The Extreme Clean Strawberry Jam!

Have you ever checked the ingredients on the back of your favorite jelly/jam jar?  These are the typical ingredients in one of the leading brands of strawberry jelly: Strawberries, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, sugar, pectin, citric acid.

Um, can you say ew?! Next time you take a bite of that jelly, imagine it going straight to your ass. Because it is. Your body is going to convert all of that gross, processed sugar into bad fat. And we don't like bad fat.

Luckily, I came across this fool-proof recipe on one of my favorite blogs, Eating Bird Food.  I am a HUGE advocate of "The less ingredients, the better it is for you."  This jam only has FOUR ingredients and corn syrup is NOT one of them!

What you need:

2 cups of fresh, organic strawberries. If you don't get organic, wash them, wash them, wash them! Did I say wash them? If you missed our "Clean Fifteen, Dirty Dozen" post, strawberries are one of the dirty dozens aka one of the fruits that are sprayed with pesticides. Did you know that the farmers/workers who spray fruits and vegetables with pesticides wear face masks because the pesticides they are spraying are toxic and potentially deadly if inhaled? Yet, we eat them. That makes perfect no sense. Rant over. I apologize.

2 tablespoons of chia seeds. I got mine from Trader Joe's because they are only five bucks. If you buy them elsewhere you will be paying at least $9.00 or $10.00. Chia seeds can help lower your blood pressure and they also help to flush fat out of your body. They have a ton of fiber too, so they make you full faster!

2 tablespoons of water.
Sweetener. I used one packet of stevia. Feel free to use a tablespoon of honey, maple syrup (the real kind, or raw, cane sugar. Don't use that artificial crap. Just don't do it.

Cut the leafy part off of the strawberries, and either mash them with a fork or put it in a blender. I am lazy; therefore, I blend.

Transfer the blended strawberries into a mason jar, or container of choice. Add your chia seeds, your water, and your sweetener, then give it a good shake.

Pop it in the fridge for 45-60 minutes and voila! You now have the simplest form of CLEAN, healthy strawberry jam you can make! This recipe is so easy, you can make this with any of your favorite fruits: peaches, blueberries, raspberries, etc...

BONUS: One tablespoon of this jam is only 7 CALORIES! That's right. Seven. Calories. The leading brand of strawberry preserves has 50 calories per tablespoon.

This will go great spread on toast or a rice cake, or even mixed into some plain greek yogurt! I hope you all enjoy this recipe as much as I did.

Stay clean. And keep it sassy.