Berry Cherry Chia Seed Jam

Name: Berry Cherry Chia Seed Jam
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups strawberries; 1 1/2 cups cherries; 2 tablespoons organic chia seeds; 3 tablespoons honey; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

January 29, 2015 | 37 Comments

Berry Cherry Chia Seed Jam is refined sugar free, tastes like fruit and is really easy to make.

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This Berry Cherry Chia Seed Jam is by no means a traditional jam. This is a real food jam. A healthy, tasty jam you will want to smother on everything.

I can already tell this will be the first of many chia seed jams. Can you imagine a jam that’s refined sugar-free, that actually tastes like fruit and is really easy to make? This is what I’m handing you with this Berry Cherry Chia Seed Jam recipe.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches used to be a family favourite before embarking on a healthier lifestyle but once you start reading food labels there is no way you will continue to eat store-bought jam.

Banana bread smothered in homemade almond butter and berry cherry chia seed jam.

I wanted to try my hand at jam making but a quick google search discouraged me. Pectin and sugar required – tons of sugar. Really ?? No thanks! This is by no means a traditional jam. This is a real food jam. A healthy, tasty jam you will want to smother on everything.

Berry Cherry Chia Seed Jam Ingredients

All you need is fruit, fresh or frozen will do, chia seeds, a liquid sweetener like maple syrup or honey and homemade vanilla extract

Chia seeds are the star of this recipe. If you know nothing of these seeds just know they are magical. Chock-full of Omega 3’s and fibre. They can absorb liquid ten times their weight and that makes them the perfect binder.

Use chia seeds to make a chia fresca, to thicken stews, soups, puddings and for this Chia Seed Jam.

You will find chia seeds in white and black . There is no significant nutritional difference between the two.

How to make Chia Seed Jam

Place strawberries and cherries in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat.

As soon as the fruit is soft and released its juices turn off the heat.

Mash fruit with a potato masher or fork.

Stir in honey, chia seeds and vanilla extract.

Pour into an airtight glass jar.

The mixture will thicken as it cools.

Cool completely before closing.

Store in the fridge.

This jam is heavenly. Once refrigerated it will keep for two weeks but it wont last that long. My family enjoys it on toast, crackers, in smoothies, as a topping on our favourite porridge and pancakes. Lately my favourite post workout snack is almond butter and Berry Cherry Chia Seed jam on a rice cake.

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How to store Berry Cherry Chia Seed Jam

This jam freezes beautifully for 3 months in the freezer. You may freeze just the pureed fruit then when you’re ready to eat defrost and add chia seeds and sweetener.

UPDATE

I recently made a mixed berry version of this jam. It is to die for! Strawberries, Blueberries and Raspberries. Absolutely delish!

Go make this jam. Let me know how long yours lasted.

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I’ve used this jam in these Oat Crumble Bars

And as a topping on Soaked Coconut Oil Oatmeal

But it would probably be pretty, pretty nice on this Gluten free bread

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