How to make blueberry chia refrigerator jam
A delicious healthy jam sweetened with honey, thickened with the natural pectin of the chia seed, and full of nutrition. Store this in the fridge and eat fresh. It is not canned for pantry storage.
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INGREDIENTS
3 cups fresh blueberries
The four ingredients
Add honey to blueberries in a small saucepan
Foamy and bursted blueberries
Add chia seeds and cook for 15 minutes
Cooking gently
After 15 minutes it is thick and jam like
Remove from heat and let cool
A mason jelly jar with lid and ring
Jam cooling and waiting for the vanilla, the last ingredient
Add vanilla and stir
Fill jelly jars and wipe rim with clean napkin or cloth
Two jars worth
Warm lids in hot water for 5 minutes to make a nice seal
Screw on lids lightly and put in the fridge
Never stack jars , always store one at a time - next to each other not on top of one another
You have just made an amazingly healthy jam, chock full of antioxidants, fiber and nutrition. Sweetened with honey and thickened with the natural pectin of chia seeds! Delicious!
This is a refrigerator jam. Not to be stored on the shelf - but in the fridge. Eat within a week or so. No problem! It will disappear. Eat for a healthy breakfast or snack, on toast or crackers.
- 3.0c blueberries
- 1/4c Honey
- 1/2tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/4c Chia seed
- 2.0 Jam jars w/lids and jar rings