Since I don’t have an ice cream maker, I had to get creative on how to make it at home. I started with 2 pints of strawberries. I cut up one and a half of them and put them on a sheet pan, then put them in the freezer until they were little strawberry ice cubes.
I took the other pint, plus 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of sugar, and cooked it all down until I had strawberry syrup. Once the syrup was completely cooled, and the berries were all frozen, I put it all in my blender and pureed it up like a milkshake. I put it all in a plastic bowl, and popped it back into the freezer to harden over night.
The next day it was all frozen together, so I set it out on the counter for a few minutes before serving (just like I do ice cream.) It’s soooooo easy, and soooooo good! I’ve tried it with peaches and with pineapples, and both of them are amazing, too!
The strawberry makes twelve 1/2 cup servings, and only 75(ish) calories per serving.
Low Calorie Dessert: Strawberry Sorbet
Ingredients
- 2 pints of strawberries
- 2 cups of water
- 1/2 cups of sugar
Instructions
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Dice and freeze 1 pint of strawberries.
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Cook down the other pint of strawberries with 2 cups of water and 1/2 sugar until it's a syrup.
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Let the syrup cool.
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When cooled blend the frozen strawberries and syrup until smooth.
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Put in a container and freeze.
I have strawberries and a pineapple sitting on the counter right now as I type THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!
Going to try it today
Hugs,
Suzan
What an easy recipe. Hubby loves mango sorbet so I think I will give it a try! Thanks for sharing.
Oooohhh, Mango! That’s a great idea 🙂
Looks so gooooood!!
That looks simple enough! Thanks for sharing and I’m pinning this.
I love how easily you made this, I never would have thought! Even though it’s pretty cold outside, this looks delicious! 🙂
Pinning!!
I so hope you’re still having good results losing weight. I know how hard it can be. When I was born my thyroid didn’t work at all. I was ok weight wise til I became a young woman, started having kids, then watch out. It’s been a struggle since.
This last year I lost some weight just working hard outside clearing out our shed in the heat, running up and down hauling things to house to go thru on the deck. Didn’t even realize I was losing, the best way huh?
I watch it by checking my weight every couple days so I don’t go over a certain weight. So far I’ve been able to eat pretty much what I want within reason, we eat a low fat diet and prepare our food healthily. But there’s those cakes, cookies, chips, naughties just waiting for me to over do. I love to eat, especially naughties. I grew up eating desserts after every meal and goodies (home made cakes, pies and cookies) very frequently.
Gina I can hardly wait to make this. Never ventured into making something like that but if it will help keep me from eating cakes, cookies, etc. it’s a winner. I have a terrible craving all the time for things I know I shouldn’t eat but I eat them anyway. I love ice cream but have pretty much stayed away from it over the winter but watch out this spring and summer.
I’m so glad you shared this recipe. If I keep things that are good for me in the house I’m ok, just can’t have naughties in the house. No will power. Good luck to you Gina. Keep up the good work. You’ll get there. Happy Weekend.
Congrats on your weight loss! It’s still working – even when I give myself a break to eat “naughty” I still can’t eat as much as I once did, so I’m still on track. It gets easier every day, yet it’s still coming off 🙂
Thanks for your share – comments like yours really do motivate me to keep it going!
Hugs!
Loving this additional aspect to your blogging. I too struggle with weight, after baby, after stopping smoking and after losing gall bladder…it all became a lot harder than I ever thought it would be. Great to have ideas like this and although strawberries are out of season here I will go find some frozen ones and get this on!!!
I don’t have a sweet tooth ….my downfall is cheese but funny how a little treat like this just makes me feel like I am not denying myself stuff.
Hi Cait,
Thank you so much! I’m always afraid y’all will get tired of ‘diet talk’ – haha! It’s not easy, but I rarely limit myself from anything, I just eat much smaller amounts. Just a little cheese goes a long way, ya know!
Frozen strawberries are a GREAT idea! Half the work is done for you 🙂
oh wow maybe even I could make this! Love what you did to your kitchen cabinets…I want to paint mine grey!
Gina, I so enjoyed your post and I can’t wait to try it! I wanted to ask, what was the name of the font you used when you typed ‘Stawberry Sorbet’? I love it! Thanks so much!
awesome thank you !!! im so trying this!!
http://sylloh.blogspot.com/
great job on getting creative with this without having an ice cream maker!
This looks so refreshing and yummy! I never would have thought to freeze the berries. I try blending them with ice cubes and it ends up runny. Will try this!!
Anjana @ http://happyandharried.wordpress.com/
If I were to use peaches or mangos, how much would I have to use to replace the strawberries?
could I get the recipe? this way i can print it out and read it easily when i put it in my recipe Binder?
What about banana or orange
Sounds delicious. Is that a glass spoon? If so, where did you get it?
Hi,
I work on behalf of AMP (Capital Shopping Centre). Every year we create a booklet of delicious recipes.
I have come across the Strawberry Sorbet (See in link), and this would be perfect. We would love to use the recipe (No image) for the book.
Please let me know if this is something of interest in and we can discuss further.
Kindest,
Ciara
http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/low-calorie-dessert-strawberry-sorbet.html
Hi Ciara, no problem, feel free to use the Strawberry Sorbet recipe in your booklet! Sounds great 🙂
Love this. Did you do the pineapple exactly like this?
Thanks Erin, yes same process and same yumminess 🙂
Awesome. Thanks.
How could I do this with all frozen strawberries?
Congratulations on your weight loss. What program do you follow?
I’ve never done it with all frozen strawberries Nanci, I would just follow the recipe the same and use the same amount of frozen that you would fresh. I hope it works for you!!
Thank you for sharing….
They all look so yummy..
I just finished making this! It’s my very first time.Its actually my very first time ever and I’m 66 years old.It was easy to follow and it taste amazing and so creamy! I almost ate it all before freezing! Thank you so very much I can’t wait to try other fruits
Good for you Darcy, I am so glad you like it!!
Your amazing I love this sorbet recipe it turns out every time with any fruit thank you so much and it is 100%better than store bought
I want to make lemon sorbet using this recipe do you have any good advice and or helpful ideas
I have never tried it with lemons Darcy, I do love lemon anything though but can’t give you a recipe, sorry.