To make freezer jam, all you need are fresh, ripe Oregon berries (or cherries, or apricots, or other seasonal fruit), sugar, commercial pectin, a little lemon juice (depending on the fruit you're ...

For years I researched the art and craft of preserving summer fruit, but I could never bring myself to go ahead and try it myself. What if I did something wrong? What if my jars exploded in the heat?

Q: Sometimes I have too much fruit and too little time to make jam, so I freeze the fruit. Would freezing berries beforehand puncture the cell walls, making it easier to make jam? And would freezing ...

Jam-making was treated with utmost seriousness in my family. My grandmother grew up at least partly in an era without refrigeration, so preserving the summer’s bounty to consume in the winter was a ...

The summer bounty of fruit is delicious anytime of the year. Want to keep that yummy flavour even after your favourite fruit is out of season? Why not make a freezer jam so you can enjoy the fresh ...

MILWAUKEE - Outpost Natural Foods joins us with an easy freezer jam recipe that will help you savor the flavors of summer a little longer. You can find this recipe and more in GRAZE Magazine, free ...

Most jam recipes call for some pectin, but cooked jams do not require the addition of pectin. They simply require careful cooking to ensure proper gelling. However, low-sugar and freezer (uncooked) ...

Anyone can make freezer jam. Seriously, I make multiple batches and I possess zero skills of my pioneering ancestors. If a zombie apocalypse hits, I'm as screwed as any non-hunting, non-gathering, non ...

Make sure to clean and dry the jars (enough for about 5 cups jam). Place the strawberries into a food processor. Pulse a couple times to crush but not totally puree the berries. Measure exactly 2 c.

Getting started with canning isn't as hard as you might think, but boiling jars in a stove might be a tad too much production just to save some great fruit. The halfway solution? Cut it up and make ...

Cleaning out my freezer is always an adventure. I find items completely forgotten about because they somehow landed in the wrong place. Like a two-pound bag of small, sweet strawberries picked last ...