What can we make with strawberries that are starting to get mushy?

I love strawberries mashed up and mixed in with pancake batter. The pancakes are so good with maple syrup. You can even throw some extras on top of the heap with some whipped cream. This is a favorite summer drink. I like to throw about a cup of apple juice, handful of strawberries, and a banana into a blender and blend away. The strawberries are high in natural sodium (not salt sodium but the mineral sodium) and it helps keep me cool in the summer. How about strawberry shortcake with whipped cream. Yum! I like to just snack on strawberries for a snack in the mid morning or in the middle of the afternoon. Oh, and how about strawberries dipped in melted chocolate. I better go, I'm getting hungry :)

To avoid having strawberries go bad I just clean them right away and put them in ziploc bags adn stick them in the freezer. They last a while and frozen fruit is a good substitute for ice cubes when you are making a smoothie. If you want to cook with them using frozen would be ok as well.

Hi cortypants...I usually have too many strawberries every year when they are in season here..I eat my fill of fresh ones..the ones left over that we cant possibly eat or are going a little soft, I mash and add a little sugar to form a syrup and freeze it in containers..That way I have saved the berries for strawberry shortcake at a later date or as a topping on icecream or a milkshake..So many uses and at least they wont go bad.

i think you can make a smoothie, cake, strawberry muffins, a face mask. i think thats it, let me know if you want to know how to make the face mask, i'll let you know.