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. I've got a million Strawberry ideas to share with you. I mean, when you buy 8 cases of strawberries, you gather a few recipes or at least ways to store them! When I brought home all of those strawberries, I also had a couple of half pints of blueberries that I needed to use. So, I incorporated them into this jam and I am delighted with the results! I actually made this jam the same day that I made the Strawberry Ginger Ale recipe that I shared here. I also made labels that you can print for your jars. Just click the button for the pdf. You will be able to edit the date on your labels. You can also center them better than I did! The recipe tells you that this recipe will make about 8 jars of jam. It depends on the size of your jars of course, you could end up with 9 or 10 jars. This recipe makes a big batch of delicious jam! And, it is super easy to do. Enjoy!
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This is the time of year in Phoenix when your friends with lemon trees gift you with bags of lemons! It is amazing! They still charge 69 cents per lemon in the grocery store, but everyone can get them for free if you have the right connections with people who have lemon trees! Lemon trees are very high producers and there are a lot of things to do with lemons. So, not having a lemon tree myself, having friends with a lemon tree is the next best thing! And they don't mind that I will return the favor by bringing them pie or marmalade.
So, since I am the welcome recipient of some really large and awesome lemons, you will probably be seeing a few delicious lemon recipes on the blog here for a few posts. Because they are ripe this time of year and yet lemons are great to use all year in so many recipes, it is nice to put some plain juice up in storage. You can freeze it or can it. Some people even can lemon slices! I have published a few lemon recipes myself that are well loved by my family and friends, such as:
I read recently that you can can Strawberry Lemonade concentrate for making that delicious beverage during the summer months. I want to give that a try, but the first thing I decided to do with my lemons was make Strawberry Lemonade Marmalade! I had to make it up as I went, which is always iffy because if you don't get the right amount of pectin and the right amount of sugar to fruit ratio, your jelly or marmalade will come out runny and you will be using it as a sauce! But, I am happy to announce that my marmalade jelled, my lids all sealed and this tangy concoction tastes great on an English Muffin!
When you have a lot of fruit to put up, it is always great to have a recipe that uses a lot of the fruit and produces a volume of jars. A great thing about this recipe is that it uses up 10 lemons! Not only that, you will end up with about a dozen jars of jam, depending on the size of jar that you use! That gives you plenty to store in your pantry as well as give as gifts.
I made these cute little labels for the tops of my jars. You can find the file and print them from here.
They are editable.
This marmalade is actually more like a jelly, but if you want more chunks in yours, add larger chunks of lemon rind and more coarsely chopped strawberries.
Without further ado, here is the recipe:
I hope that you enjoy it! Stay tuned for more lemon recipes!
This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made at those links at no additional cost to you. All views expressed are my own. Thank you for your support! The Fourth of July, or Independence Day should be an awesome celebration this year, now that the pandemic restrictions are being lifted! It will be wonderful to spend this important holiday with our loved ones and count our blessings that we live in the Land of the Free because of the Brave. My husband, my dad, my brother, many other family members and dear friends are in the ranks of those brave ones, and I am so thankful for them. I am happy and blessed to be able to express that gratitude on this holiday. Whenever we have family get togethers, it is always nice to have simple snacks for people to munch on until the actual meal happens! This year we are doing fruit kabobs with fruit dip and Patriotic Rice Krispy Treats! They all take very little time, the kids love to help make them and they fit many dietary needs! The little flamingo skewers were from Dollar Tree. They were actually stir sticks, but we snipped the knob off of the bottom so that they would have a pointier end to stab into the fruit. My 3 year old granddaughter loved helping me making the pattern of fruit as we put it on the sticks, and popping a few extra pieces into her mouth in between. Putting the kabobs on this star studded plater from Walmart makes these simple fruit snacks more festive! The fruit dip is one that I learned to make years ago from my friend Cindy! Now I see it all over the internet! It is a super simple recipe, but so delicious. 3 Ingredient Fruit Dip
*You can use vegan cream cheese to make this dip vegan! Two of my grandchildren helped me with the Patriotic Rice Krispy Treats! My 6 year old grandson was able to measure out the 6 cups of cereal just fine and my 3 year old granddaughter assured me that she could handle the marshmallows and the sprinkles! She was awesome at both. I simply followed the recipe on the Rice Krispy box, threw in a few sprinkles and then after pressing them into a 9 x 13 pan, (which my grandchildren had buttered), we pressed in a few more sprinkles on top. My gluten-free SIL is grateful when I make these gluten-free treats and if you use vegan butter and marshmallows, they are vegan as well. I am going to visit a couple of my grandchildren who live an hour and a half away and bring them these treats all wrapped up. This would be cute for neighbor gifts or your kids friends. I love these simple ideas and how simple they are with a big result. What are you doing for the 4th this year? I hope that you all have a wonderful celebration!
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Hey guys, I had to come back and update this post because of a few things that happened recently. 1st, Strawberries are on sale again, so it is obviously time to start eating strawberry shortcake! Which made me think about this recipe and you! 2nd, since last year, we have become a gluten free house. PH noticed (after I pointed it out to him) that gluten gives him trouble. So he's decided to cut out the gluten in his life. 3rd, a few weeks ago we had a family dinner at my parent's house. My mom tried to find a recipe for a gluten free (for PH) and vegan (for Maddy) strawberry shortcake. The results were... well. One time Maddy bought a vegan pizza and Alicia said it tasted like despair. It can really be so hard to find a good gluten free recipe. Well, this past weekend was General Conference weekend for our Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) and we invited the missionaries in our ward (congregation) to come watch a session and have dinner with us. I had a fridge full of strawberries. So I decided to test out this recipe with some changes to make it gluten free. (It just so happens they're vegan too!) The Results? My husband said, "these do not taste like despair!" Interpretation: success! See my notes below for how to make this recipe vegan and gluten free. The weather is warming up (it is here at least) and warm weather means it is strawberry season! I love strawberries and every time they're on sale I have to buy them! Well, as you may recall, the last time strawberries were on sale I stocked up and my mom and I showed youhow to can your own strawberry jam. Well, this time around I was in the mood for a sweet treat, so I made strawberry shortcake! Strawberry shortcake has got to be one of the easiest, lightest, and freshest desserts out there! The great thing about this recipe is that if you take the first four ingredients I list for the cake you can make your own homemade Bisquick mix and make a huge batch! Then you can make strawberry shortcake all the time. If you use a batch of the mix, use two cups to make this strawberry shortcake. Since it is a Bisquick type mix, the shortcake itself is more of a sweet biscuit. It's light and sweet, and lets you focus on the flavor of the sweet strawberries and cream! This is a quick and easy strawberry shortcake recipe, and its the perfect ending to any summer meal! To make this recipe gluten free just swap out the flour for Bob's Red Mill All purpose Gluten free flour. the Xanthan gum is included, and it is a 1:1 ratio switch. I made these gluten free for a friend once, and they turned out a little drier than normal, like most gluten free things do. She told me that she has since started swapping out butter in her recipes for applesauce and it takes care of that problem. Well, I tried it, and it worked! Swap out the 3 TBSP melted butter for 3 TBSP applesauce. This helps the biscuit stay moist! Finally, for a Vegan option, after you swap the butter, just use almond milk instead of regular milk. I do this all the time in recipes and you can't tell the difference! Just as a quick and final side note, as you may recall, we have partnered with Uber! You can click on our links to start the process of becoming a driver partner with Uber. It's a great way to make some extra cash on the side. Well, as a woman, you may have some apprehensions about driving with Uber but a girl's gotta hustle too! Uber's safety features are designed to help you feel more secure in your decision to drive. Here are a few highlights that should help give you added peace of mind while you're doing that weekend hustling. 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