Man oh Man!!
We've been blessed with some REALLY good blueberries in our CSA this summer.
Not to mention they are organic. Double bonus there!
I made some blueberry pancakes a couple of times, and they were heavenly.
These blueberries are not tart at all.
They are perfectly sweet.
I love blueberries.
Yesterday, I made a very yummy, blueberry crisp.
I was happy that the recipe used the remainder of my blueberry stash, as I didn't want them going to waste.
The recipe for the awesome crisp will be at the end of this post.... so DO check it out.
I finally got myself going on my sailboat quilt again.
Yay!!
I have really been putting the hours in on this thing.
I am hand quilting, so it does take some time. {but I machine pieced it together}
Anyhow, I am proud of myself, because the quilt is starting to really come together.
I am hoping to be done with all hand quilting by tonight,
and then I can start making the bias tape that goes around the edges.
Call me crazy, but I love sewing on the binding.
It is so fulfilling!!
I attach the binding edge with my sewing machine...
and then when you fold it over the edges and tuck in under, I hand stitch it to the back.
For some reason...I love this part.
I think because it is just stitch after stitch and it's almost mindless.
It's just good.
For now, I will leave you with a couple photos of my crazy chickens.
They look dead, don't they?!
Don't worry, I assure you...they are very much alive!
They are sunbathing on the hot wooden deck.
I have read that chickens don't like the heat and the sun...
so what's wrong with my silly chickens???
They have always done this....this is nothing new....this is a normal thing for my chickens.
They apparently love the deck because the wood is so warm.
Sometimes there's 3 or 4 of them all doing this together.
In the rare occasion the chickens do this when we have a visitor, our guests will look out on the back deck and say "OH NO! I think something's wrong!!"
I'm like, "oh, ya, they're fine, just get a little closer to the glass and they'll notice you and be up and running."
My chickens don't do this all the time, but they do it a few times a week.
Mostly, they do this in the cooler months when the sun is out and warming the wood...
but they do it once in a while in the summer too.
To me, chickens are a constant source of interest and entertainment.
Too funny!!
A VERY BLUEBERRY CRISP
3 cups fresh blueberries
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. corn starch
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
pinch of salt
4 Tbsp. softened butter
Toss blueberries with white sugar, corn starch and lemon juice
Dump into 8 or 9 inch baking dish.
Mix brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, oats, salt and butter with a pastry blender of fork.
Sprinkle mixture evenly over berries.
Bake in 375 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes until golden.
A VERY BLUEBERRY CRISP
3 cups fresh blueberries
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. corn starch
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 cup flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
pinch of salt
4 Tbsp. softened butter
Toss blueberries with white sugar, corn starch and lemon juice
Dump into 8 or 9 inch baking dish.
Mix brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, oats, salt and butter with a pastry blender of fork.
Sprinkle mixture evenly over berries.
Bake in 375 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes until golden.