A Springtime Outing With A Sweet Ending...

Looking a lot like the Blueman Group, we all piled into the Suburban Monday afternoon to take a trip down to one of my favorite places ever-- the Dallas Farmer's Market! We went with the intent of buying strawberries to make my Grandma LeSueur's famous freezer jam, but of course, we left with a few more things than just strawberries! :)

All in all, we accumulated the 16 pounds of strawberries we set out to get, two mangoes, six tomatoes, two baskets of baby red potatoes, 16 ears of sweet corn, a watermelon, a white hydrangea plant, a betterboy tomato plant, and a partridge in a pear tree. We all love the farmer's market!

The Red Barn is like the costco of the farmer's market. This is where we go whenever we want something fresh, and a lot of it. LOVE this place!

This is the man who sold us our strawberries!

Mom with her tomato plant... I can't wait 'till we have some homegrown tomatoes to eat!

Look at how yummy everything looks! I love fresh fruits and veggies!

This was Daddy's inaugural trip to the farmer's market... We were SO excited he was there, but when he moved the car from the food section to the flower section, he decided he would stay in the car. What a party-pooper!

Mom with the hydrangeas... These are her favorite flowers! Mine too!

The Jensen family

The women of the family... Looking great (as per usual)


Today we took those strawberries and mushed them up, added lemon juice, sugar, and pectin, and canned our strawberry freezer jam! This was a great Mother-in-Zion lesson taught to us by none other than domestic goddess, Grandma LeSueur. She has been making freezer jam since the sixties, and one of my favorite memories of visiting her house growing up is the yummy strawberry jam she always had for us to put on our breakfast toast! It's wonderful being able to recreate this childhood memory at will now- I think a new era has dawned in my life!

Preparing.

Mashing.

Boiling.

Canning.

We got fifteen pints and four half-pints out of 10 pounds of strawberries. No. We won't share with you- but feel free to call us for some pointers... we'll defer all questions to one Ms. Audree LeSueur!


Thanks Grandma!