Blueberries

What is summer without fresh summer fruits?
I love summer vegetables, but summer fruits are a bit of heaven.
When the blueberries start coming in I head out to the bushes every morning with a bowl. I love to pick enough to go with my morning cereal right off the bush. They are sweet, yet tart and still a little warm.........oh yum!
Mark on the other hand prefers his with some sugar and flour and cooked with some sort of topping.... I'll go with that as well. But I still prefer them off the vine and in a bowl with cereal or yogurt.

Crisp is my favorite quick dessert.This past week was the first picking to have enough for a Crisp and put some in the freezer for those winter months.

Pick and sort through the berries, wash and put in a handmade pottery pie plate or baking dish.
How many you wonder- as many as you can get in the dish----

The topping:


3/4 cup white flour
3/4 cup old fashion oats
1/2 stick butter- you can use more if you like- but I try to use a Little less if I can.
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar and cinnamon of course- do you really need me to tell you how much???
As much as you like!


Place this all in a bowl and use your fingers to work the butter into the flour/oats/sugar throw in 1/2 cups nuts


Throw the whole mess on top of your fruit and bake 350 for about 35-45 minutes.


Serve slightly warm with ice cream or yogurt.

We use a yogurt topping:
Take a cup of low fat or regular yogurt.
Place it in a strainer which you have about 4-6 coffee filters placer inside. Don't have the filters? Use paper towels. Put the strainer over a bowl. This is important- or you will have a big mess!
Let the yogurt sit in the fridge covered for a few hours.
This will make a nice thick pudding like substance.
To this add brown sugar to taste and a bit of vanilla and some cinnamon, if you like.
Use this to top your crisp or for that matter anything you would use ice cream on.
Enjoy!