I love summer! Not only do I like the warmer weather, but even the apples are pretty icky by this time of year. I love making fresh fruit salad and having super fresh-seasonal produce. First up (in summer, anyway) are raspberries. Here are some of my favorite ways to use up the raspberry harvest!
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Eating
I got this awesome Lemon-Raspberry Crumb Muffin recipe from a book I reviewed last year. Sooo yummy!
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This raspberry smoothie looks yummy. And it’s pretty clean, too.
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I love this recipe for raspberry limeade. I shared a ton of lemon-based drink recipes this spring, but none for limeade. I can’t wait to try this one!
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This drink recipe using sherbet and raspberry juice (I would use whole raspberries, myself), looks fabulous!
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I love baked goods and these don’t have much dairy so I might have to give them a try on a cooler day. That’s what the toaster oven is for, right?
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This recipe looks super rich, but fabulous. I can’t wait to try it after the baby starts eating solid foods — when I can eat a little dairy again.
Preserving
Like with the rhubarb, I don’t do much special to preserve my raspberries. I washed them and drained them well. Not well enough though. I would probably drain them on paper towel this year instead of just leaving them in the colander. I spread them out in a thin layer on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and set them in the freezer to flash freeze. Once they were hard, I double bagged them in gallon freezer bags. Yum & done.
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You could also make some quick freezer jam, too.
You can also find out more about using up summer’s bounty at these posts:
How do you use or preserve your raspberry harvest?
