Easy Like Sunday Morning

Last week I fished for suggestions on how to use up the 8 1/2 pints of blueberries taking up valuable real estate in my freezer. My friend Bridget, a fellow food afficionado, added her two cents to the comments section.

"Why don't you make a blueberry compote to pour over crepe-like, banana-filled pancakes?" 

"Yes!" I exclaimed. "Why don't I?" Then I remembered how every pancake I've ever flipped has had the shape and heft of a hockey puck. "On second thought, ol' girl, why don't you make some crepe-like, banana-filled pancakes?"

{And so, she did. God love her.}

{Bridget's cooking is classic. She brought over her mother's old Joy of Cooking. I loved it, because it looks exactly like my mother's well-worn copy.}

{There ain't no Bisquick in Bridget's cabinet. I can assure you that.}

{Blueberry compote is super easy. Just combine 2 pints of blueberries, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tbsp lemon juice. Cook over medium heat about 10 minutes, until several berries burst but most remain intact.}

{Bridget snuck a few thinly sliced bananas into the pancakes as they cooked. She is full of good ideas.}

{I set the table for brunch in the garden. I even stuck linen napkins in the wine glasses. I learned that trick waiting tables in a country club.}

{Clean white plates ready to be filled with goodness...}

{What's better than a glass of mimosa? A big ol' pitcher of mimosas!}

{What's better than bacon? Bacon glazed with pure maple syrup and dusted with black pepper.}

{A big bowl of blueberries, more bananas and a little powdered sugar to sprinkle on top.}

{Come to mama.}

{A dish so pretty, even the aftermath looks good.}

Thank you, Miss Bridget, for making my Sunday so sweet!