The Birth of a Blueberry Turnover; How to Rid Your Fridge of Blueberries for Good

The Birth of a Blueberry Turnover; How to Rid Your Fridge of Blueberries for Good

Ah sweet friends

Did I tell you I went blueberry picking

a few weekends ago?

Yes yes, I shared the experience

and I suggested you all head out

on your own fruit finding quest.

Alas a caveat must be added.

Please, dearies, plan out beforehand

how you will use your loot.

Because I didn't

and I've been wracking my brain 

and wrecking my cupboards

trying to use up all these sweet little berries.

So I share another recipe

a simple one

because after weeks of making blueberry goods

simple is all I got left

I promise, this is it.

 Blueberry Turnovers (thanks Allrecipes)

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent rolls
• 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup prepared vanilla frosting (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Roll out crescent dough triangles onto a baking sheet.
2. Place 1 tablespoon blueberries on the widest end of each triangle. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon confectioners' sugar over blueberries on each roll. Beginning with the wide end, roll up each crescent around blueberries; pinch both sides to seal completely.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 12 minutes. Remove to cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes; dust with the remaining confectioners' sugar. Drizzle with the vanilla frosting. 
4. Instead of Vanilla Frosting I filled half of them with a one part cream cheese (8 ounces) + one part whipped marshmallow

Monday = Funday with Unusual Architecture

Monday = Funday with Unusual Architecture

I know plenty of you are thinking.

Rachel, you dirty liar

Monday is not a fun day.

Monday means I go back to work.

Monday means I give up binge drinking for 4 days.

Monday means I can't sit around in my underwear in front of the fan in this 100 degree weather.

Well all of this is true (at least for me--well minus the 100 degrees, were at 80 here) lol

but alas despite it being the dreaded Monday.

There are still some sweet things to be found in this life.

Like the things below. A girl can dream can't she. . .

So interesting

Tell me hobbits live here. . .

I've always wanted to live in a giant teapot.

Strange beauty

 

 Sweetest houseboat ever.

I heart Ewok House

Check out Unusual Architecture for more fun designs.

Wishing You A T.G.I.F

Wishing You A T.G.I.F

Jayson Home & Garden Wishbone $48

Remember when you were little

and on Thanksgiving you would beg your mom

to hand you the damn wishbone

so you could get your wishing on.

Oh, was that only me? lol

Thinking back on it 

it's rather grotesque

tearing apart bones

splintering

and splitting them in two.

But then I remind myself 

that turkeys, my friends, sleep in trees

and I imagine their big creepy

turkey caruncles 

(aka the big red ballsacks on their necks)

staring down at me from a dark branch.

and I scream! 

and I forget all about my bone crunching remorse.

In fact those nightmares kind of make me want to 

take up turkey hunting.

But I digress.

Wishing you a happy Friday!

and a wonderful, turkey-nightmare free weekend.

O.M.G. Love; Caitlin McGauley Illustration

O.M.G. Love; Caitlin McGauley Illustration

So you all know

that I am a teensy bit obsessed with illustration.

I might compromise my morals

for a good watercolor.

Luckily my morals are lacking to begin with :)

I joke, but seriously

I would sacrifice 

someone else's limbs

for one of these sweet Caitlin McGauley illustrations.

Sadly I think I'll be left lusting

because I don't think she has an Etsy shop.

But apparently her work is all over Lonny, 

and you can win a painting of hers from them here.

Give me a good watercolor of an espresso machine & a wonderfully decorated interior over a landscape any day.

A Little Sweetness

A Little Sweetness

Apparently there is a tariff to be paid 

for delicious, organic, hand picked blueberries.

In this case the price was my skin.

Yes, yesterday was a day of reds whites & blues.

My red & white skin offset the bluest of blueberries.

But tonight was the sweetest revenge

as I enjoyed fresh blueberry compote

the fruit of all my labor.
The perfect ice cream topping.

So delicious.

Ingredients

• 2 cups frozen blueberries
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice

Directions

Combine 1 cup of the blueberries, water, sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Cook over a medium heat for about 10 minutes. Add the rest of the blueberries and cook for 8 minutes more, stirring frequently. Serve warm. 

Thank you Foodnetwork. You made my blueberries really special!

A Bucket of Blueberries

A Bucket of Blueberries

If you want to find some simple goodness

look no further than a bucket of blueberries

hand-picked 

on a Sunday afternoon in Santa Barbara

So sweet.

And the picking process, it satisfies some ancient

hunter-gatherer urge

to, well, hunt & gather! lol

The bf & I are quite the competitors. 

So it became a little game of 

who could find the "big daddy" blueberries lol

Other farm guests probably wondered what was going on 

when they heard people yelling

"oh yeah that's a big daddy there!"

Not something often uttered among fields of berries :)

The icing on the cake was the little goats

just relaxing in the shade.

I should have joined them there

since I got a little burnt! lol

Hope you had a great weekend

& check out a "U-pick" in your area