Zucchini Berry CHIA Jam | A Healthy Choice
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2021
- Endless ways to use your zucchini harvest. This is not an approved canning recipe. Please do your own research or make a smaller batch to store in refrigerator or freezer as an alternative. Hope you enjoy this alternative recipe for a healthier jam.
Recipe:
8 Cups shredded zucchini
8 Cups blueberries
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 Cup Chia seeds
1/2 - 1 Cup Sweetener (honey, syrup, sugar)
* you can add seasoning or flavored extracts for different variations.
Directions: over medium heat cook/stir zucchini and berries for 10 mins or until juices are released.
Reduce to lower heat and add in lemon juice and chia seeds.
Cook 10 mins longer.
Cover and let rest for a couple hours for chia seeds to gel.
(Note: during this time I added another cup or two of hot water to give chia seeds enough liquid to absorb, this may not be required)
Taste and sweeten as desired, bring back to boil and fill jars to 1/2 inch headspace.
Water-bath can for 10 mins.
Jam may seem runny but sets up very well as demonstrated in this video.
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Zucchini is like the “tofu” of the garden. It just morphs into whatever you want it to. 🤗💚
I have had great success with using lemon seeds in a tea steeping ball in my jam recipes. It is great as a thickener and the tea ball makes them super easy to remove. The pectin in the lemon seeds is a wonderful natural thickener if you prefer not to use packaged gelatin. I use it in my rhubarb jam and it has great consistency like your blueberry/zucchini jam! Wonderful video as always!
Wow! What a fabulous idea! Does it alter the flavor ie: add bitterness? How much would you use?
Also, add some grated apple for a source of natural pectin..
Hi Rachel. WOW, zucchini and blueberries to make jam is healthy. I am glad you did not put too much honey in it. People with diabetes have a hard time with sugar. I am diabetic as well. I have to be careful what I eat. And I will turn 61in August. My sugar is not high, it is low. I found out about my diabetes years ago, and paid it no mind. Until, my doctor told me about it again. I am doing well. God Bless you and Todd. Thank you Rachel for sharing the video. Take care. Maria.💁🖐️💁🖐️💁🖐️😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😎😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷❤❤❤❤💙💙💙💙
I love how education based your videos are, even when you're trying something new!
I can’t wait to try it thank you!
Can't wait to try this, thank you!
Rachel Thinking out of the box is fantastic ,look what you created.
Love the flower arrangement u have
Oh I’m excited for this! My kids love blueberry jam and I’ve been wanting to make my own batch
love the yellow and blue bouquet!!!!
Thanks for being brave and experimenting.
Cool!! Can't wait to try
Nice job, love this as a use for zuchinni.
Amazing idea Rachel! That jam looks like heaven! Thanks for the idea & recipe! Great job! 💡🙌👑💗
It looks amazing and the color is beautiful
Oh my goodness! This looks great! Will have too give this one a try. Thanks for sharing! Blessings
Great experiment!
I get so excited when your notifications come up. Glad to see a lower sugar canning session. We always have Oreals come to our Hummingbird feeders.
That looks absolutely amazing Rachel. I just loved your zucchini bread jam, and I know this would be so good also. Thanks for sharing! Everyone I shared your zucchini bread jam with loved it.
Sounds good, I love blueberries.
Wow. Who new. That looks delicious..
Hi Rachel. This is a nice recipe. Thank you for sharing it. I have not made chia jam using zucchini before so I will definitely give this a try.
I think I am going to try it in small batches. Thanks for sharing.
I was excited as soon as I read the title. LOL This is such a great alternative for a low sugar option. I have blueberries and zucchini in my freezer right now. Hummmm. Might have to try this. Thank you so much.
This interesting got to try this!!!!
I love using chia seeds to make yogurt pudding. Thank you for recipe... will be trying it.💜
This sounds yum! I use chia seeds as my egg sub in baking. I love that they add just a little crunch like a healthy sprinkle. 😁
Thank you!
Well. blueberries! My MIL is a caterer(well, she's 85 so not working now but she's a pro). Last year she just decided to make blueberry/rhubarb pie...Oh my oh my, everyone loved it...I'm thinking of trying to make some jam with that combo!
I made raspberry jam using chia seeds last year that was for the fridge. I like the idea of adding zucchini and canning it.
I’ve been looking forward to seeing your video since you mentioned earlier on Instagram. Brilliant job as always Rachel.
LOVE IT ! BLESSINGS !!!
This is a great recipe for diabetics! Im trying it!
Sounds good I will use allulose to sweeten. I have used it in cowboy candy it worked great and no sugar added.
Thank you so much! You are a great "neighbor" to me in Ohio. Back to a vegetable gardent this year- you are my mentor. Blessings to you.
That is beautiful, I make oval braided rugs from 100% wool like our grandmas had. Every time I see beautiful colors like this I think “Oh what a pretty rug that would make”!! We have diabetes in the family, this would make a wonderful jam for us! Thank you so much for sharing!
That is very interesting I have never added zucchini to jam before
Great video! Thanks
On the list for this weekend!!🫐🥒 might try ground chia seeds
Hi Rachel, ♥️♥️
Thank you so much for the Jam recipe, my hubby and are are diabetics so thus sounds really good!!
Patricia
Indiana
Love your recipe...watch early in morning having coffee...going to do...thankyou
.....💜 🙋♀️💜.....Horse Creek Queensland Australia 🌻🌻🌻
That's brilliant. I'm as close to no sugar as I can manage. I was a little inspired by your pie filling, with corn starch, to keep back some TART jam puree from my jam batch. It's in the fridge with a little Stevia and corn starch and gelatin. Haven't quite cracked it yet!
I would spoon that on top of yogurt!! yumm...
I finally did it. After 18 months of watching your videos, after canning copious amounts of jams, I finally pressure canned for the first time today. Honestly, I thought the canner was going to explode and I hid outside the kitchen window watching every jiggle of the weight just in case 🤣 But, nothing exploded, nobody died. I made it. All because of you 😊
That's awesome! So glad nobody died 😊 So happy you gained the confidence you needed ♥
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I really appreciate this recipe, thank you! Our 8 year old is a type 1 diabetic so we like to limit sugar anywhere we can to keep him feeling healthy and happy!
I can’t wait to try this for me and my daughter as we have to limit our sugar intake. Thank you!!
This is some of the best jam, so easy & tasty, I didn't use any sweetener in min just zucchini blueberries and the chia seeds, lemon jce! Love it! down to my last 2 jars, 1 is going in a care PKG, I just had some toast, I guess that on my to do list. So yum
Perfect timing. I have a ton of berries and just restocked my chia seeds. This is happening!! Toast and jam. 😋
Hope you enjoy it
I love this recipe & will always use this from now on. I just used the chia seeds zucchini & blueberries, it's really good & faked everyone out hahaha, oh maybe I did use lemon jc & some honey. Thank you so much Rachel.
Interesting , chia seeds on my list.
That would be amazing on grilled pork chops or ribs.
This is intriguing! Great recipe Rachel
I really recommend starting with a small refrigerator batch and making sure folks like. My motto of "go all out" my not suit 😜
More zucchini recipes! Yay! Awesome recipe! I like to substitute monk fruit sweetener.
I use cornstarch! It's natural and gels nice, and shelf stable!
Glad to see our Rachel back you seemed not yourself in the last couple of videos. Always love your cooking videos
I absolutely love this!
I live with a Type 1 Diabetic and the no sugar challenge has been happening for decades. It has to be so they can eat it. As Mom would say, you can eat sugar and not get sick, your sister cannot. Fifty-five years ago, Mom was canning with un-sweetened pineapple juice and purchasing canned fruit only in unsweetened juice. Because of that, the heavy syrup stuff tastes horrible to me. Sorry, tangent, off I was.
You are the reason I buy Pomona's Pectin. I made some strawberry freezer jam and it's great! Peach/nectarine cinnamon freezer jam is to die for. No sugar.
Following....as always.
Looks delicious. I might even give zucchini jam a try. Still heaps in my freezer
I have been using jelly for the Orioles too. I fill my feeder almost every day and this year, have 2 different types of them. They have eaten any jelly or jam I put out. Last fall a friend cleaned out her pantry and I got all the jam and jelly that was older.
Looks pretty tasty! 😋 I've been looking for ways to get around the sugar. I love that idea!
Same here. To much suger in jams and jellies usually
You can use Swerve as well instead of sugar
I’m a Type 1 Diabetic. I have to take insulin before I eat anything. I use Pamona pectin - check it out!
Oh my goodness Rachel! This looks so good. I am diabetic and I can't wait to try this and put some on my steel cut oats or to top my yogurt. Thank you for sharing!!! Wonder if peaches would work in this? Peaches and blueberries are great together.
We don’t do sugar, so this sounds interesting! I have used the no sugar pectin, but chia seeds might be better. I may try this.
It's a wonderful color! I was thinking if it didn't turn out you could use it for pops of colorful decorations around the house. I really want to try this one.:-):-):-)
Might make a good smoothie base
Todd is a happy camper!!!
I make my zucchini jam with jello and pineapple delicious.
Yes these recipes have me half my confidence to move forward to create this recipe
A great idea! For diabetics, I would use erythritol because stevia does have a strong taste. I would also cook chia seeds together with fruit, and then blend them together. I don't know whether chia seeds could be ground in coffee grinder, to make a sort of powder?!? I used to freeze all my jams in small batches in plain freezer bags, then just squeeze them out in a jar, and keep it in the fridge, we always used it in a couple days.
If you do the green tomato cherry jam please show us! Sounds delicious!
Oh yes! That sounds delicious!
I can't eat a lot of sugar anymore either. This looks interesting and I have all the ingredients so I'll give it a try.
Have you tried the Pomona pectin? I tried it this year and love it! You taste the fruit not sugar...and you can sweeten with as little as 1/2 cup of sugar!
Hi beautiful lady! I always love your videos, great content and your down-to-earth sweet personality to boot. Ditto for hubby. Thanks for sharing another winner! With love from BanDana Gramma ❤❤
Hey there, we've missed you! Hope you are doing well ❣️
Just learned something new about unflavored gelatin: It's very beneficial for sugar regulation in the body as it aids your body's insulin in the digestion of sugar and it lowers insulin secretion. I'm borderline hypoglycemic and I've begun drinking a glass of 'juice' w/it in it before I eat something sweet and I can tell a difference.
Yes I've heard so many benefits of gelatin
Hi, Terri! After I read your comment, I googled some research on the topic and would like to recommend this to a friend of mine who has type II diabetes. May I ask how much gelatin and what brand you use in combination with how much/what type of liquid? He is always trying to control his blood sugar through diet and I'm sure he'd be thrilled to discuss this option with his physician...
Cinnamon May help with the tartness! I made a fridge version with flax seed zucchini and pears, Super tasty,,
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That would be yummy in oatmeal.
Wow, I love how you use your zucchini’s and mix with different fruits.
How do you think you will use the jam? On breads/pancakes or more possibly in oatmeal???
I think it's the sugar that helps make the jam thick I know what I've cut my sugar a lot of it out that my jams aren't nearly as sick but I could be wrong.
Have you tried Sure Jell for lower sugar recipes? The jam comes out really good(I use the freezer jam recipes, except for apricot, I cook that).
I'm totally off sugar. You can use majool dates from Costco. They are very sweet an mild tasting. Retains the fiber which is better for blood sugar.
I am going to try to bloom the chia seeds before adding them in.
I actually put some chia seeds in my blender and made chia powder today. I saw a recipe that made pudding with the chia powder and it's claims to make a smoother, less tapioca texture. Wonder if that would work for jam. I did notice that the powder immediately began to thicken my milk. I am totally gonna try making jam.
I grind my chia seeds because of not liking the seediness. I wonder if that would help or work??
Yes! I grind mine up too. I definitely helps eliminate the seedy chia texture.
Such an interesting direction this has been. I’m keto and I’m thinking monk fruit sweetener and ground chia may be the ticket. I have elderberry that my son bought me at a farmers market this week. I’ll let you know how it goes 😉
Yeah, grinding the chia seed in a coffee grinder, may have prevented the seed texture????
I am going to try this- do you think it would work with things like Tomato-Chili Jam please. Cheers Denise
What a rough life Todd lives being your taste tester 😂
no onion or zucchini bread jam this year? I loved those recipes last year!!
Wow, looks delicious...but also..Yikes was that a spider on Todd’s shirt at 11:28 😨. I have really had to get used to spiders, but I am still so freaked out by them!! 😅
Yes I think it was!! 😰🐞Started on his left arm and went up and around to his right arm! Lol
Eeek! Spiders and I have an armed truce, stay outside and all is well, cross that threshold and it’s war! 🚫🕷 💣🧨
That is hilarious!!! My husband usually points stuff like that out, but now I just can't unsee it! 😂
I'm wondering if I used the zucchini and different berries like strawberries, boysenberries, raspberries, and other berries with this recipe if I would have great success like you did with the blueberries? I'm going to give this recipe a try. Thanks for the video and the recipe too.
The original recipe (not zucchini) I saw they used raspberry.
You never explain how you come up with these recipes. That looks wonderful by the way. Thanks for sharing with us.
Bye
Do you ever use Swerve or one of those keto-friendly sweeteners?
Psyllium seed hulls would also thicken and add fiber with no taste . Just an FYI.
I wonder if you could grind the Chia seed
Would you be able to post the written recipe? It would really help a lot. Thank you!
I did 4 pints of the pineapple zucchini and yesterday 5 qts and 1 pint of cole slaw. A little at a time as I get things. I have some blackberries I want to make some jam. I read where you use equal parts fruit and sugar and make sure to let get to 220 degrees to set without pectin. Do you know? Looks great. Zucchini certainly is versatile. I never knew till I followed you. Thanks for all the lessons and tips!!
That's what I do for my strawberry jam. 5 cups fruit + 5 cups granulated sugar. I didn't get a food thermometer until this year, so I've always relied on the "set/smear test". = Chill a plate in the freezer, put a drop of jam on it, then smear your finger through it. If it feels and looks like jam, it is! It's easy to tell. I've made EPIC jam this way. Great job on all of your canning efforts thusfar! You've been busy!👑💪 Blessings to you for an EPIC "jam session" this year!🎸🎶 🙏💕
Try using Sure Jell for lower sugar recipes. It has less sugar and it’s so good!
@@morningwoodfarms713 thank you so much. Can you use a candy thermometer to test temp of jelly?
I would never make this, but I’m wondering about the ph of the chia seed. Is that an issue?
I bet in small batch this would be great frozen in ice cube trays to be added to smoothies.
Curious after an entire year, are you still lowering your sugar using chia seeds, and how did it hold up after one year?
?what about pressure canning it? say 5 lbs of pressure for ? minutes? also wondered about your delicious balsamic onion jam... maybe extend with zucchini as well, then maybe pressure can instead?
Oh ok I’m doing this but with blackberries
Do u need to warm up the jars before filling with jam for the water bath??
Yes that is best practice
I hope you can help me! Can I use frozen zuchinni after defrosted and drained?
Yes
Mine is not runny it is pretty thick (not at canning step yet) can I add a little water?
Yes of course.