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?
I adore fresh blueberries, and since I had the most amazing blackened North Atlantic salmon burger at an English pub last weekend, I have been playing with the idea of smothering grilled salmon in some sort of blueberry sauce. I definitely want to try blueberry ketchup; the blend of flavors sounds brilliant, and the combination of salmon and blueberries would pack quite the nutritional punch.
Blueberry ketchup sounds so funky, but I dig it!
Yeah, I always feel like I choose the longest line ever and often regret the one I chose. I used to end up switching all the time and found out that that works even worse in my favor, haha.
In a little over a week I will have a kitchen all to myself and this is something that I will be trying 🙂
hahahha I remember those funky colored ketchups! My mom bought them once when we were little and never again. i think the food dyes freaked her out a bit, and freak me out a bit now. but hey, when your little your like COOL! BLUE or GREEN KETCHUP!!!!
not that I even liked ketchup when I was little….hmm. whatever. hhahah
This looks amazing! It’d make a fabulous sauce as well.
Omg that’s awesome! Goodbye high fructose corn syrup ketchup, hello blueberry ketchup!
onion and garlic with blueberries? weirddd. . . I have to try it!
Ohmygoodness this is genius! How FUN!
I’m pretty good at choosing the right lanes in the grocery store, and I am not one to read the magazines….I feel like I’m invading other people’s privacy 😕
I am all over this! I ALWAYS choose the longest check out line. I’m always behind the people that pull out a handful of coupons and want to argue with the cashier about everything!
I love reading magazines while waiting in line! In fact, if I’m not in a rush, sometimes I’ll pick a long line just so that I can skim through the latest Us Weekly!
I’m both scared and intrigued by this recipe, but intrigue will probably win me over. I love weird-sounding recipes that taste fantabulous !! 🙂
Blueberry ketchup-its too intriguing not to try (I think?) I love to read magazines in line-haha you gotta love the magazines you normally wouldn’t read.
This is sooo creative, Katie!
I love unique flavors and pairings. As a kid when I used to eat eggs and pancakes, I would purposely dip my eggs into syrup.
And I make salad dressings out of oranges all the the time.
I love your dip b/c it stays thick! Lots of fruit based dips or fruity salsa-ish things get runny looking. Love the thickness and that uber blue color.
Longest line? Yes and just have a kid. That will guarantee you will be in the longest line with maximum checkstand candy and impulse purchase temptation and please mommy’s!
Haha I don’t need a kid! I have my dad. Seriously, I have to watch him in those checkout lines. He always grabs for the candy! 😉
How funny!! Michael and I were buying ketchup today and I asked him if he remembered the blue ketchup. Haha, awesome!
As soon as I read “blueberry ketchup” I thought of those nasty colored ketchups I used to eat when I was eight! Good thing that phase didn’t last over a week! Wasn’t there green mustard too or something? Gross! 🙂
Whitney
Ewwwww was there? And I didn’t think anything could top the grossness of green ketchup…
haha omg this sounds so weird but good at the same time! 🙂 And I remember being little and havign that Heinz crazy colored ketchup!