{Strawberry Days}

Oh for the love of strawberries. We absolutely LOVE this beautiful, red, delicious, fruit. We eat them by the case.... plain, in smoothies, on ice cream, on our cereal, in desserts, dipped in fruit dip, with sour cream and brown sugar, you name it we do it. One of our favs is to make homemade strawberry freezer jam. Today Jacob and I spent the morning making our jam. What fun we had and is super easy.



wash and cut off the stems of the strawberries


put washed berries in a mixer/food processor


I have a vita mix that is fabulous and did a fatastic job for me. Mix with on/off motion until strawberries are mashed up well but not too liquidy. You will have to use a spatula to push the berries down to the blades.


Mix sugar with pectin until lumps are out. I used this pectin but there are several out there.


stir blended strawberries with sugar and pectin for 3 minutes.


pour into freezer containers. I used the ziploc brand and like them because they stack nicely. you can use any brand. let sit for 30 minutes. FREEZE!!!


I also did some in mason jars. I like the look of these better (nice for gifts with a ribbon around it) but don't stack well and I have limited freezer space.

That's it!! How easy is that. Now we can enjoy fresh tasting jam all year long. Believe me, we go through this like it is candy. If you have never attempted this, give it a try. You'll be surprised at how simple and yummy this is. I promise it will become an annual event for you. Your hubby will beg for it.