Hello,

I should have titled this Let’s make jam but thoughts from making things is my new therapy.

One of the best things about my location is that it’s like the abroad of Nigeria. We have fresh strawberries 🍓 amongst other great fruits I will share with us later .

I got some fresh strawberries to make a vitaminC/ Carotene plate (it’s great for your skin) as I call it, to enjoy as I started a new book .

Had some strawberries left and thought to myself, should I freeze them for a milkshake later or try something new . So I went with the later.

To make strawberry Jam you will need ;

Strawberry 🍓

Lime 🍋‍🟩

Sugar

Water 💧

Assemble your ingredients

Thought 💭: You have to be ready for the mission at hand .

Make sure it’s washed and cleaned

Thought 💭: We need to rid ourselves of certain things to get a good outcome. Just like washing away sand and debris from our strawberries.

The recipe I followed instructed , to dice the strawberries and mash them. My strawberries were still firm so mashing it wasn’t an option , so I blended it on pulse so it still had chunks in them. In other words, don’t blend till it’s smooth.

Thought 💭: You must not go the same route as everyone. It’s ok to be inspired and use your own ideas.

Next step was to add in your lime. I read online that it contained pectin and this helps bring the jam together, to coagulate. I had tangerines instead of lime and guess what , I used my tangerine. It also contains pectin, higher levels of pectins I read.

Thought 💭: There is always another way, a better way probably. You just have to think about it and do your research.

Next was to add in your sugar, stir and put in a pan on high heat whilst stirring.

Thought 💭: The heat or hard times exist to extract the best from us. Use your pain dear reader.

Ten minutes later, I had my jam, in all its gloss.

Thought 💭: You will get there, you just have to trust the process.

I set it aside and let it cool. Actually I went to bed. This was an experiment born out of insomnia.

I enjoyed this jam with a few slices of bread.

It tasted like any other store bought jam I have eaten.

Thought 💭: Take a step and try new things. You did find out it’s not so difficult or scary after all.

🦋🦋…