This week, friend and reader Abby from The Chou Life is bringing you What To Make With What’s On Sale. If you like this post and would like to continue seeing this feature on a regular basis, please be sure to leave a comment and we’ll see if we can get her to do it every week!
Blueberries are $2.99 for 18 ounces this week at Albertson’s, and $5.00 for 2 pounds (Friday only!) at Safeway. What to do with all those fresh blueberries (besides eating them by the handful)? ;)
Here’s some ideas!
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Add them to your favorite quick bread recipe:
Blueberries make a tasty addition to muffin, pancake and waffle recipes. Just add half a cup of blueberries for every cup of flour in the recipe.
Make your own blueberry syrup or sauce:
Homemade blueberry syrup and blueberry sauce are simple and require only a few basic ingredients. Try serving your homemade syrup or sauce over ice cream, on pancakes or waffles, or mixed into yogurt.
Toss them in a green salad:
This Blueberry Walnut Salad can even be a main dish. The author of the recipe says this is “an easy, yummy salad, perfect for any season, with berries, nuts, and greens. For an entree add chicken, diced apples, and diced green onions!”
Use them in a dessert:
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Try this Fresh Blueberry Crumb Pie. It’s easy to make and is a pretty dessert to serve in the summer months. The crumb topping (in place of a top crust) makes it lighter than a typical double-crust blueberry pie.
Alton Brown’s 5-star recipe for Blueberry Buckle is fantastic, especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.
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Blueberry Sorbet is a healthy and refreshing treat. If you don’t have an ice cream maker, check out this post on how to make sorbet without one!
What are your favorite things to do with fresh blueberries? Do you preserve them for use all year round?
$1.99 for Pantry Essentials (gallon) at Safeway
Great ideas!! We like putting blueberries in smoothies, milkshakes, and in cold cereal in addition to these great ideas!
I love this feature, Carrie! We used your fish taco recipe last week and ALL of my children loved it, including my daughter with special needs who struggles with new foods. It was awesome!
I LOVE this feature, too! I look for it every week. We made the beer battered fish tacos from last week and they were a hit at my house. It is so helpful to have these fabulous and different ideas to try. Thank you for doing it!
Thanks, Sandy! Abby’s going to be doing it every week, and I am so excited to actually have it be a *reliable* weekly feature!
Fresh. Blueberry. Pie!
We like putting it in oatmeal, I put them in frozen and it helps cool the hot oatmeal for the kids to eat!
We are having pancakes for dinner tonight. I’m so glad I looked at this. What a great idea to add blueberries to them!
I LOve all the recipes to make something with what is on sale!!! Please keep including them. I Love you too, Carrie. Youhave helped me find some great bargains I would not have found on my own. Keep up the great work!!!!
You can freeze them, too. I wash them and drain them well, pat with a towel to get the moisture off. Then put them in a single layer on a cookie sheet and freeze. Then you can package them as you want for future use. They are great to pop in your mouth frozen on a hot day!
I truly enjoy this section and would love to see it regularly added. I gained some great ideas when you posted about what to do with pineapple. Thanks for your work-it is truly appreciated.
We love brownie pizza with fresh berries for toppings–SO yummy! And the blueberries are my favorite part!
When I bring berries of any kind home, they’re gone so fast, I never have time to put them to use. I think I’ll have to hide them and make the blueberry crumb pie. Thanks!
I just got the newest issue of Martha Stewart Living in the mail earlier this week and on the last page there is a recipe for Blueberry Lemon Teacakes. I made it yesterday and my family loves it! The recipe may be on her site, otherwise check out the latest issue for the recipe.