Does this situation sound familiar:
You’re in the grocery store, ready to pay. But which line to choose???
I feel like I always choose wrong when it comes to picking a grocery-store checkout line. Without fail, I’ll end up in the longest line every time. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. It gives me an excuse to catch up on reading magazines I could never justify purchasing.
This is how I was inspired to make my Healthy Red Velvet Pancakes.
A few days ago, inspiration struck again.
Above, blueberry ketchup with homemade Crispy Sweet Potato Fries.
Blue is better than red.
Stuck in the longest checkout line yet again, I picked up an issue of Family Circle. Right away, a recipe for blueberry ketchup jumped out at me. It sounded so unusual that I had to try. (Although I used the idea from the magazine, what follows is completely my own recipe.)
Try this on a veggie burger, over bbq tofu or grilled zucchini… or anywhere you’d use ketchup!
Blueberry Ketchup
- 2 cups blueberries
- 4 tsp minced garlic
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp dry ginger
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/16 tsp pure stevia OR 2 tbsp brown sugar
Bring all ingredients to a boil, then simmer 25 minutes. Chill in the fridge. If you want a smooth ketchup, feel free to pulverize the berries with a magic bullet or immersion blender. But this is not necessary.
This would also be a delicious dip for Chickpea Poppers.
Do you ever read magazines while waiting in line?
And do you ever feel like you always choose the longest checkout line?
I have to admit, I usually go for the tabloids while waiting in line—Us Weekly, People… I laugh at the stories they concoct. And each tabloid tells you something different. For example, did you know that Kate Middleton is pregnant, anorexic, madly in love with Prince William, and divorcing him all at the same time? Poor girl, it sounds like she’s rather busy!
Does anyone remember this stuff:
Heinz, what were you thinking?
This is awesome! Or as you tried to say once, awesome-sauce ;).
Beautiful photos, especially the first one. Those “butter me up” fries look so good right now. I’ll have to click on the recipe as soon as I finish typing this!
I remember those ketchups. They were so weird. Don’t think I ever actually bought one, though.
I wish I could taste this! And I’m usually good at choosing the right line…I have to be because I don’t shop at any grocery stores that sell magazines!
I remember the purple ketchup because my school colors in university were purple and white, and they served the purple ketchup with hashbrowns at some crazy midnight purple pancake breakfast.
Blueberry ketchup sounds way better, though!
I do remember it. And I fell for it.. begging my parents to buy it. However I realized afterwards that instead of a nice pretty purple it was a strange grey-ish color that was not appealing at all even when eaten with french fries. Yuck.
Yum! Sounds like a tasty dip! 🙂 I usually go for the shortest line but it ends up taking forever because I end up behind an extreme couponer or with an extremely slow cashier. I always go for the tabloids while waiting in line just because I like looking at celeb’s outfits in them! I can’t justify buying the magazines either! lol
WHAT?!?! BLUE Ketchup?! OH MY GOSH! Katie, you are so amazing. 🙂
I definitely remember the purple and green ketchup that Heinz made… My family even BOUGHT some. I’m sorry to be vulgar, but the green ketchup looked like duck poop. 😐 I remember going so far as to not eating the baked potato fries I’d topped it with, just because I was so grossed out.
I imagine the blue ketchup would even make a great salad dressing, alongside the chickpea poppers as a salad topper! 🙂 I have to say, I don’t read magazines when waiting in line – just because there only ever seem to be tabloids at the check-out… I’m not a fan! It’s good that you can find amusement in them, though. I think it’s more in my character just to be annoyed with them!
Interesting story about colored ketchup… I was really excited about it when I was a kid, until I found out that whatever they added to it to color it gave me a massive hiving allergic reaction. I still don’t understand it because I’ve never had the problem with any other food coloring or colored product.
Oh my gosh Katie! You always cease to amaze me with your creative foodie concoctions!! I am all over this like white on rice!! Ohhh, this would be good on rice too! 😉 And you better believe this is going on some BBQ tofu…maybe with a little peanut butter action too? Yep, I think so!
I ALWAYS pick the wrong line! And if I ever decide that I’m gonna give up and switch lines, the one I was in before always gets quicker! Ugh!
Usually I tend to gravitate toward the cooking/home magazines…Cooking Light, Family Circle, Martha Stewart, Rachel Ray. Not a big tabloid reader, mainly because I know it’s all fluff…and if it’s not the edible kind (yum…marshmallow), then frankly I’m not interested! 😉
Yeah, so true… it IS a waste of time. I usually read the Taste of Home type magazines first… for dessert inspiration ;).
Haha I like your pb idea!