Monday, August 18, 2014

Blueberried

Once upon a time I took the kidlets blueberry picking... and we brought home enough blueberries for four households...

Nine litres of berries. NINE LITRES OF BLUEBERRIES FOR FOUR PEOPLE.

Berry picking pro tip: check your recipes before you head out so you have an idea of how many berries you, you know, need.

(Who knew blueberry bread needed only a measly single cup of blueberries?! Learn from my mistakes, yo.)

Berry picking happened four days ago. As of today (day four with berries) we have made:

- two blueberry pies
- two lemon blueberry loaves
- one batch of blueberry jam (that's five 500ml jars)
- blueberry pancakes

And have basically had fresh blueberries as dessert at every freaking meal. Including breakfast.

This is what we're left with:

That's easily three litres of berries... GAH!

I can't prove it, but I think they're breeding in the fridge when we're not looking.

Naturally there are many upsides to our situation. Blueberries tend not to go straight to mush like raspberries or strawberries, we've enjoyed local summer fruit in a variety of ways, and the boys have discovered the, er, other benefit of copious blueberry consumption (I'll be glad when they stop calling me to the washroom, as the event is not as fascinating for me as it is for them, trust).

And the lemon blueberry bread recipe is a new one. Not only new, but a recipe that turned out exactly as pictured online.

Not going to lie: it gave me a thrill. Delicious and pretty. Yum.



1 comment:

  1. That's a gorgeous loaf! Funny, just a few days ago I made a blueberry zucchini cake with lemon buttercream frosting. I can't claim the idea, I stumbled across the recipe and happened to have all the ingredients. Lemon and blueberries are just a perfect fit.

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