Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Blueberries on a Hot July Afternoon

To compensate for the lack of road trips this summer, I'm approaching the last few weeks of pregnancy as a quasi-staycation.  My planning notebook, brimming with lists of things to accomplish, contains one deceivingly short list.  The "Fun in Baltimore" list.  Restaurants, art museums, and a few other attractions to check out while I'm not counting down the days until I can take a deep breath again.  Dates with Husband; fun times with friends.  Enter blueberry picking.




Perhaps a few hours in the sun and heat isn't recommended for pregnancy, but I loved it.  Being outside, chatting with friends, and picking about 7 lbs of blueberries (Husband helped).

Staying pale courtesy of my sun hat and lots of sunscreen.
What to do with about 20 cups of blueberries?  Freeze 10 cups.  Eat a few cups over sliced fresh cantaloupe, plain yogurt, or vanilla ice cream.  Throw some pancakes on the griddle.  Bake muffins.  Dream up blueberry banana bread for tomorrow.  Perhaps a Blueberry Lemon Cake to debut over the weekend.  Snacking and baking like this, the blueberries may disappear!

Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
Have you ever gone on a pick-you-own adventure?

4 comments:

  1. What beautiful muffins! They look nice and oat-y. What recipe did you use?

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  2. The recipe, forwarded from our mutual friend:

    http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/01/oatmeal-blueberry-applesauce-muffins/

    (Note: don't use paper liners.)

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  3. I did make the blueberry banana bread this morning. Only a half cup of fresh blueberries left in the fridge! Need to save them for a garnish for the cake....

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  4. My wife is the awesomestest baker of blueberries ever. Sorry, Becky.

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