This weekend we headed to
The Retreat at Guidestone Hills to go blueberry picking! Located in Chattahooche Hills, Georgia, about 45 minutes outside of Atlanta (close to Serenbe), I came across this farm on the
Georgia - Pick Your Own website. Their shtick is called
CharityBerries with the idea that you can either pick and buy what you pick or buy one of their special packages in which you pick more than you keep and donate the rest of your picked berries to your choice of three nonprofit organizations. We picked three pints of blueberries and donated one of the pints to
180 Degree Farm, a cancer relief organization. It was so much fun going blueberry picking, I'm so glad we went! We made two delicious treats with the fresh blueberries:
- Blueberry Oat Crumble Bars: One of my favorite desserts are these raspberry oat bars from Whole Foods so I looked up a recipe for blueberry oat bars and found this one. They were delicious, so delicious that I forgot to take a picture! They were extremely easy to prepare but did take a while to bake (about an hour). I definitely suggest making them, I think I will make them again with raspberries.
- Bluberry Lemonade Vodka: These were delicious! We muddled fresh blueberries, lemon juice, mint from my garden and homemade simple syrup together, added vodka and shook with lots of ice. I realized two things from this process: (1) I need to buy a muddler and (2) I need to experiment and make more mixed drinks.
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