Joy, Peas and Little Loves: Blueberry Jamin!!!

A couple weeks ago, our friends joined us for some Blueberry picking at a near by farm! They couldn't call themselves an 'Organic' Farm, but they claimed to use natural practices. We were pretty excited to find this place, because quite a few of the 'Organic' Farms had their season end already :( To say the least, I was pretty excited about making Jam again, and this time on my own! I LOVE Blueberry jam! I put it in our yogurt, smoothies..on toast..in my Goat cheese!! It's Awesome! I was even MORE excited when my friend showed me a recipe that was sugar FREE!! Instead it used a little honey! Ya...I was stoked! But hey, a stay at home mom has to get excited about little things like these...lol.

This was my pot of Jam.

When it comes to food, I am finding more joy in eating things as close to the way God made it, as possible. The less processing the better! So...my jammin buddy Jonna, came over to make it with me! We had such a blast, and I was surprised at how easy it was! We discovered a secret!! We picked on a Saturday, but we didn't can till that following Wednesday. I stored my blueberries in a paper bag, in the basement, Jonna stored hers in the fridge. We noticed a difference in the color of our smashed blueberries. Mine had a rich deep blue color, but hers were a little off (still tasting fine). So we came to the conclusion that storing them in the paper bag made for a ripe and plumpy berry :) You may have already found that out...but to us new mommies, it was quite the discovery teehee! Making this jam was VERY similiar to how we made the Strawberry jam earlier this year (Minus the 7 cups of sugar lol). My Mom shared some of her wisdom with me ;) and told me to boil mine longer than called for, that way I wouldn't need to use the pectin (which gives the jam that Jammy Jello-ey Texture). And it worked GREAT! I am already half way through my second jar!!
To celebrate being moms....we had a "domestic mom's" photo shoot haha. Enjoy the pictures!!!