It’s blueberry season! High in vitamins and antioxidants, blueberries are one of nature’s most delicious and versatile fruits. They make a great addition to your morning cereal, muffins or pancakes, and they also taste great in salads, salsas and sauces. Why not try some of these fantastic berries at your family table this week?
Here are some tips:
-Choose berries that are firm and plump with smooth skin that has a silvery sheen.
-Size does not matter but color does-do not choose reddish berries- they are not ripe and will not taste good (blueberries do not ripen further once they are picked).
- Refrigerate fresh berries as soon as you get them home, but do not wash them until you are ready to use them. Fresh berries can be refrigerated for up to 10 days but are better used sooner.
- After rinsing berries, let them dry on paper towels before using so the extra water does not find its’ way into your recipe.
- When adding blueberries to a recipe, there is usually no adjustment of liquids necessary. Blueberries add bulk but no liquid.
- When adding blueberries to cakes or muffins, dust the berries in some of the recipe’s flour so they won’t sink to the bottom.
- Don’t fold blueberries into pancake batter- it turns the batter an unappetizing blue-gray. Instead, sprinkle the berries onto each pancake while it is in the pan, and before flipping