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Started with Sweetpea Baking Company (check the sidebar for weekly brunch updates)
and ended with an evening of babysitting a really sweet boy, after which I did some test knitting for Krafti-Kit an exciting new company two friends of mine have started, opening it's e-commerce doors on October 15th!
I got a bit of a late start on the berrying compared to last year but I've now been blueberry picking twice and blackberry picking once in the neighborhood. Through the circle of moms I nanny for, I found out about this wonderful little berry farm up near Brush Prairie, WA, and when I went picking on Thursday, organic blueberries the size of your head were $5 a pail, which holds about 6 lbs! As you can see, I went to town! And this was just one trip.
I'm planning another post featuring some of the foods I've made from the berries and my garden this year but for now, here are some blueberry pancakes using the gluten-free Buckwheat Pancake recipe from Vegan Brunch. Served with homemade blueberry maple syrup and Lightlife sausage links. The sausages were so-so at best, but these pancakes are really good. We've made them 4 times so far and my husband has asked for them, which is unusual. Yesterday I made a double batch with silver-dollar size, and this morning I had them for breakfast as little sandwiches with almond butter and homemade blueberry jam.
ETA: Blackberry Muffin used the Strawberry Love Muffins from My Sweet Vegan
Simple, yet delicious. Poor Man's Pesto from Vegan Mediterranean Kitchen, along with cherry tomatoes, little red potatoes, kalamata olives, cauliflower, and pesto made with basil from my garden. Make it with whole wheat pasta for a really healthy meal. We had this pasta already, so I just used it. This pesto recipe is my favorite and is easily made with a variety of seeds. Tonight I used pine nuts from Trader Joe's but I've used toasted pumpkinseeds and almonds successfully, and I'm sure you could easily use walnuts or cashews as well.
