As if a great shortbread cookie wasn’t good enough. Add some homemade jam and the taste is HEAVENLY!

I just came back from visiting my son and his beautiful wife, whom I lovingly refer to as my bonus girl. They just moved into an adorable little home they built and being a few states away I was only able to see the progress on pictures.

Now, I was going to spend time with them for a few days and one of the things Roxanne requested was that I show her how to make jam. A girl after my own heart!

What a perfect way to spend time together, cutting, stirring, and measuring. Then the final bonus came with the tasting! I had never made Rhubarb jam before my visit and I will tell you what, it won’t be the last time. It was so amazingly good.

We also walked to the local farmers market and bought a dozen maple and bacon doughnuts and a lug of farm fresh peaches. YUM!

So not only did we make rhubarb jam we also cut up most of the peaches and made several batches of peach jam as well. The colors of both jams were picture perfect!

When homemade jam is this gorgeous you just want to stare at it and savor every small morsel.

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Quick Tip: If you don’t have homemade jam, go ahead and buy some at the store. It might be fun to try two different kids and see which one you like best!

Photo and Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen

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Sometimes feeling CRUMMY is a good thing!

When our family lived in Minnesota one of my favorite things to do was load the kids in our old Suburban and go with my friend Ginger and her kids to the U-Pick strawberry patch on the outskirts of our little town.

We tried to pick first thing in the morning before the sun rose very high.

As soon as we had our buckets of sweet strawberries picked and paid for we headed to one of our houses where we would begin making strawberry jam and strawberry desserts. Ginger happened to have a huge rhubarb patch and many of our pies and desserts included a perfect blend of strawberry and rhubarb.

Our kids are now grown but the taste of strawberry and rhubarb always take me back to those wonderful Midwestern summer days. I think Ginger will love this recipe as much as I do.

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Quick Tip- This recipe can also be made in individual ramekins and served with a dollop of whipped cream.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Annalise from Completely Delicious.

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