Easy Blueberry Muffins - Locally Grown Texas Blueberries

These Shortcut Blueberry Muffins start with a store bought biscuit baking mix and local Texas blueberries.

Blueberry Muffins are a favorite in our house especially for a quick breakfast. I do have to confess though that on busy school mornings I tend to use the pre packaged muffin mixes. Yep guilty as charged!

I can't help it they're a great time saver, just add milk, mix and bake. Not homemade by far, but at least it's something to pair with cereal or oatmeal before school. When I do have time to whip up muffins from scratch my Shortcut Blueberry Muffins are always a hit.

I know you wouldn't consider this a scratch recipe since I'm using a baking mix. I love baking mixes especially to help shortcut a recipe. Plus they can be the perfect base for a lot of great dishes.

Well to make blueberry muffins you need blueberries. I don't buy them often because they're so pricey, but when I do find them on sale I always stock up. I love to freeze them to use later when blueberry season is far behind us.

We used to pick fresh berries at a local pick your own farm, but haven't been in quite some time. The last couple years the brutal Texas heat has made it unbearable for berry picking. If it's not the heat than most likely the sun has damaged the crops, so there's no blueberries to be picked.

The blueberry farm is a bit of a drive, but worth it in my opinion because you get the freshest of berries. Not to mention you get to pick them yourself. The last couple of visits we paid $8 for a gallon size basket. Which is awesome, so hopefully we can make it out to the farm again in the near future.

Until then I depend on the berries that I find at the grocery store. I can usually find some pretty good deals on produce at my local Walmart, so that's where I have been purchasing my berries lately.

As part of the Walmart Moms Program were kept up to date on a lot of Walmarts upcoming programs. Last year I was informed that Walmart was partnering with local farmers to offer it's customers locally grown produce. I was really excited about this new feature, but had yet to see it my local store.

Well over the last couple months I have noticed more and more fruits and veggies sold at my local Walmart are locally grown. I'm so excited because I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to be available at my store of choice. Then one day I walked into my local Walmart and there it was new signage throughout the store (locally grown). 

Any locally grown item will display a "Locally Grown" label or symbol right on the bin. You will even find that some of the bagged fruits are locally grown as well. Having locally grown produce at the store is such a bonus for me. Now I can help support my local farmers while I shop directly in the store.

If you're local Walmart hasn't started selling local fruits and vegetables yet be patient, because it's coming. Keep a eye out for the new signage in you're local store so you too can help support your local farmers.

Before I forget I wanted to share the recipe for the Easy Peasy Blueberry Muffins that I baked using locally grown Texas Blueberries. Enjoy!

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