This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for any purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support! I was introduced to lacto fermentation by my son who decided to make sauerkraut using this method of food preservation. His sauerkraut was the first time I ever liked to eat the stuff and I was amazed! I made exactly one jar of pickles after that. They tasted good but weren't crisp. I made a mental note to learn more about it and to try it again.
That was about 6 years ago. Fast forward to this Christmas when my good friend Rhonda gave me a lacto fermentation kit for Christmas! I was amazed and thrilled and thus my new journey into lacto fermentation has begun.
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This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for any purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support! If you have followed 3 Winks Design very much, you know that Helen loves to can! (That's me!) The best time to can in Phoenix is of course in the winter months when the summer heat is not making you feel like killing anyone who turns on a stove. The problem with canning in winter is knowing where to get the produce to can! Well, I've had some adventures with that this week and lucky for me, I've been able to keep my canners busy! THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS. WE WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR PURCHASES MADE THROUGH THOSE LINKS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU. ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE OUR OWN. I am on the Relief Society Activity committee at my church. Relief Society is the Women's Organization and we try to have uplifting, self-improvement type activities throughout the year on one weeknight per month (give or take). I am blessed to work with some wonderful women on this committee and it is so much fun to sit and plan these activities together. We peruse the internet for ideas, we pray about what the women in our group may need, we bounce ideas around and get goosebumps when we come up with a really good plan.
I generally share ideas for our activities with you after the fact, such as this Alice in Wonderland themed activity, but since we are getting so close to Valentine's Day, I figured someone out there might need an idea in a pinch, so here is one that I think will be really good. THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS. WE WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR PURCHASES MADE THROUGH THOSE LINKS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU. ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE OUR OWN. I haven't really delved into the world of freezer jam before, but let me tell you how this recipe evolved! For the past week or so , I've been experimenting in the world of pomegranates! In the midst of that, I picked up a couple of containers of blackberries at the grocery store. (You all know how much I love blackberries!) I hadn't decided what I was going to do with them and I even considered making a pomegranate-blackberry jam combo. As good as that sounded, I ended up needing all of the pomegranate juice for my regular pomegranate jelly, so the marriage of blackberries and pomegranates never happened. Then, there was a great deal on blueberries and I thought to myself that I hadn't ever made a jam with a combination of blackberries and blueberries! I started looking through Pinterest to see how much it had been done. (Not too much) And, I also came across a lot of freezer jam recipes as I scrolled. I decided that now might be the time to try a freezer jam. I have EATEN freezer jam before and I liked it very much! But, one of the cons of freezer jam to me is that I don't have a ton of freezer space to devote to jam. Somehow, this seemed like the right moment to give it a try. Speaking of the Pros and Cons of freezer jam versus canned jam, here is a list that I have come up with:
Of course, the pros and cons for me personally may vary for you. If you have a huge freezer, your space in there may not be a factor like it is for me. If you have solar energy, the cost of running appliance to keep your food cold may not matter to you like it does to me. I mean, I have to run my freezer anyway and a full freezer is more efficient than an empty one, so that point is actually kind of silly now that I think about it. But anyway, you get the picture. I feel like there is room in my life for both methods of jam making, especially now that I've tasted this great Black and Blueberry Jam! (I thought I was pretty clever coming up with that name, but then I saw that others have used it before me :/ Lets get to the tips on how to make this particular freezer jam recipe!
And now, here is the fast and easy recipe for Black and Blueberry Freezer Jam! I hope you enjoy it! Remember, if it doesn't set as much as you would like, it will make a delicious sauce for pancakes, waffles or ice cream! *Update after 24 hours! My jam is set beautifully! Just stuck it in the freezer! Well, I mean all but the jar that we did a taste test on, it is in the fridge so that we can continue to eat it! If you love Blackberries and Blueberries like we do, here are a few more great recipes!
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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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