Is there anything better than homemade strawberry jam? I have been waiting for strawberries to go on sale for a $1 a pound and last night when I was at Walmart they had them all marked down to $1. Yeah!! This is not their normal price, so call your Walmart and see if they have them for this sale price this week (I shop at the Riverton Utah Walmart). Sometimes Walmart strawberries are not the best quality, but the ones I got last night were huge and beautiful!
I don't have a favorite strawberry jam recipe, I just used the freezer jam recipe off of the liquid pectin box. It turned out perfectly and I had it done before the kids went to school this morning. We had whole wheat pancakes, strawberry jam and whipping cream...it was delightful! If you have never made homemade jam before, give it a try. It really is SO simple and is very economical if you buy the fruit on sale.
Here is my favorite whole wheat pancake recipe (this is a GREAT food storage meal, just substitute 2 c. water, 6 T. dry powdered milk and 2 T. lemon juice for the 2 c. buttermilk)
Buttermilk Pancakes
2 c. buttermilk
2 eggs
4 T. oil
2 T. sugar
2 t. baking powder
2 c. whole wheat flour
¾ t. salt
¾ t. soda
Beat until smooth. Pour and wait for bubbles to pop, then turn.
I made some wonderful strawberry freezer jam from the big bag of frozen strawberries I got from Costco. The price on them always seems like a deal -- but I could be wrong. I made the jam with the three berry blend from Costco as well.
ReplyDeletethis is one of my fav things about summer new batches of freezer jam yum
ReplyDeleteI am making my Jam on Monday!
ReplyDeleteIt's on sale here in colorado for a 1 too!! I am going to the store tomorrow and buy some!
ReplyDeleteI hope there are some left here in Utah! (I have been following your blog for a while, just decided to finally comment!)
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wesome stuff. A book I have seen all over the place for food storage is "Marlene's Magic with Food Storage." Its full of hundreds of recipies. Highly recommend it!
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I use to make freezer jam until I ran out of freezer room and made a batch the "hard" way. My husband and kids loved it so much better that this year I only made one batch of freezer jam and the rest the "hard" way.
ReplyDeleteMy neighbor pointed out that this way they also have a longer shelf life and I don't have to worry about my freezer going out. It also isn't as hard as I thought it was. I use liquid pectin and just follow the recipe that comes in the box.
Yummy! If anybody lives in the Metro-Phoenix valley, Superstition Ranch Market has smokin' deals on strawberries. I bought two 3 pound "crate-thingies" for three dollars. Sometimes you have to sift through some of them but its worth it! Thanks for the awesome recipe!
ReplyDeleteYour jam looks beautiful and yummy. Mmmmm!
ReplyDeleteI bought my strawberries this week from Walmart in Centerville on 6/17 for $1.00 for pound. And, I used the same containers in your picture! I only had half the recommended pectin, and it still worked. My 13 year-old daughter used a pastry dough blender (the hand thing with the 5 blades) to mash them up, which worked beautifully. Yum! PreparedLDSFamily.blogspot.com
ReplyDelete30 pounds Jammed. I love summer, I love canning, and I love strawberries, so what can be more perfect?
ReplyDeleteI made mine the other day. This is the only homemade jam my kids will eat! Thanks for the inspiration.
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