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Home » Gluten Free Recipes » How to Make Blueberry Jam – no pectin or refined sugar

How to Make Blueberry Jam – no pectin or refined sugar

Published August 26, 2013 Last Updated April 2, 2019 By Lori Ryman 12 Comments

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How to Make Blueberry Jam

We have a fridge full of blueberries just picked from the blueberry bushes in our back yard, so I thought this would be the perfect time to experiment with making a few new recipes.  I love anything with blueberries!  My favorites are blueberry pancakes and blueberry muffins, both made with coconut flour.  This time I thought I would try a blueberry jam recipe because it’s a healthy delicious spread to put on breads or crackers and it is so simple to make!

I got the idea to make blueberry jam when I was walking through the food store and passing by the rows of jelly. One of my favorite comfort foods has always been toast with butter and jelly.  Oh, how I miss eating this! Since it was so hard to find a spread with good ingredients, I just gave it up for the last two years.  I started thinking, how can I make this but..healthy?

My plan was to make a few jars of blueberry jam to give to family and a couple for myself. Before leaving the food store I picked up some cute pint sized mason jars to store my blueberry jam!  The recipe turned out great and my family really enjoyed it!  I’m hoping that they will no longer buy jam in the food store.

Typical blueberry jam recipes call for adding cups of sugar and pectin powder. For this blueberry jam recipe, I switched out the conventional sugar for raw honey.  Raw honey is preferred over regular honey as it not processed, pasteurized and it does not contain any added chemicals. Raw honey also has beneficial nutrients, antioxidant properties, along with anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties.

When I first saw pectin powder listed in other blueberry jam recipes, my first thought was, what is pectin? Jam recipes often use it to create a gel consistency. For this blueberry jam recipe, chia seeds will be used instead! Chia seeds create a gel-like consistency when water is added to them. This will provide the blueberry jam with a nice jam consistency.

This blueberry jam adds great flavor to a slice of bread or muffin!  This morning,  I spread some of this blueberry jam on a coconut flour muffin and it was delicious!  It spreads like real jam, the consistency is just right!

Blueberries are one of the few fruits that are lower in sugar and with the low amount of raw honey, you can feel good adding this treat to your diet.

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Blueberry Jam Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups of blueberries
  • 6 Tablespoons of water
  • 2 Tablespoons of raw honey see it here
  • 3 Tablespoons of chia seeds (see it here)

Blueberry Jam Instructions:

1. Put 3 tablespoons of chia seeds in a bowl and pour the water over the seeds.
2. Let the seeds soak in the water for 10 to 15 minutes. (This will allow the seeds to soak up the moisture and form a nice gel to give the blueberry jam a nice consistency.)
3. While you’re waiting for the seeds to soak, put the blueberries in a separate dish and mash them. I use a handheld potato masher.
4. Once the seeds have been soaking for at least 10 minutes, pour the mashed blueberries on top of the chia seeds.
5. Add the raw honey and stir well.

*Store in your refrigerator

Enjoy your blueberry jam!

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About Lori Ryman

Lori Ryman, BS, MS, has been dedicated to researching natural alternatives for the past 15 years. Lori has a background in research methods, health, and nutrition. She started with an Interest in natural alternatives to improve her own health and she continues to share natural DIY projects, recipes and natural alternatives with millions of viewers on treasuredtips.com.

Lori’s research for posts is based on peer reviewed evidenced-based research. Lori is a published author in a peer reviewed research journal. Her work has been covered by MSN, The Huffington Post, wikiHow, The New York Times, and many more.

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  1. Vera

    July 9, 2014 at 10:13 am

    why add water to the chia seeds? I’d mash the fruit, add the chia so it can soak up the juices and the flavor will be even more intense… didn’t try it, but that is how I’d do it

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    • Lori

      July 16, 2014 at 11:42 am

      Interesting, I’ll have to try it that way sometime. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Barbara

    September 10, 2013 at 9:13 am

    Read on post about making biwn bleach ti not mix vinegar with peroxide…so if the bleach alternative is made with peroxide could you still use the homemade fabric softener with vinegar ?
    Shalom

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    • Lori, Health Extremist

      October 5, 2013 at 9:29 pm

      Hi Barbara, which post are you referring to?

      Reply
  3. Veronica

    August 30, 2013 at 3:20 am

    Hey I’ve been trying your paleo receipes and yr site isn’t opening. Veronica.

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    • Lori, Health Extremist

      August 30, 2013 at 7:30 am

      Hi Veronica, sorry my site wasn’t opening. Were you receiving an error message or was it just taking long to upload? I wasn’t aware of an issue and will try to fix it immediately.

      Reply
  4. Sarah

    August 27, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    I can’t wait to try this out. My family makes a lot of homemade freezer jams the traditional way. I look forward to doing something in a more healthy manner with jam. I’m guessing you could sub any berry you wanted. We have an abundance of raspberries at our finger tips right now. Yay!

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    • Lori, Health Extremist

      September 3, 2013 at 12:03 am

      Great idea to try it with raspberries, sounds delicious!

      Reply

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