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Blueberries, Baby Boy and Brooklyn

My friend Brooklyn is having a baby boy. So a group of us wanted to throw her a little breakfast baby shower. It was so much fun to plan. I made it a blueberry theme and went wild. We all got our antioxidants for the week! Congrats again Brooklyn!

First I wanted to make a fun breakfast "mocktail" for us all to enjoy. As I was shopping for blueberry juice, I saw this great Naked Juice called Blue Machine. So I thought why not just use this as the "mocktail" and save time making one less recipe.

I usually buy their Green Machine juice, but this was just as delicious!

These fruit cups were so easy to make. I just layered blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. Then I added a spoonful of strawberry Greek yogurt and a sprig of mint on top. So good!

The Blueberry-Kiwi tarts were a crowd favorite!

I was inspired by a recipe I found on Redbook,

but I changed it to make it easier and healthier.

Their recipe made a tart dough as the base.

I just used mini fillo shells and added a teaspoon of honey instead of 1/4 of sugar.

So I skipped the first part of the directions below.

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Ingredients
2 recipes Processor Tart Dough, (see tip below)
3 1/2 cup(s) blueberries
1/4 cup(s) granulated sugar
2 tablespoon(s) seedless blueberry jam
1 tablespoon(s) fresh lime
juice1/2 teaspoon(s) grated lime zest
2 kiwis, peeled, sliced

Directions
Divide two recipes-worth of tart dough into 4 pieces. Press evenly over bottoms and sides of four 4 1/2-inch round tart pans with removable bottoms. Prick each with fork; freeze 15 minutes.
Place oven rack in bottom position; heat oven to 400 degrees F.

In a medium bowl, toss 2 1/2 cups of the blueberries, granulated sugar, jam, lime juice, and lime zest. Fill shells with berry mixture; place on baking sheet.

Bake until crust is golden and fruit is bubbly, about 30 minutes.
Cool tarts in pans on wire rack. Remove sides of pans. Top tarts with 1 cup blueberries and kiwi slices.

Tips & Techniques
To make the dough, refer to our easy Processor Tart Dough recipe. You'll need a double batch to make four 4 1/2-inch tarts -- we'd recommend making this recipe two times instead of doubling for an optimal result.
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Here are the shells I used.

I also looked at all the blueberry preserves in the store.
I tried to find one with the least amountof ingredients
(preferably under 5) and less than 10g of sugar.

Smucker's won!

This spiced Blueberry Soup had a nice kick of flavor to it.
I found this recipe on Delish.

Link to recipe

Allrecipes had a yummy recipe for Whole Wheat Blueberry Pancakes.
Link to recipe

Blueberries with Lemon Cream
Another easy recipe from Delish.
Just 5 ingredients :
low fat cream cheese, plain greek yogurt, honey, lemon zest and blueberries.
The lemon cream was so tasty!

Link to recipe

I love Tevana teas.
So I picked up some herbal Blueberry Bliss tea.
It was sweet and delicious.

One of my favorite things... my Tevana tea set.
The boys gave it to me for Mother's Day last year.
I use it daily!
It was nice to share it with my company.

True Blue Spa lotion and antibacterial soap from Bath and Body Works was the perfect favor for this shower. Not to mention they were 70% off because they are changing the packaging! Lucky me!

My friend Karen made this amazing diaper cake!
You are awesome Karen!

The beautiful momma- Brooklyn !

I just love this loaf cake.
My friend Severine from France always makes this loaf for all of our get togethers.
It is delicious. She even added some blueberries to it this time.