Happy New Year Cuisinistas! Hope your holidays were magical and relaxing. The thing I always love about January is having a chance to start fresh and get inspired for the new year to come. This year, after much debate, I have decided that my new years resolution is to start cooking more fresh meals and snacks, in hopes to lower the amount of processed foods at home. We’re expecting a new baby boy in June so the healthier the better for all of us!
First up on the list is to to make my own Strawberry-Vanilla Bean Jam, from Valerie Gordon of Valerie Confections’ new cookbook SWEET (Click to Enter to Win “A Sweet Cuisinista Giveaway” and to learn more!). Her Strawberry-Vanilla Bean Jam is a best-seller (see above pic). She says “the vanilla bean rounds out the sweetness of the strawberry and takes the jam to an almost candy-like level.” Ummm yes please!!!! This would liven up any piece of whole grain toast, right? Or english muffin, homemade scones, or pretty much anything!
BTW- Wouldn’t this make a great party favor for a brunch get-together? Adorable!
I can’t spill the recipe but here are the ingredients…just 3 simple ingredients for this one – love it! I mean anyone can do this.
- 6 pints strawberries, rinsed, hulled and quartered
- 3 cups sugar, or more to taste
- 1 to 2 vanilla beans, split
Here’s your shopping list:
- 6 12 oz Mason jars (I saw some at Paper Source, I bet Michaels would have them)
- 6 pints strawberries
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 vanilla beans
- cute wrapping: tissue, pipe cleaners, ribbon, labels (See these homemade bubbles jars for inspiration)
To get the full recipe and many more, check out Valerie Gordon’s new book SWEET! Enter for the chance to win your own copy in The Cuisinistas Club’s giveaway this month “A SWEET Cuisinista Giveaway”!
Send us your SWEET recipe pics! Here’s the 2014!
xoxo,
The Cuisinistas Club Girls