Blueberry Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

I'm still on blueberries. 

 

I know you're all thinking, "How many blueberries can this girl possibly have?" 

And I'm here to tell you it's something close to five pounds. 

So, a cup here and a cup there, believe it or not, I've barely made a dent. 

Today, I'm branching out and exploring some savory blueberry options.

 

Last weekend, I realized that it had just been too long since we'd

been to a cookout and decided to throw something small together. 

Now, if we're being really strict on the definition of a cookout, this event won't fit the bill.

 

I cooked everything in the house because, for reasons my husband has not fully explained to me, our grill is not yet operational this summer.  But we did eat outside so that has to count for something.

 

On the menu for our impromptu, prepared inside, enjoyed outside meal were baby back ribs with this BBQ sauce, potato salad, pasta salad, baked beans and roasted zucchini and onions.  Yum!

Have a good laugh imagining me trying to stage artistic barbecue sauce photos.

We used this sauce to glaze ribs, but I think it could be used in place of

traditional barbecue sauce in pretty much any dish. 

Sweet, smoky, just the right amount of heat, this sauce has plenty of applications,

I'm thinking I'll try it on chicken wings next.

Blueberry Lemon Pinwheels

So, are you noticing a blueberry & lemon theme lately?  Yeah, me too. 

It wasn't intentional, I just really need to use up these blueberries

and, honestly, I can't think of a better pairing than lemon. 

 

I want to eat cookies, but it's summertime, and I'm doing that Couch to 5k program,

so I want to make them with fruit and pretend that they're good for me. 

Blueberries are FULL of antioxidants, you guys.

These are basically a sugar cookie flavored with lemon

but you could easily change things up to suit your taste.  

 

Use another flavor combo... maybe lime cookies with a cherry filling,

pistachios instead of almonds if you wanted to keep things green.

(Yes.) 

Oooh!  Or key lime cookies, with some kind of graham cracker, cream cheese type filling! 

(Totally doing that.)

 

You could even just bake lemon sugar cookies, which sounds like an excellent idea to me. 

Blueberry Cream Scones (or Let Them Eat Blueberries)

As previously discussed; blueberries, it's time to eat them.

I happen to be located near enough to Leduc Blueberries to get fresh blueberries every summer.  I mean, everyone can probably get blueberries from the grocery store, but they are so much better when you can get them right from the source.  I usually end up with a 5 pound box, and  I eat them fresh for as long as I can, but I always have to freeze some, because my husband, of course, doesn't really care for them.  Not even in pancakes.  Muffins only, but how many muffins is one girl expected to make?  So today's project, in an effort to use up last summer's blueberries, is blueberry scones.