Any artificial sweetener may be substituted for sugar or honey in jam. Simply follow the substitution directions on the sweetener you choose (it may not be a 1:1 substitution ratio).
Juice concentrates may also be used in place of sugar. The recipes I have call for about 3 cups of fruit to 1 cup of juice concentrate (plus about 1/4 c lemon juice).
The strawberry jam recipe previously submitted calls for about 4 cups of fruit to 1 cup of sugar. The sugar can be adjusted down slightly according to taste.
Don’t you just give a little sigh of relief right about now? The “HOLIDAYS” are over (almost…I mean, New Year’s Eve is mostly just fun and usually requires very few relatives). Those millions of last minutes errands are done. Not many things give quite as much relief as taking down all the Christmas decorative clutter. [...]
Every couple has some sort of ongoing, long-standing disagreement. Ours has to do with me thinking that I’m right about the “proper” way to make food. On all seafood matters, I happily defer to my husband who grew up eating so much seafood that I trust he knows what it should taste like. However, on [...]
You’ll have to forgive me if this is a bit incoherent. It’s almost 10 p.m. and I’ve been up since 6 o’clock this morning. Since this is my husband’s night for class, I was a single mom tonight. After reading numerous Dr. Seuss books in my bed with all three kiddos (I could hardly talk [...]
Hello Readers! I just wanted to let you all know about an upcoming event. During the week of April 20-24, I will be participating in United Way’s Hunger Action Week. In an effort to raise awareness about hunger issues in Washington, they have challenged local food bloggers to limit their weekly food budget to that [...]
When I first became aware of the current “24, 24, 24” topic (Thanksgiving), I thought, “Wow…how does one reinvent Thanksgiving without taking away the essential Thanksgivingness of the food?” I certainly didn’t want to eat beef or sushi or curry for a holiday that has only ever centered around a turkey and all the other [...]
