Sweeteners like raw local honey, stevia, or sugars in the fruits themselves. I personally use Pomona’s Universal Pectin which I just posted a tutorial on. It allows me to sweeten my jams and jellies by using local raw honey. It’s so much fun to experiment and come up with new recipes using sweeteners, spices and herbs. It’s these nourishing recipes, tips and techniques that we would like to share and learn from you! We would love for you to participate in this blog hop! Share any nourishing jams, jellies, preserves or chutneys using natural sweeteners. Please… no artificial or refined. You can link up your posts the same way that you do for Two for Tuesdays or Simple Lives Thursday. This is going to be a one time blog hop which may become an annual event! We’ll inform you soon to the date of the actual blog hop.
We are so excited to share and learn from what everyone has to offer! What are your favorite canning books? Do you have an amazing recipe from your grandmother or something you came up with yourself? Now’s the time to start foraging, hitting up local family farms, farmers markets or harvesting from your own supply! Oh… and start putting up those nourishing jams, jellies, preserves and more!
For more information please visit Pamela at Seeds of Nutrition.
These look terrific – ready for sale! I have never actually used pectin – I use lemon juice and sugar but would love to try!
This is my first year really getting into canning all by myself. A good friend of mine works on the family consumer science hotline for Iowa State Extension and she recommended the Ball Blue Book and pretty much anything from the University of Georgia. They do all the research to make sure that preserving methods are safe and effective for the home cook. The handful of recipes I've tried have been excellent.
That sounds interesting. I am in (never prepared jam or jelly before) and surely would give it a try.
I can't wait to join up! I just got some plums from our fruit CSA and may need to make some preserves with them – if they don't get eaten fresh first!