This 3-ingredient cherry jam is super simple, not overly sweet, and full of delicious cherry flavor. The lovely, juicy soft-set homemade jam recipe is a great way to preserve cherries, or rather, any seasonal fruit!

If you like sweet-tart flavors, you are going to fall head over heels for this...

Our Small Batch Sour Cherry Jam without Pectin is a delicious summer treat. Use it as a cake filling, swirl it into Greek yogurt, or simply spread it on toast. As the name implies, sour cherries aren’t as sweet as other types of cherries. In fact, they are often referred to as tart cherries. They are too tart to eat on their own, but with a little bit of sugar and love, they become magically delicious in this sour cherry jam recipe.

This easy-to-make jam is packed with the classic flavors of the winter holiday season. Cranberries are the stars of these jars with their vibrant color and kick. To keep their intensity in check we added an equal amount of pears, citrus and warm spices, and just enough sugar to create a pleasingly sweet-tart profile. Our method was simple: soften the fruit, add the sugar and spices, and boil the mixture until thickened.

Sour cherries have a relatively short season. I’ve never found them in a grocery store but we visited a u-pick to pick raspberries and, to my delight, discovered three rows of sour cherry trees. Sour cherries are gems to find because although they aren’t necessarily for snacking, they make some of the best jams and...

I really enjoy canning. For me, the preparation is the most tedious part of the process. However, once you get cooking, the process is fairly quick and easy, and you reap the rewards for months! There are two camps when it comes to preservation – with or without pectin. I am ALL about making my […]

Last summer, we were overwhelmed with the harvest (as usual!), and so rather than canning our sour cherries at that time, we just put the pi...

Sour cherry jam is anything but sour! Also known as tart cherries or pie cherries, these bright red beauties pack the most cherry flavor. Once you add a bit of sugar, you'll have a cherry

Follow this step by step recipe and make your very own, healthy Cherry Jam! Click here for full recipe!

I have for you today, a List of Things. Silly things, ridiculous things, things that entertain me and make life just that much more interesting. First, we have a giant window air conditioner. It sits in our bedroom window, at the back of the house, and cools off the whole house from all the way back there. For it to work, you have to create a path for it by opening a window somewhere. You can imagine that this thing has to work pretty hard to cool the whole house on a 90+ degree day, and…