Quick and light July 4th dessert

I've noticed a lot of patriotically themed desserts popping up all over the cooking blogosphere... JustHungry offers up a variation on Eton Mess with balsamic strawberries (!), blueberries, star shaped cookies and merengues; Slashfood gets retro creative with Jell-O and Cool Whip, and Coconut & Lime went with a baked good, whipping up a cranberry-blueberry bread.

My submission is decidedly easy, and very light - we had it for breakfast, actually, but it would be the perfect thing to satisfy a sweet tooth after going for one too many hamburgers and hot dogs! Just scoop a little non-fat or low-fat vanilla yogurt into a bowl, slice some strawberries on top, sprinkle on some blueberries, maybe give 'em a stir, and you're good to go. Of course, you don't have to stick to strawberries - any red berry will do - but to me there's nothing better than a nice ripe strawberry in vanilla yogurt.

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Balsamic Strawberries

I was bored tonight and wanted something sweet. After Jackie's post about in-season produce I remembered that I had strawberries to eat, and I thought of making a strawberry sauce for ice cream or frozen waffles. Then I got the idea that balsamic vinegar would be good with it too, so I looked for a recipe for balsamic strawberries and found a simple one on www.epicurious.com.

3 1/2 cups sliced hulled strawberries (about 16 ounces) since it's just me tonight, I made about half this. I cut off the tops and fed them to my hamster
1/4 cup sugar 2 Tablespoons-ish
1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1-ish Tablespoon

Toss all ingredients in medium bowl. Let stand at room temperature until juices form, at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours. I did a little over an hour
Makes about 3 cups. one and half cups

This was delicious! Sweet and tangy and awesome. I tried to take some decent pictures. I served it over a frozen waffle and some vanilla ice cream.

Combining in the bowl.

Plated.

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