strawberries and cream crepes with orange liqueur

These Crepes….these crepes! These Crepes with their hint of Vanilla…and those Strawberries with the hint of Orange liqueur, and that cream with a hint of love; have been all I can think about for a whole entire week of computer breakdowns, children breakdowns….and mental breakdowns!

It’s Valentine’s Day…which means Chocolate and Strawberries and Nutella and more Chocolate and Peanut Butter and Pasta of all shapes and sizes — in my house any way. Show love with food. I have a thing for Macerated Strawberries of any kind. Orange liqueur with strawberries makes them so syrupy and extra special… and combining them with cream for this was a definite arrow in to Cupid’s heart.

The best start to our Valentines Day were these. Oh. Three kids screaming and everyone jumping on our bed at 6 in the morning doesn’t count. I’m wiping all of that from my memory files.

To escape the noise, we did what any other good parent does and gave them these.

Aaaahhh. 20 seconds of silence. Music to my ears.

Ingredients

• Macerated Strawberries and Cream:
• 2 cups strawberries , washed and divided
• 2 tablespoons natural sweetener or sugar of choice
• 1 - 2 tablespoons Cointreau (adjust to your tastes)
• 1 1/2 cups reduced fat cooking cream (Philadelphia) or Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons (extra) sugar or sweetener of choice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Crepes
• 3 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons oil/ (or reduced fat butter, melted)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/4 cup skim/low fat or almond milk
• 1 cup plain; light spelt or all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. For strawberries.
2. Cut the strawberries into quarters. Combine the strawberries into a bowl with the sweetener or sugar and Cointreau, and mix to coat evenly and set aside for 15 minutes. While strawberries are soaking up the liqueur, prepare your crepes
3. ..............................................

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