If you have ever considered planting raspberries in your home garden I highly recommend it. Once they’re established, other than once-a-year pruning, they are relatively carefree and can last nearly forever with occasional transplanting. And you can stand up to pick them! Here in Wisconsin, our ever-bearing variety keeps producing through a couple of light freezes. I just picked a few on October 24th. Just be sure to do a little research and select raspberry plants that are appropriate for your growing season.
One of our favorite ways to serve raspberries is over oatmeal pancakes with a dollop of yogurt and drizzled with maple syrup. There are only two of us so I make a small batch. Following is the recipe for the pancakes. You can double or quadruple it if you’re extra hungry or serving more people.
Recipe:
Wet ingredients:
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2+ cup milk of your choice
1 egg
2 T. olive oil or your choice
Dry ingredients:
1/4 cup cornmeal or flour of your choice
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Pour generous 1/2 cup milk over the rolled oats and let stand for 5 minutes. Blend in the egg and oil. Stir the dry ingredients together and combine with the oat mixture. Using a 2 T. scoop/spoon pour batter into a lightly oiled preheated (medium heat) cast iron pan. Fry approximately 2 minutes on each side. Makes about eight 3 1/2″ cakes.
Serve with raspberries, of course, yogurt and maple syrup. We added some tofu ‘bacon’ for a touch of something savory. Yum!!
Raspberries
What variety is the raspberry? Heritage? And when do you prune, fall or spring?
I was sold on this breakfast until you mentioned the tofu.”bacon”. But I am looking forward to trying those oatmeal pancakes with raspberries in top!!!
Interesting recipe. Could easily make this gluten-free!! Thanks
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oatmeal pancakes for breaky tomorrow morning, berries are 2 months away here in New Zealand.
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I wholeheartedly agree about how easy it is to grow raspberries. I am in zone 5B (CT) and we have been growing ‘Joan J” for well over 15 years. It is practically thornless and tastes great. Our only challenge is to harvest them in a timely manner as the ants and birds also love them. We have given suckers to many home gardeners over the years and they always thank us.