strawberry freezer JAM

I love the new title I chose for this blog a few months ago, but though there has been an awful lot about Jamie, I haven't written much at all about bread or jam.

Until now! (on the jam part, at least)

YUM

A couple days ago, we were at the grocery store looking at jam. Strawberry is far and away my favorite kind. Not that I eat a whole lot of jam, actually, but we've been having a lot of whole wheat pancakes lately and I don't like to eat them with syrup because it's too sugary and either fake or super expensive.

Digression: I didn't used to like whole wheat pancakes very much, which is weird because they are about the only thing I prefer white instead of wheat. But I can't bring myself to serve Jamie food with white flour, so I've been making them anyway, and I found a recipe I actually really like! I'll share it one of these days.

Anyway. I was having a hard time deciding what kind to get because it appeared that every kind either had high fructose corn syrup or was really expensive--not good options. So I chose neither one! Instead I got some strawberries and low sugar fruit pectin and made homemade strawberry freezer jam last night. I just used the recipe that came in the Sure-Jell box. It took less than an hour start to finish, and when I put some on my toast today, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It was THAT GOOD. And now I'm super motivated to try some other homemade jams and jellies. I don't think I can ever eat store-bought jam again!