Blueberry Cream Cheese Purses

These little blueberry purses are so easy and are so delicious. Like, party-in-my-mouth delicious. This is a great breakfast, brunch or dessert item to serve for just a couple people or an entire house. I'm sure that if you're not a huge fan of blueberries (gasp!) you can also swap out any fruit that you'd like. Keep in mind that this recipe equals four purses.

Ricotta Blueberry Pancakes

This weekend is all about creating recipes based off of food I already have on hand. Luckily, I had some delicious juicy blueberries in my fridge (cheers to the summertime!) and leftover ricotta from my ricotta-basil muffins. I can't think of a more cozy breakfast than ricotta blueberry pancakes. This recipe is cut in half from the original and yields six pancakes.

Pair with: your morning coffee or tea

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes

Make sure to smother your pancakes in delicious syrup!

Ingredients
1/2 cup of ricotta cheese
3/8 cup of milk -- I used almond milk
Two (2) large eggs
5/8 cup of flour
One (1) tablespoon of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
Small handful of fresh blueberries
Pinch of salt

Directions
Whisk milk and eggs together in a mixing bowl.
Mix in flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Slowly mix in ricotta cheese. If you'd like chunks of ricotta in your pancakes (trust me -- delicious!), then make sure to swirl it in, but not to blend it.
Portion out in a griddle or pan and top with a few blueberries.
Cook and flip halfway through cooking time.
Enjoy!

Blueberries & Cream over Biscuits

This is a great summer dessert (or snack, or breakfast) that my partner introduced me to a few years ago. This time I made my own biscuits and used the blueberries left over from the blueberry milk syrup I made yesterday.

Pair with: a blueberry ale (like Oliver's Something Borrowed, Something Blue)

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients
(for biscuits)

Three (3) cups of all-purpose flour
2/3 cup of butter
One (1) cup of milk -- I used almond milk
Four (4) teaspoons of baking powder
One (1) teaspoon of sugar
3/4 teaspoon of salt
(for toppings)
One (1) cup of fresh blueberries
One (1) cup of vanilla ice cream

Directions
Preheat oven to 450F degrees.
Mix all dry ingredients for biscuits together in large mixing bowl.
Mix butter in until it is in small clumps.
Pour in milk and mix slightly.

Remove from bowl and place onto floured surface. -- Using a cutting board usually makes for easier clean-up.
Knead dough until it is cohesive.
Roll out dough into a 1/2" thick rectangle and cut into circular shapes. -- I used a little Tupperware bowl to cut consistently.
Bake biscuits for 8-10 minutes, or until a little golden.
When they come out, top with a little butter.
Cut one of the biscuits in half, place blueberries on it, and top with vanilla ice cream.
Grab a book, sit outside in the sunshine and enjoy!

Blueberry Milk

Flavored milk is one of the best human inventions. I mean, I used to drink coffee milk religiously in a Rhode Island elementary school (and all of you RI'ers know what I'm talking about!). Blueberry milk was recently brought to my attention by a friend & this website. We picked some blueberries up from a roadside stand in rural Maryland and used almond milk to make this epic drink.