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CRANBERRY ORANGE CHIA JAM

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For anyone who hasn’t tried chia jam yet, it’s awesome.  We’re talking nutritious, delicious, super easy to make, and suitable for vegan, gluten-free, paleo, and keto diets, too.

Drizzle it on your warm morning oats or chia pudding, spread it on some toast, mix it into your yogurt bowl, or devour it by the spoonful. However you eat it, this festive cranberry orange version is certain to become a family favourite!

It was fun for me to play with the Wild Orange Essential Oil I received from Elevay’s when making this recipe. Internal use of essential oils may offer a wide variety of benefits for immune, digestive, and thyroid health. Visit their website or @elevayshealth for more information.

Side note: If you love this, check out my original Chia Seed Jam recipe here. It can be made with your choice of fresh or frozen fruit in a matter of minutes!

Ingredients for approximately 1 1/2 cups jam:

  • 2 cups fresh or frozen mixed berries, including cranberries (here I used frozen raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, and a few fresh gold berries; see note below*)

  • 2 Tbsp water

  • 2 drops Wild Orange essential oil (from Elevay’s)

  • ZenSweet or Lakanto sugar-free monk fruit sweetener, raw honey, or sweetener of choice, adjusted to taste (see note below*)

  • 2 Tbsp chia seeds

*Note: I like to use a mixture of berries since cranberries are so tart. The more cranberries I use, the more sweetener is required!

Directions:

  1. Put berries and water in a pot over medium heat and cook until they start to break down and become syrupy, approximately 8 minutes.

  2. Using a wooden spoon or potato masher, mash the fruit to desired consistency.

  3. Remove from heat and stir in orange essential oil. Sweeten to taste.

  4. Add chia seeds and stir until well combined. Let stand 10 minutes or until thickened.

  5. Enjoy now or transfer to a jar and cover and refrigerate. Jam will thicken further as it chills.

Cranberry Orange Chia Jam can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 2 weeks or frozen for up to 2 months.

Steel Cut Oats topped with Cranberry Orange Chia Jam, diced Cara Cara oranges, a few frozen cranberries, grain-free granola, diced Lakanto sugar-free chocolate pieces, and Fatso Salted Caramel peanut butter.

Steel Cut Oats topped with Cranberry Orange Chia Jam, diced Cara Cara oranges, a few frozen cranberries, grain-free granola, diced Lakanto sugar-free chocolate pieces, and Fatso Salted Caramel peanut butter.

Toasted sourdough bread topped with raw walnut butter, Orange Cranberry Chia Jam, and diced sugar-free chocolate.

Toasted sourdough bread topped with raw walnut butter, Orange Cranberry Chia Jam, and diced sugar-free chocolate.