On Sunday, we drove about 2 hours to Michigan so that we could spend the morning picking plump, juicy, delicious blueberries. I'd only been berry picking once before, and the previous place paled in comparison to what we experienced here.
We each got buckets with ropes attached so that we could hang them around our necks. In the car on the way there, we had taken bets as to whom would be the best harvester.
Izzie was a great blueberry picker. Unfortunately, most of the berries that she picked ended up in her mouth.
We each got buckets with ropes attached so that we could hang them around our necks. In the car on the way there, we had taken bets as to whom would be the best harvester.
Izzie was a great blueberry picker. Unfortunately, most of the berries that she picked ended up in her mouth.
Elijah started the day off strong, but tripped over a bramble and lost most of his berries. After that, he was crestfallen, and never really regained his enthusiasm.
Jon did pretty well, filling his bucket in about an hour and a half of picking (including bathroom and water breaks).
I was a berry picking rockstar, with a bucket and a half filled by the end of the day.
We left with about 15 pounds of berries (not including the ones we ate fresh off the bushes, which, at least in Isabel's case, easily could have added a couple more pounds to the total...)
What does one do with so many berries?
We gave a bunch of them away.
We froze a bunch of them.
We are eating tons of fresh berries at every meal.
I made a Blueberry Crumble which we ate with vanilla bean ice cream. Mmm!
Today we made our very first ever batch of Blueberry Jam. (I loved hearing the lids on the jars *pop* as they sealed!)
We gave a bunch of them away.
We froze a bunch of them.
We are eating tons of fresh berries at every meal.
I made a Blueberry Crumble which we ate with vanilla bean ice cream. Mmm!
Today we made our very first ever batch of Blueberry Jam. (I loved hearing the lids on the jars *pop* as they sealed!)
*notice that both kids stick their tongues out as they work!
Tomorrow morning we'll be having blueberry stuffed french toast for breakfast.
There are still a bunch of berries left over. I may make muffins or scones, I'll probably try out a smoothie recipe or two, and I'm thinking about tossing some into a salad with some slivered almonds and goat cheese. Does anybody else have thoughts on how to use fresh berries?
There are still a bunch of berries left over. I may make muffins or scones, I'll probably try out a smoothie recipe or two, and I'm thinking about tossing some into a salad with some slivered almonds and goat cheese. Does anybody else have thoughts on how to use fresh berries?
1 comment:
Okay, first things first: your kids grew up since you last blogged. Wow. They are the cutest little people! I love seeing kids in the kitchen too.
I don't have any great recipes for blueberries, but also picked a bunch last month and one thing I loved having was a bunch of blueberry muffins (uncooked) in the freezer, ready to pop in the oven whenever I had the craving for fresh baked goods but no motivation to make them or clean up the mess.
I think I'll be looking up a recipe for stuffed blueberry french toast for tomorrow morning at our house too. Yum!
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