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Sometimes it is a lot of fun to try something new. I had a chance to get kiwi, pineapple and limes from our local produce wholesalers and I jumped at the chance to try some Pineapple Kiwi Jam. It has a twist of lime in it as well, so I used all of the things and the jam came out great!
I've gotten pretty brave about trying new combinations of jam over the years. You have to be careful in order to get a jammy set. But the great thing about jam is pancake syrup and ice cream toppings are what you get when it doesn't gel just right, so it is still a win! Lately, I've been having a lot of success with the set though and I can share a few tips with you.
Jam Setting Tips
Jam is really very easy to make, I love to make it and to enjoy some toast and jam every so often, or in a delicious peanut butter sandwich. Oh! And these jam muffins, SO YUMMY! I hope you will be brave enough to try jam making on your own!
This Pineapple Kiwi Jam was pretty quick to make. My recipe uses 12 kiwi, peeled and chopped. That probably took the longest, but wasn't that bad at all. And, because I have a pineapple peeler, corer, slicer, the pineapple came together in a snap! Save as much juice as you can from the pineapple to add to the flavor. I used my lime zester and lime squeezer for the limes of course. And, to make my jam not quite so chunky, I used an immersion blender.
Okay! Here is the recipe! I hope you enjoy it!
*Keep an eye out! We will soon be publishing an e-book of our favorite and original jam recipes!
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I have a new toy in my kitchen! Many of you may have already had one for years, but I recently purchased a Food Saver after waffling about getting one for a long time! I have been having so much fun with this thing!
This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking them, we will be compensated, but there is no additional cost to you. All opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for your support. Don't you love it when friends with fruit trees share their wealth with you? Anita recently picked all of the apricot off of her trees to save them from the birds. She brought me a box of apricots and asked me if I would like to make some jam. She gets me. Of course I said yes! Apricots are little gems of deliciousness. They are one of the best fruits to can or to make jam out of because, #1-YOU DON'T HAVE TO PEEL THEM! #2-They are just a delicious canned as they are fresh, maybe even better! Maybe not, but they are so good either way. I use pectin to make my apricot jam. It came out really nicely gelled. Apricots have pectin in their skin naturally, but not as much as other fruits, so it takes a really long time to get jam to gel without pectin. One more wonderful thing about canning apricots or making jam is that you don't even need to get a knife dirty really, because you can just neatly pull them apart at the seam and pull out the pit. I cannot sing the praises of this fruit enough. (I need to get my own tree!) So, here is my jam recipe. I hope you love it as much as I do! If you are really into making jams, jellies and marmalades, like I am, here are some more recipes that I've shared:
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Our family is going on a week long cabin trip together soon. One of the nights of our reunion we are going to have a chili cook-off! That sounds like a lot of fun, except my husband and I really cannot handle very spicy food. My husband has been especially sensitive to it since he had Covid 19. So, of course, I am joining the cook-off so that I can make sure that at least one of the chilies will be mild enough for our taste!
I decided that the easiest way to make the chili without having to do a long process while on vacation would be to make it at home and can it! So, that is just what I did! I came up with the recipe in my head, made a huge pot of chili for dinner one night and then just canned the rest of it, processing in my pressure canner. Overall, it was even easier than I had imagined. (I had never canned chili before.) |
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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