Blueberry Chia Grape Spread

I adapted this from an Oh She Glows recipe.  It's not too sweet like a jam and so easy to make.  I'm going to be changing up the fruit in more batches in the future using these magic chia seeds!

1 cup seedless green grapes, cut in half
1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
2 tbsps honey
1 tbsp chia seeds
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp lemon juice

Heat the grapes, blueberries and honey in a saucepan on low for 5 minutes. (The picture shows some whole grapes, but I ended up cutting them all in half).

Add the chia seeds, stir and cook on medium/low for 15 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and lemon juice.

Pour into 2 little sterilized jars and start spreading!

Easy Grape Jam

These grapes had been hanging around too long. Yuck

So I turned them into jam.

To a saucepan add:

1 cup sugar
3/4 - 1 cup grapes (red, black or green)

Bring to a boil, then simmer until thickened.  At first you'll see the sugar get lumpy, but as the fruit cooks down the sugar will melt.

Stir while cooking on medium heat for 20-30 minutes.

Remove from heat and add 1 tbsp lemon juice.
Pour into sterilized jars.

These were very flavourful grapes, but they had seeds. Next time I'll use seedless.

Keep in fridge or process jars in a hot water bath for 10-15 minutes.  Makes 2 small jars of jam.

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