Fast Fridays: Strawberry Fig Compote HEAVEN

On Fridays, I think I’ll be sharing a quickie recipe, snap idea, or fly-by project.

Last week, I realized that I had a ton of strawberries in the fridge, quickly getting to the point where I didn’t want to eat them (a little bruised and discolored), and I wasn’t sure what to do with them before they got too far along.

Cooking fruit is a good way to stave off the ravages of rotting, so I gave my strawberries a rough chop (about 3 cups), chopped up the last of my dried figs from Sahadi’s (about 1 cup), and tossed them into a saucepan with 1/4 cup of cane sugar (granulated white will do just fine). I cooked on medium-low heat for about 5 to 7 minutes, stirring every once in awhile, and then let it cool. It’s been a big hit with friend Brian over vanilla ice cream. We had it two nights in a row.