{"id":34001,"date":"2016-09-16T21:25:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/?p=34001"},"modified":"2016-09-19T17:42:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T09:42:32","slug":"homemade-jams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2016\/09\/homemade-jams\/","title":{"rendered":"Jammin’ Away Food Wastage!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our household, we love fruits. The kids request for bananas, grapes, apples and oranges nightly and we love watermelons, papayas and pears too. We buy a bunch of fruits every week at our grocery runs and I try to stock up when certain seasonal fruits (such as blueberries and strawberries) are on sale. As the saying goes, ‘out of sight, out of mind’. Often by the end of the week, there will be some overly ripe of fruits lying in the fridge, forgotten. <\/p>\n

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I’ve started making jams two years ago. Homemade jam is about using up excess fruits that would go bad if we hung onto it longer or about taking advantage of a super sale at the supermarket and coming home with more than we can eat for the week. It’s about keeping it simple and using what we have to reduce food wastage.<\/p>\n

Making jam is actually pretty easy. Homemade jams do not contain preservatives – just fresh fruits, sugar and a dash of lemon juice (which acts as a preservative). These are soft jam and taste much yummier than the gelatinous store-bought ones (plus it makes a great gift too especially for Teachers’ Day or Christmas). They are absolutely delicious simply spread on toast or dolloped onto freshly-baked waffles.  I particularly like the fact that there are plenty of nice free jam label printable<\/a> online which I can use to prettify the jars before gifting them away.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t made jam before, there are a few things you may want to know: the consistency of the homemade jams will be a touch runny, which makes it an equally good for your morning yogurt, oatmeal or ice cream. To make jams, essentially, use 2 parts fruits to 1 part sugar<\/strong>. It’s really that simple, just a teeny weeny bit of patience needed in the stirring (here’s where our little eager helpers at home would come in handy). Go on, give these easy recipes a try!<\/p>\n

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Take a peek at the process:<\/p>\n