Wild and Fruity

It’s that time of year again 🙂

Remember the No Bake Blueberry Flapjacks? Well, I didn’t have any blueberries so I decided to improvise with something wild – the blackberries are ready!

So many blackberries and we only needed a few so we left plenty for others 🙂

And we saw plenty of others enjoying them.

I did sustain a nasty bramble injury – ouch!

But we got what we needed 😉

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No-Bake Sugar-Free Apple and Blackberry Flapjacks

You’ll need:

4 small apples, peeled and chopped.

Washed, freshly-picked blackberries

Fresh dates, pitted and soaked for 1 hour.

I didn’t measure how many blackberries I had but you can tell from how they look on the plate (it’s a small sandwich plate). The dates weighed 200g before they were pitted and soaked.

Put the apples and blackberries into your food processor together and whiz for a few seconds until well blended.

Then add the dates and…

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I used to love walking into the Batchwood in St.Albans, and eating the brambles as they ripened, a few a day, wonderful. Best wishes and blessings, Charles.

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Violet of Violet's Veg*n e-comics says:

September 9, 2015 at 11:19 am

What an idyllic picture you conjure up 🙂

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- 7128788elf says:
  
  September 9, 2015 at 9:40 pm
  
  It was very idyllic, but will probably never happen again, as my parents who lived there are both dead, and the house is sold. They lived a few yards from the Batchwood, and when I visited, I went for a walk in the woods every day, and as I was always there when they ripened I had myself a feast. Best wishes and blessings, Charles. 🙂
  
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  - Violet of Violet's Veg*n e-comics says:
    
    September 10, 2015 at 10:53 am
    
    I wish I liked them straight from the bramble – I love the idea of just picking my food and eating it as nature intended. I’ll have to work on acquiring the taste 🙂
    
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  - 7128788elf says:
    
    September 10, 2015 at 7:30 pm
    
    Fortunately I have been a bit of a country bumpkin, and like foll as unaltered as possible, so am pleased to have moved to my new house, so that I can grow my own fruit and veg again, and not get it rapped in miles of terrible plastic. Best wishes and blessings, Charles.
    
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  - Violet of Violet's Veg*n e-comics says:
    
    September 11, 2015 at 4:33 pm
    
    How exciting 🙂 Hope you harvest lots of lovely veggies 🙂
    
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  - 7128788elf says:
    
    September 11, 2015 at 9:34 pm
    
    I’m just trying to see where the best place is, as the garden has lots of trees, and much of it is too shady, but I’m sure I will get going soon. Charles.
    
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  - Violet of Violet's Veg*n e-comics says:
    
    September 12, 2015 at 7:10 pm
    
    It’ll be fun finding your way 🙂
    
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  - 7128788elf says:
    
    September 12, 2015 at 8:54 pm
    
    Yes, just wish there were more time! Best wishes and blessings, Charles.
    
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In Scotland we always went out bramble/Blackberry gathering. I sometimes think we consumed as much as we gathered. Oh yes, many bleeding arms and legs but mum was always there to administer TLC and first aid.

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