Food on Fridays: Blueberry-Rhubarb Crisp

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Food on Fridays Participants

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1. Cook with Sara: Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Pie
2. Under the Big Oak Tree: Free Sippy Cup
3. Under the Big Oak Tree: Easy Fruit Dip
4. Feels Like Home: Chicken and Cheese Stuffed Zucchini
5. Gluten-Free Easily: Crab Claws Cocktail
6. Gluten-Free Easily: Blueberry Honey Pie
7. 21st Century Housewife: Delicious Chicken Marinade
8. 21st Century Housewife: Creamy Summer Spaghetti
9. Breastfeeding Moms Unite: Peach Coconut Pancakes
10. Wide-Open Spaces: Cupcake Love

1. Cupcake Love @ Wide Open Spaces2. Kristen (Southwest Crepes!)3. Alison (Fruit Dip and GIVEAWAY) 4. Scallops in Cream sauce @ frugalcrunchychristy5. Breastfeeding Moms Unite! (Peach Coconut Pancakes) W/ VEGETARIAN LINKY6. Breastfeeding Moms Unite! Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil Giveaway7. April@ The 21st Century Housewife’s Creamy Summer Spaghetti8. Penniless Parenting- Delicious Food Scraps9. See How They Grow10. ~ Cornbread Muffins~11. Aubree Cherie @ Living Free (Sweet and Spicy Cherry Salsa)12. Kohlrabi with Peas and Potato (The Local Cook)13. Family Camping Handbook w/Real Food (Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship)14. Little Bit of This and That (Tina’s torte with Door County Cherries)15. Shirley @ gfe (Blueberry Honey Pie w/ Honey Whipped Cream & Raspberries16. Suzie Lind17. Suzie Lind – Food Inc Review18. Easy To Be Gluten Free – Antipasto Salad19. Cooking Light Strawberry Muffins20. Mediterrean Pasta With a Trio21. Trish Southard (Marilyn’s Barbecued Brisket)22. eggplant and four- cheese cannelloni @ tweetysnest

Food on Fridays with Ann

One of the vendors at the farmer’s market had one lone bag of rhubarb left on his table. I asked if he’d take a dollar less for that bag so he could be finished for the day, and he agreed.

So I went home with a bag of rhubarb.

What will I do with rhubarb? I wondered.

Never fear, I decided. I’d just poke around my freezer for some kind of fruit to mix with it, and poke around the Internet for a recommended recipe.

I knew that rhubarb was often paired with strawberries, but after poking around, I discovered that the girls used up the last of our frozen strawberries making smoothies. I still had frozen blueberries, however, and I figured that could be good.

Poking around the Internet, I turned up this super-easy and delicious recipe for Blueberry-Rhubarb Crisp, which I’ll include below:

Blueberry-Rhubarb Crisp6 cups diced rhubarb1 cup blueberries1 cup sugarTopping:1 cup rolled oats1 cup brown sugar½ cup flour½ teaspoon cinnamon½ cup melted butter or margarinePreheat oven to 350° F. Coat a baking dish with cooking spray. Combine rhubarb, blueberries, and sugar and pour into baking dish. In a separate bowl, combine the oats, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon and mix well. Pour in melted butter and stir until moistened. Sprinkle topping over rhubarb and blueberries. Bake at 350° F. for 25-30 minutes or until rhubarb is bubbly and tender and topping is golden brown. Serve hot with ice cream of whipped topping. Easy!Enjoy some snapshots:

The crisp assembled, ready to bake.

Still bubbling, straight from the oven.

I accidentally flipped it upside down so that the topping is underneath.

Rhubarb and blueberries worked well together. And the oatmeal-brown sugar topping could make shredded tennis balls taste divine. I highly recommend this.

In fact, if I had more rhubarb, I’d mix up another batch right this minute.

Or maybe I’ll just look in the garage for some tennis balls…

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