My kitchen has been busy the last few evenings. Nothing overly exciting but just simple tasty food. First, last night I made cornbread. Unfortunately it wasn’t that great, I think I may have needed a bit more sugar, just didn’t seem quite as tasty as I remember it always being.
I also made some strawberry jam last night. I had bought a clamshell of berries on Monday and could tell they were on the verge of sprouting fuzzies at any given moment. The jam was really simple. I cut up the berries and stuck them in a pot, added a good amount of sugar and then slowly brought it to a boil. You let it boil for about 14 minutes and then remove it from the heat and let it fully cool. Once it’s cool add about half a lemon worth of juice and refrigerate.
I tried it on my PB and J for lunch today and it was awesome. Yes that’s Jif in the background, and the containers have applesauce and cottage cheese. Now you know what I eat for lunch about 80% of the time.
Tonight I kept things simple. I stopped by The Wedge on my way home from a quick bike ride around the lakes. I picked up some mushrooms, aspergras, and some spinach and feta chicken sausage. I sautéed it all together for about 10 minutes and served with freshly baked biscuits.
I had to make biscuits because I also picked up some honey from Ames Farm this week. I’m saving a few to have with my jam for dinner tomorrow.
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Love Ames Farms honey.
The jam was that easy? Did you have to can it all fancy or anything? How'd you store it? I've wanted to do jam before but have held off because it seems like a major ordeal with pectin and canning and all of that. This sounds much simpler. Also? Don't beat yourself up about the cornbread. My mom claims she's been trying to figure that out for years.
The Jam was that easy. I used the recipe from the Joy of Cooking, but I'm sure you can find others online. For storage it says to put it in a sterilized glass jar, but since I didn't make that much (and had herbs in my glass jars) I just threw it in a plastic container.