# Healthy blueberry recipes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-blueberry-recipes/712623>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 14, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-blueberry-recipes/712623 "2015-02-14T02:48:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-blueberry-recipes/712623/21 "2015-02-15T03:27:38Z")

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> [@dracoi](#):
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> I"ll have to find some wild ones. My wife planted a blueberry bush in our backyard a couple years ago, and we got five berries off it last year. They were tasty, though.

You are exactly five berries ahead of me. Damn bush is still about ten inches tall, despite being at least three years old. Rabbits love to chomp on it during the winter, though.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-blueberry-recipes/712623/22 "2015-02-15T04:51:03Z")

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Oddly enough I just got this for Kindle from Amazon; [Grow Blueberries At Home](http://www.amazon.com/Grow-Blueberries-Home-complete-blueberries-ebook/dp/B00N1WYUX2).

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-blueberry-recipes/712623/23 "2015-02-16T22:45:18Z")

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MMMmmmm … wild Maine blueberries (they’re the tiny ones) in thin buckwheat pancakes – topped with real butter, real maple syrup, and sausage patties on the side! Healthy? Who really cares 😃

A well-made blueberry scone is nothing to be scoffed at, either.

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**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-blueberry-recipes/712623/24 "2015-02-17T00:52:40Z")

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Blueberries are healthy for you and I eat the berries fresh from the fridge or frozen, especially great on a hot day.

Smoothies are perfect for frozen blueberries (even the storebought ones). My go-to is equal parts yogurt (plain or vanilla), frozen blueberries, and milk, with a packet of Splenda for sweetness. Blenderize and enjoy.

Blueberry sauce or compote is simple and wonderful on pancakes/waffles or on your favourite low calorie cheesecake for something desserty and healthy. Just microwave (3-5 minutes) 2 cups of blueberries (fresh or frozen) with a few tablespoons of water, the juice of half a lemon, and sweetner to taste. Use a large bowl since it bubbles over and stir in a tsp of cornstarch with a tsp of water after it boils for one more minute of cooking time to thicken it up.

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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-blueberry-recipes/712623/25 "2015-02-17T02:29:41Z")

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I have five very mature blueberry bushes that have fed my family for 50 years. The last three years the birds have picked the bushes clean before they even turned blue. I’m running out of frozen berries from years past…this thread is making me stabby towards the birds. Never had this problem when cats were allowed to roam free in this town…LOL.

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