Blueberry Sauce

CountryLady's Note:

According to Tufts University in Massachusetts, blueberries have the most antioxidant power of 40 fruits & veggies they compared - its good to know that something that tastes so good is also good for you! This recipe, from Bonnie Stern, is mates well with pancakes, waffles, ice cream or angel food cake.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 1 mins
• Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 cups

• 4 cups blueberries , fresh or frozen
• 1 cup grape juice
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons cold water

Directions:

1. Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan& bring to a boil; reduce heat& simmer gently for 3 to 4 minutes until blueberries become tender.
2. Combine cornstarch& water in a small bowl until smooth; add to blueberry mixture& cook, stirring until thickened, about 5 more minutes.
3. Serve warm or cold.

Reviews

[asturgis]

I LOVED this recipe. I didn't find it to be too tart at all. I thought it was perfect as written. Thanks so much. This recipe is a definite keeper!

[BrandNewJen]

I made this as written, except I used a tbsp of lemon juice as I had no fresh lemons and added about 3 packets of Splenda to sweeten it up. I used a bag of frozen blueberries (about 1 pounds) and I mashed up my blueberries as they cooked, as we don't like the "pop" that blueberries have sometimes. Very good! Served with http://www.recipezaar.com/13530Healthy Oatmeal Pancakes along with a dollop of lite cool whip. YUM! This made a lot, as well!

[Kitchen Witch Steph]

My husband recently became dissatisfied with his Breyer's fruit on the bottom yogurt. He complained that they had changed the texture of the yogurt and it was now too creamy. (like all the kiddie yogurt) I'm not crazy about the high fructose corn syrup and other add ins that are in all of the yogurts on the market anyway so I set out to make him some yogurt cups. We really wanted to avoid sugar if we could so I gave this a try. I cut the recipe in half and left out the cinnamon and because I did use frozen blueberries, left out the water also. I set aside some of grape juice instead to be mixed with the cornstarch. I'm glad I did because we wanted more berries and less sauce. He loved it and was very happy with it being a bit on the tart side. He could feel like a grown-up eating his yogurt again.