Fresh Blueberry Pancakes

Chris and I were at our favorite produce stand last weekend about to check out when I saw it.   It was a sign that read "Blueberries 2/$5", and it was sitting next to a stack of two pound boxes of blueberries, which are bigger than my head.  Typically, I get excited when 1/2 pound boxes of blueberries are marked 2 for $5.00 during the summer.   I stood there dumbfounded for 10 whole seconds.  Something was not adding up.

Then, from what seemed like a distant place, Chris was asking me to quickly grab a yellow zucchini because his hands were full with a 27 pound watermelon. (Yes, that was exactly how much the watermelon weighed.  Yes, we weighed it when we got home. Yes, that is one gigantic watermelon.) When he asked the second time, I grudgingly made my way to the yellow zucchini.  How could he distract me from something so important?  As I picked out the nicest yellow zucchini, I told myself that I couldn't possibly have understood the sign correctly.  I turned around and walked back to the Chris bracing myself to be let down by the cost of the blueberries.

There it was again "Blueberries: 2/$5."  By this time, Chris had recognized that something was amiss.  "Are you OK? What are are looking at?" he asked.  I just pointed and said "Is this real life?"  A couple minutes later I was skipping merrily to my car with 4 lbs of blueberries.

The first dish I had to make with my plunder was blueberry pancakes with blueberry compote.  My mother used to make blueberry pancakes every Sunday.  I have numerous memories of waking up after sleepovers with my friends or after movie nights with my family to the smell of warm pancakes and sizzling bacon.  Some weekends, I still wake up thinking about that breakfast.

Ingredients

Blueberry Pancakes

• 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 Tbsp melted butter
• 1/2 cup blueberries

Blueberry Compote

• 2 cups frozen blueberries
• 2 Tbsp water
• 1/8 cup sugar
• 2 tsp lemon juice

 Directions

Blueberry Pancakes 

1. Combine all ingredients, except blueberries, in a large mixing bowl.  Wisk until combined. Slowly stir in blueberries.

 2.  Heat up a lightly greased pan over medium-high heat.  Pour about 1/3 cup of batter into pan.  Cook until golden brown (about 3 minute).

I know, my pancakes are never perfect circles.  I like it when they have some character.

 3.  Flip pancake and cook for until golden brown (3 more minutes).

 4.  Repeat until all you batter is gone!

Blueberry Compote

1.  Combine 1 cup of blueberries, water, sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan.

2.  Cook over medium-high heat for 10 minutes.

3.  Add remaining blueberries and cook for 7 more minutes, stirring frequently.

Then, just put everything together in however you like it and engulf the delicious blueberry treat!