So…..what’s the big announcement? Well, the family and I are packing up and moving to Portland, OR next month! Yay!!! My husband works for a tech manufacturing company and will be working at their Oregon facility so we are loading up and moving to Portland.
We are going to miss our friends here, especially Stacey and family but this is a great opportunity for us. We are moving at the peak of the heat here in Arizona though. I’m trying to look at the silver lining  that we will be getting to Oregon when it’s a nice cool 80 degrees but I keep thinking about loading the truck up in 118 degrees. Keep positive. Keep positive. 🙂
One thing, of the many, that we are looking forward to is the fresh berries. I wanted to find a recipe that made me think of Oregon to share with you all today and realized that I’ve never made a crisp. Not just for the blog but ever. No crisp has been made, by me, at any point in my life. This is crazy! I LOVE fruit desserts. So I found this recipe. It uses fresh raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. It was fantastic but I wish I had doubled the berries in the recipe. My husband loved it and the the crisp topping was his favorite. So, I would recommend making it according to your taste, adding more berries and sugar or keeping it as is. 🙂
Are you in the Portland area? What should we do out there as a family and where are the good areas and schools to look at?
Ingredients
- 1 ½ c blackberries
- 1 ½ c raspberries
- 1 ½ c blueberries
- 4 T white sugar
- 2 c flour
- 2 c rolled oats
- 1 ½ c brown sugar
- 1 t cinnamon
- ½ t nutmeg
- 1 ½ c butter
Instructions
- preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- combine the berries and white sugar in a bowl and set aside
- in another bowl combine the remaining ingredients and cut in the butter
- spread half of the topping in the bottom of a 13x9 pan
- spread the berries over top
- cover evenly with the remaining topping
- bake for 30 to 40 minutes
Pam says
I’m curious as to what the announcement is?
Carol Akins says
Stay out of SE and NE Portland for schools any of the edge towns are good…and watch out for GRIMM as it shots it show here in Portland.
Amy Quimby says
After living in PHX for 6 years, I was so happy to return home to the Northwest! You will love it here. A fun family thing to do is going out to Hood River, & driving the ‘Fruit Loop’. Beautiful farms (many are u-pick berries, peaches, etc.) Amazing views of Mt. Hood, & great restaurants to boot (not to mention great Wineries and Breweries). The Gorge is FULL of great hikes and vistas! Enjoy & welcome!
Deborah Cooper says
You will love Portland! We have lots of wild black berries here! Portland is surrounded by wonderful farms orchards and nurseries!
Erin says
You will love Oregon. I have a few transplant friends from Arizona and they all love it here. Portland has the most amazing food, be it a food cart, restaurant or farmers market. And being in Portland you are less than 1.5 from mountain skiing, lake, camping, wine country and the beach. Make sure you visit Cannon Beach. I have been to so many beaches around the world and Cannon Beach is still my favorite. Plus it’s where they filmed Goonies and you can head up North to Astoria and see the Goonies house, jail and the Fratellis jeep! Beat that any other town! 😉
mary Parker says
Is it ok to use frozen berries and if yes do I thaw them first?
Aubrey says
Feel free to use frozen berries in the off season and yes, I would thaw them first so that your cooking time isn’t too far off. 🙂
Jessica says
Welcome to the neighborhood! I look forward to trying the recipe for today’s barbeque with all of the berries I’ve been picking this year at the local farms. Another fun tid bit around here, each of the areas have their own farmers markets. Hillsboro has a Tuesday market, Tualatin on Fridays, Beaverton Saturday, of course there is the huge Portland Saturday market that runs through the weekend. Both Beaverton and Hillsboro run free concerts in the park and Beaverton does one outdoor movie nights. All fun all free entertainment family fun you could find a farmer’s market and/or concert just about every day of the week. There are great public and private schools my on went private through 8th grade and just graduated from Century. It really is great around here, personallyI prefer living on the edge of the urban groath boundary, you get the neighborhood and the countryside. I live in a nice neighborhood but drive country roads to and from work, and it’s beautiful 🙂
Aubrey says
Thanks Jessica!!! That sounds amazing and we’re sooooo excited to get up there and explore. 🙂
Christina says
Just came across this recipe and read that you are moving. We lived in NE Portland for several years and LOVED it! There are so many unique restaurants and beautiful city parks. The closer in you are (smaller numbered streets) the better the neighborhood…usually. We recently moved to the suburbs, for a bigger house that is way cheaper (Portland can get expensive!). Good luck!
I will tell you that the Portland Public Schools are really hit and miss, some are great and a lot of them aren’t schools that I would send my kids to. Be careful about that when you make your decision if you actually move into Portland Proper, the suburbs are totally different. Most people I know that live in Portland send their kids to private school if they are in a neighborhood that doesn’t have a good school or they move to a neighborhood with a good one.
Good Luck! You will love it here!
Aubrey says
Thanks Christina! We will be looking next month and I believe we will be looking around the Hillsboro area where my husband will be working. We are looking forward to being able to get outside and all the green! 🙂
Wanda says
You will love it! Portland is awesome. My son lives in SE Portland (Happy Valley) very nice!
Aubrey says
Thanks Wanda! I’m really looking forward to it. 🙂
Sherri says
I will be making this crisp tomorrow for Father’s day!! We live here in the beautiful city of Portland, OR. Portland public schools are having a hard time right now..I would recomend an outside school district or private school. I am guessing you will live in or around Hillsboro. My neice attends in the Hillsboro school district and my brother and sister in law are very happy. Once you get throught the heat of the move I think you will love it here! We are just 1 1/2 hour from either the beach or the mountians! We also have the beautiful Colubmia gorge with all its waterfalls!! Have asafe trip and welcom to Oregon!!
Aubrey says
Thank you so much Sherri! You’re right, we’re going to be looking in and around Hillsboro to be close to my husband’s job. Thanks for all the great info and I hope you liked the crisp! 🙂
Wendy says
Congratulations and good luck on your move! Our country is so amazingly huge and diverse. Moving is a LOT of work, especially with kids, but what a wonderful opportunity to sample the variety of environments and life styles that exist in the US. I have never lived in the Pacific NW but our friends who have moved their never looked back. 🙂 This crisp was the perfect choice to prep your skills for an abundance of berries!
Aubrey says
Thanks Wendy! We’re looking forward to it but dreading the packing in 100+ temps. 🙂
Gloria @ Simply Gloria says
Yay! How exciting! I’ve been there a few times in passing and my teen is up there hanging out as I type this. (He’s a BMXer and loves the skate parks up there.) My inlaws brings me fresh blueberries from up there every year…so you are going to be very lucky with all the berries!
Can’t wait to try this recipe! (=
Aubrey says
Thanks Gloria!! I’ve never been and my husband has only been for a day to interview but we love adventure and I think we’re going to love it. 🙂