Slow-Roasted Strawberry-Vanilla Bean Chia Pudding

For the record, my favorite strawberry varietal is the TriStar, which I had the pleasure of tasting my first summer in Stone Ridge, New York. Lazy, hot summer days spent cooling down our body temperature in local swimming holes, picnicking in the shaded woods behind our home and taking turns riding the unicorn float in our well-worn, much-loved above-ground pool. Those were the simple days, the good days, made especially delicious with strawberries bursting with sweetness only summer could bring.