I love blueberries. In fact, they are one of the few fruits I could actually eat on a daily basis. Plus they are a “super food” when it comes to inflammation issues. Except, they are only around for a brief season. And so! Since I am embarking on this new chapter of making changes, blueberries and lemon water have become a part of my morning routine lately (before I do chair yoga!) as well as taking the fish oil capsules after lunch (those fuckers are actually hard to swallow). All of this in preparation for my appointment with the endocrinologist/nutritionist tomorrow.

But back to blueberries. As they are in abundance right now I’ve found some from Segovia that only cost 4€ for half a kilo (which I think is great, they usually cost double that out of season and come from Peru) and so I have decided to stock up while I can and freeze them. I have never frozen blueberries before. But it seems you should wash them lightly and dry them thoroughly before laying them flat in a tray to freeze for about an hour. Then you put them into plastic bags (also laid out flat) to finish freezing. We shall see.
I don’t know what it is with me and fruit. It isn’t that I don’t like fruit. I LOVE a perfect pear (but try to find one of those – they are always not ripe, not ripe, not ripe, then oops all of a sudden mushy and gross). But I mean really, who has the time for fruit? Especially as, other than something to have in the morning after your coffee and two digestive biscuits (yes, that is my usual breakfast) when else to people eat fruit? I’ve been finding that half a cup of blueberries beside my morning coffee mug ends up disappearing quite agreeably. Duty done.

And don’t even mention fruit juices. I understand that this can be a fast-track way of getting your daily 3 fruit rations in a few gulps, but it always feels like sugar overload to me. Cheating, even.

As for swapping fruit for dessert… I don’t need it, I never eat dessert. When I finish my meal the idea of something sweet to cancel out the lovely savoury umami stuff going on… I honestly don’t know why people would want to do that.

Meanwhile, I have never met a vegetable I didn’t like and can always find time to invite all manner of veggies into my meals.. I’m even quite happy at times making vegetarian meals at home because, well, veggies! And also because I’m actually a great cook. Though in my experience, good veg don’t need a lot to make them shine.

But back to blueberries. I have followed instructions gleaned from the internet and other friends who freeze blueberries themselves (love that I have Twitter pals who were totally on the case with this when I asked for help). And this is what happened. I guess time will tell.