Berry Crisp

I made all kinds of food for my girl Megan's baby shower the other day but this was the highlight. Or at least I imagined it to have been cause I didn't eat any of it.



This recipe is VERY easy. I really am having trouble remembering what I was listening to but I want to say it was the Dictators and the Coloured Balls, anyway...

I will give directions for one batch which is half of whats in the photo (use a square 8 or 9 inch baking dish), modified from Heaven's Banquet, the maharishi ayur-veda cookbook.

INNARDS
6 cups of berries
I used fresh cherries and blueberries and augmented with some frozen berry mix that had raspberries and blackberries. Pitting fresh cherries BLOWS.
2 1/2 tblsp arrowroot or cornstarch (I didn't have either oddly enough so I just used flower to thicken it up a bit
1 tblsp lemon juice
2 tblsp sugar (you don't need this but I add a smidge of agave nectar to help bind it all together)

Stir all this together in a big bowl, butter your pan and throw it in there
Megan and Carlos don't do dairy so I used canola spray on the pan and oil in the topping recipe

CRUST
1/2 c or less brown sugar
2/3 c unbleached or whole wheat flour
1 1/4 c uncooked oats
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c unsalted butter

I also like this one if you can eat nuts

1/2 c brown sugar
3/4 c unbleached or whole wheat flour
1/2 c ground nuts (pecans work for me)
1/4c wheat germ
1/2tsp salt
1/2 c salted butter

crumble crust over the fruit and bake at 375 for 45 minutes