorgeous fruit picking farm near us called Hendrewennol. Every year we head down there to pick strawberries and raspberries and other fruit and it has become a bit of a family tradition. This half term we headed over there to pick the first of the year's strawberries and it was Baby S's first time joining us! He came last year of course but he was too small to pick strawberries, but this year he got stuck right in! It is so special keeping a tradition going and watch the littlest take part in an activity we have seen his two bigger sisters do over the years.
With your third baby it is bittersweet ticking off those 'first' milestones. There is the feeling that you won't do any of this again. You'll never teach a baby to walk again or to say Mummy. Of course you have all the usual milestones and firsts - crawling, walking, talking, but there are so many more. It makes me feel particularly emotional to take Baby S to do things that we have taken his sisters to do before him. It is like watching time fall through your fingers like sand. It feels like only yesterday we first went to pick strawberries with Bean, and I can remember leaving JB in her pram at the end of the strawberry field while I picked strawberries with her big sister, and the next year taking her on her reigns to pick strawberries herself. So once again I found myself repeating this tradition, but for the first time with Baby S.
The children usually go mad with their picking and we come home with far too many strawberries to eat so we usually make something from them, be it jam or ice cream or strawberry yoghurt. This year we made homemade strawberry fromage frais.
All three of my children have absolutely loved fromage frais. From 6 months it was one of their weaning foods and they still enjoy one fromage frais a day at least! I have always been concerned that my children don't eat too much sugar so I have always made fromage frais for them using natural fromage frais and fruit puree.
Simply wash and chop the heads off your strawberries. Pop them in a microwaveable bowl and add a little water. Heat for a minute or so until the fruit is soft.
Blend or mash the fruit depending on how much texture you want your fromage frais to have. We like ours smooth so I blitzed it in our Nutribullet. Leave to cool for a few minutes and then stir into your fromage frais.
No extra sugar is required as the fromage frais mixed with the sweet strawberries gives it a delicious delicate strawberry flavour. Perfect for your baby's first taste of strawberry.
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RachelSwirl says
We have those heart ramakin dishes, they are so cute. My little ones love strawberry picking down on the farm with their Grandparents x
Relentlesslypurple says
Mm sounds fun & delicious!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
We went strawberry picking last year and I loved it. I can't wait to go with my own kids one day.
Jacqui (Mummy's Little Monkey) says
My girls love yoghurt, but I don't let them have it that often because of the high sugar content, so My First Petit Filou sounds perfect. I've never thought of adding fresh fruit before - great idea!
Harriet from Toby & Roo says
I used to love strawberry picking as a child, I'll be taking my kids this year for sure 🙂
DannyUK.com says
I didn't realise it was strawberry-picking season already. That's something else to put on the todo list!
cookiesandcwtches says
I think it is a little early still so plenty of time yet!
sarahjane says
Such a fun activity to do! If that was me though there would be strawberries to take home as I would have eaten them all
tp keane says
Such a fabulous thing to do with the kids. I love strawberry picking, and then making something afterward with them.
Life as Mum says
Hmmm I would love that right now. Perfect for this weather. I really need to go out somewhere strawberry picking with the girls
Kate Holmes says
Lovely firsts. Commenting for myself and on behalf of BritMums and thanking you for taking part
Rhian Westbury says
Strawberry picking must be so much fun! I've never been! x
Ana De- Jesus says
I love going strawberry picking it reminds me of my childhood wandering through woods and fields.
Liz Mays says
Oh that is so fun! I used to love doing this with my kids. That strawberry treat looks great!
Fashion and Style Police says
My kids love Petit Filious so much. Lovely post.
Rachel says
I love strawberry picking and always eat more than I should ha x
nicol says
i love strawberry season! i haven't been strawberry picking since i was 8! i need to start doing it again
Jessica McDonnell says
Lovely photos. I used to love Strawberry and Blackberry picking when I was younger. I need to do it again.
Anosa says
I have never been for proper strawberry picking before and would love to one day. Those strawberries look really delicious
Melanie Edjourian says
I need to take my girls strawberry picking. Hope they don't scream each time we find a bug though lol.
WhatLauraLoves says
I haven't been strawberry picking in YEARS and YEARS and I really want to go now! I love this idea of blending up some strawbs into yoghurt xxx
Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says
I love going to PYO farms and picking my own strawberries. I haven't done it yet this summer so will have to make a date in the diary.