preserving

We love cherries!

But our little family of 4 can't eat 6 bags of fruit before it spoils.

Sunday after we picked all of those cherries I went to work preserving.

I cleaned and pitted 6 gallons for the freezer.

Frozen cherries will make a delicious addition to our avocado and pineapple smoothies.

Then on Monday I made two batches of cherry jam.

Looks like we'll have enough to share!

I put a tiny bit of almond flavoring in one batch.  

Rolli and Vivian were my taste testers.

They couldn't get enough!

Both kids carefully picked/licked the jam off of the crackers and asked for more.