Monday, July 18, 2011

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!

6 comments:

  1. Well I never eat jam or pancakes at all, but I wouldn't mind trying some of your homemade variety.

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  2. (by Annie's mom)

    Good for you - it seems that you frequently come up with positive things such as that (i.e., things like making whole wheat pancakes for Jamie and homemade jam), which are often a result of you trying to do things in the best way for Jamie! (which are often probably also the best way for you and Thomas). Keep up the good work!

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  3. strawberry freezer jam fields forever

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  4. Oh, I'd love to try your jam. I've never made it, but love it. You should try whole wheat blender pancakes/waffles. They are in the cook book you gave us a few years ago and we love them. The recipe is also on line.

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  5. Where can you get low-sugar pectin?

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  6. I was able to find it at a local grocery store. They didn't have at Walmart, though. The Sure-Jell kind comes in a pink box.

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