The jam seems to last a good number of days in the fridge. I do add lemon so that helps. I am only making the jam in small quantities using 1 kg of strawberries at a time.How are you going to keep your jam? As the sugar is the epreservative in normal jam recipes, I would suggest making small quantities to keep in the fridge. Gelatine would set your jam, but you might need to experiment to get the right level of gelling. When you make the jam, add some lemon juice to acidify it slightly to help keep down any microorganisms and then eat it within a few weeks.
Of course I forgot that Brie and Jam used to be a thing.. like deep fried Camembert and fruity compote..Not so weird used to be a favorite of mine in the past along with lettuce and sugar sandwiches and of course Brei and red current jelly toasties.
How are you going to keep your jam? As the sugar is the epreservative in normal jam recipes, I would suggest making small quantities to keep in the fridge..,
Okay. We are eating it quicker than that. So might make more next time. And with chia seeds for the strawberry jam.I do just that, make a small amount and store it in the fridge. I made some just before Xmas and it’s still fine.
Better with black pepper though... delicious!My wife eats strawberries with salt.
Ooh, that's taken me right back to my Lancashire grandmother's supper of lettuce sugar sarnies, always on white bread! I haven't come across anyone else who's had them. I was quite partial to bacon and marmalade sandwiches in the past....Not so weird used to be a favorite of mine in the past along with lettuce and sugar sandwiches and of course Brei and red current jelly toasties.
Trying to give up sweet foods is not going to be helped by making jam whatever the sweetner might be.Thanks. I do have a sweet tooth. Exactly.
I have another reason to approach sugar carefully and that is that we have a younger child who also has a sweet tooth. Though not diabetic we would hope she grows up avoiding it if possible.
Hi Mr Pot. Can you expand upon that? My thinking is that sweetener will not count in the way that sugar does?Trying to give up sweet foods is not going to be helped by making jam whatever the sweetner might be.
Hi Mr Pot. Can you expand upon that? My thinking is that sweetener will not count in the way that sugar does?
In that they can give you a burst of sweetness, while reducing your sugar and calorie intake because they contain little or no calories or carbohydrates and don’t affect blood glucose levels. And on that footing I am surmising that jam made with sweetener would be an improvement on jam made with sugar. Or have I got that wrong?
Understood there LittleGreyCat. I am using sweetners in tea and when cooking instead of sugar, drinking squash with sweetners instead of fruit juice. And keeping off preprepared foods with added sugar, using sheer will power. When I do have fruit juice at all then I dilute it with water 1:1The issue, I think, is more that you are keeping eating sugar-a-like foods.
This tricks your body and also maintains the craving for sweet things.
I find the only way to do away with the cravings is to avoid sweet things (real or artificial).
Understood there LittleGreyCat. I am using sweetners in tea and when cooking instead of sugar, drinking squash with sweetners instead of fruit juice. And keeping off preprepared foods with added sugar, using sheer will power. When I do have fruit juice at all then I dilute it with water 1:1
This looks lovely Rachox, - thanks.View attachment 30768 I use this recipe for raspberry chia jam, I’m sure strawberries would work just as well.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/instant-low-carb-raspberry-jam
I use it with a low carb sponge cake and double cream to make a low carb mini Victoria sponge
It looks like what you are doing is constantly feeding your desire for sweet things with pseudo sweet things.. Unfortunately this means you'll always have the desire for them. If you could break that cycle you'd be far better off in my opinion.
Do you like anything else that is more savoury ..? meaty things, eggs, bacon, cheese... maybe once you start to feel more satiated with higher fat foods you might start to not desire the sweet so much?
Oh, yes I do like savoury things. All that you mention but I have tended to abuse myself with sweet things in the past, ever since I can remember. Double helpings of pudding, raiding the kids sweets jar, large slices of cake, gallons of fruit juice....It looks like what you are doing is constantly feeding your desire for sweet things with pseudo sweet things.. Unfortunately this means you'll always have the desire for them. If you could break that cycle you'd be far better off in my opinion.
Do you like anything else that is more savoury ..? meaty things, eggs, bacon, cheese... maybe once you start to feel more satiated with higher fat foods you might start to not desire the sweet so much?
So it sounds like you have a bit of a sugar addiction problem.. mine used to be french bread.. if you can knock that on the head it would do you (and your pre diabetes) a heap of good. Grab a chunk of cheese or a slice of cooked bacon instead of the sweet stuff. Drink unsweetened tea, coffee and water (sparkling is fine for the fizz) and give it a really good go. I'm not saying ts easy but your body wlil love you for it.Oh, yes I do like savoury things. All that you mention but I have tended to abuse myself with sweet things in the past, ever since I can remember. Double helpings of pudding, raiding the kids sweets jar, large slices of cake, gallons of fruit juice....
Others have explained what I meant. If you have a sweet tooth and, possibly more importantly your child does, then continuing to stimulate that desire for sweet things with artificial sweetners is not going to help wean you off sugary things. It comes as a shock just how sweet some thing you used to enjoy really are, once you become used to less sugar.Hi Mr Pot. Can you expand upon that? My thinking is that sweetener will not count in the way that sugar does?
Sweetners in that they can deliver sweetness, while reducing sugar and calorie intake because they contain little or no calories or carbohydrates and don’t affect blood glucose levels. And on that footing I am surmising that jam made with sweetener would be an improvement on jam made with sugar. Or have I got that wrong?
Yes. I see what you mean. I do find I can’t drink tea without some form of sweetner. Just a little is okay. But none makes the cuppa unacceptable. But I don’t like too much sweetness either so for example I will eat weetabix without sugar as I can taste the sweetness already in it. I eat porridge with just a small amount of sweetner or add dried or stewed fruit.Others have explained what I meant. If you have a sweet tooth and, possibly more importantly your child does, then continuing to stimulate that desire for sweet things with artificial sweetners is not going to help wean you off sugary things. It comes as a shock just how sweet some thing you used to enjoy really are, once you become used to less sugar.
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