Red Currant Jam Recipe

I have decided this summer that I want to make jam out of all the fruit growing in the garden and then at the end of the summer make some homemade bread and sample all the jam and make a little party out of it.

So it doesn't get more simple than this currant jam recipe. Just add water and sugar!

Ingredients:

* 1 quart ripe red currants
* 2 1/2 cups of sugar
* 1/4 cup water

Directions:

Wash the currants and remove them from their stems.
Put the red currants and water in a large, non- reactive pot (no cast iron & no aluminum)
Gently crush the currants with a potato masher.
Add the sugar.
Cook mixture over medium-low heat, stirring constantly to dissolve the sugar.
Once the sugar is completely dissolved, raise the heat to high and boil, stirring often, until the jam reaches the gel point.
Remove the red currant jam from the heat and skim off any foam that has formed on the surface.
Ladle the hot jam into the jar and let cool before storing in the refrigerator.

Savory Sweet Potato Waffles

Saw my friend post her dinner of sweet potato waffle with an egg on top and it looked so good I had to find a recipe and make it too. I found this one and liked it a lot.


Ingredients:

1 cup cooked sweet potato
1/2 cup rolled old fashioned oats
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 egg white
1 whole egg
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cumin

Instructions:

Combine cooked sweet potato and oats in a blender. Blend until well combined.

Whisk eggs into almond milk. Pour egg and milk mixture into the blender with the sweet potato and oat base. Blend until well combined, and add the rest of ingredients. Blend until fully pureed.

Spray waffle iron with cooking spray. Pour 1/3 cup batter into waffle iron. Cook for 4-5 minutes. Let waddles cool on baking rack.

While waffles were cooking, I fried an egg and cup up 1/4 an avocado to put on top of my waffle. SO GOOD!