Strawberries are higher in antioxidants than just about every other fruit.
Strawberry Sorbet is the perfectly refreshing dessert for any summer meal. This sorbet recipe is loaded with wholesome strawberries, which have numerous health benefits. Strawberries are thought to be a cancer fighting food as well as high in vitamin C, anti-inflammatory and good for the cardiovascular system. Research has also shown that strawberries can help to regulate blood sugar and decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes.
I’m highlighting this sorbet recipe (previously posted several years ago) because it’s hot here (96 degrees in Boulder today), and I’m craving light and healthy food. So here’s how to make sorbet the easy way –take note, this recipe contains a mere 3 ingredients.
Serves:4
Ingredients
- 10 oz bag of frozen organic strawberries
- 2 cups water
- ¼ cup agave nectar or honey
Instructions
- Place strawberries, water and agave in a vitamix
- Blend on highest speed until smooth and creamy
- Pour mixture into ice cream maker and process according to instructions
- Serve
Here are some of my other healthy strawberry recipes:
Lynne says
Thank you!
Tif says
I just made this today! I think you could make it without an ice cream maker, but holy moly is this delicious! I made it with locally grown strawberries and local honey and it is SO tasty! Thank you for your recipes! They’ve saved my life! :)
Suze 1947 says
I was wondering if anyone used fresh berries instead of frozen, and it sounds like you did. Did you substitute using the same number of ounces or some other way?
Thanks
Maria says
We always do this with fresh berries, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries…but I never add water just a little honey to taste.. Just blend in food processor and then into ice cream maker.
Jinny says
Hey, has anyone tried substituting honey for agave? I can’t find agave in the stores around here (small town).
Renee says
This was incredible. I just shared on my blog and referenced your site. Thanks!
Healthy Juicer says
Your pictures make me want to try all your recipes. Especially this one since it seems so easy to make.
Alex@Spoonful of Sugar Free says
Sorbets are so easy to make-and naturally sweet. They make a great dessert that I know everyone will love. YUMMY!
julie says
Hi, if you don;t have an icecream maker can you make the sorbet in the vitamix with ice instead of water? Please advise. Thx
Jeanne M Wallace, PhD, CNC says
You’re correct: strawberries are an excellent anti-cancer berry, along with blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and black currants. In a recent study, 60 grams (2 ounces) freeze-dried strawberries were fed daily for 6 months to 36 patients with precancerous lesions in the esophagous. The result: 80% of the patients experienced a reduction in the grade (severity) of their lesions. [Yan et al., Proc AICR, Apr 6, 2011]
What a yummy way to get my daily dose of berries. I added a tsp of lemon juice to pop up the flavor of the frozen berries.
Bev Weidner says
I could just slam that right into my face and not even care. YUM.
Lynn Salmon-Easter says
Beautiful photograph!!
I love your site.
Thank you for all you hard work and efforts to our benefit.
Marla says
Hey you! Amazing how the best treats are so simple & healthy too :) Hope you are all well.
Shirley @ gfe says
Love the amazing color, and three ingredients is perfect in my book!
xo,
Shirley
Danielle says
YUM! On the menu for tomorrow! thank you
Zoe says
Looks great, Elana! Wish I had some strawberries now to make this. To make sorbet without an ice cream maker, I recently learned a tip from “The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen”. You freeze the sorbet base in ice cube trays and once they’re frozen, the cubes are pureed in a food processor until smooth.
Donna Thibodeau says
Thanks for the information – I don’t have a Vitamix or ice cream maker but I plan to try the blender, freeze, and blend again.
Jason Aanderson says
A vitamix IS a blender, its an over priced blender. The company that creates it pays people to market it to other people, like their own friends! If you want a great blender at a reasonable price get a Blendtech! They’re amazing, I have one, I got my mom one (didn’t make her buy it like a Vitamix user would..) and It’s lasted years with no flaw. It handles anything and it also is SO easy to clean. It has a patented design that makes great smoothies, ice cream, all of that!
Hope I don’t sound like a Salesman, I’m not, I’m a 23 year old med student who just doesn’t like to see people ripped off, enjoy!
Lynne says
Thank you!
Lana M says
Is it possible to make this if one does not have an ice cream maker? Thanks!
Karen says
See comment below re: ice cube trays…