strawberry time!

This afternoon the kids and I went to pick strawberries. It was HOT, but the pickin' was so good and the strawberries so HUGE. We picked 6 buckets (4qt size) in an hour! Once we were home, I got busy making jam and freezing some for smoothies.

Check out this beauty! It nearly filled the palm of my hand and it wasn't even the biggest one!
The finished product! I made about 2 buckets into jam and got 27 jars!

I'm rather embarrassed to say that I've never made jam before! I just never liked how much sugar is needed and oh, I don't know, lazy maybe? Well I found out about a recipe using way less sugar and SUPER easy to make, so I decided to try it. What's that? You want the recipe? Sure!

2.5 cups strawberries
1 cup (or less) sugar--- I used 3/4 cup
2 T. instant clear jel
Place in blender or food processor in order given and pulse until clear jel is mixed in. Fill jars and freeze.

How easy is that?! And it's yummy too!