Strawberry Freezer Jam

When I read Nicole's post on Pinch My Salt about strawberry freezer jam, I was intrigued, but not convinced. Like Nicole, I assumed that because it was such an easy process, it must be inferior to the "real" stuff.

Last Christmas, one of hubby's coworkers gave us a jar. I stuffed it in the freezer and forgot about it. Eh, freezer jam; not the real thing.

Fast forward to the middle of this summer, when I stumbled on the jar, realized we didn't have any strawberry jelly in the house, and decided to try it. Oh my goodness, it was so tasty! And when I started making my own yogurt later this summer, we started using a spoonful of jam to sweeten it; by far the best strawberry yogurt ever. We went through the jar in record speed. Luckily another friend dropped off a jar, so we defrosted that one - and lickety split, it was gone, too.

So today, I picked up a package of freezer pectin and four pounds of strawberries ~ and in a half hour, we had eight jars of strawberry freezer jam!