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Simple & Sweet Farmer’s Market Treat!

I just adore my local Farmer’s Market! There is nothing more satisfying than waking up on a Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, grabbing a cup of coffee, my favorite straw bag and heading out to a Farmer’s Market! I love strolling up and down the white tent lined streets, admiring the many fresh just-picked-from-the-garden-fruits and vegetables… and the flowers! Be still my heart. Just being surrounded by such beauty and color tantalizes all of my senses and inspires me to come up with new fun ways to prepare simple, delicious, wholesome food.

I know what you’re probably thinking…

why am I talking about fresh fruits and veggies while showing photos of jam? Right?

Well just so you know, I did buy some fabulous veggies while enjoying my first Farmer’s Market trip of the season! I will be sharing those recipes with you in the days to come and will feature weekly recipes that will be inspired by my Farmer’s Market endeavors. For now, I thought it best to ease you into the Farmer’s Market experience with something as simple and delicious as it is easy. So for now, it’s all about the jam.

Jam… sweet, sweet jammie jam.

While I was strolling along amongst the fruits and veggies, I noticed out of the corner of my eye, a darling tent filled with vibrant colors and sweet little precious  jars of jam. It was so full of cheer and happy chatter that I found myself eager to join in the fun by grabbing a spoon and sampling the sweet jam nestled in these cute little jars…

I could have stood there forever, happy as a little lark, licking spoons full of jam all afternoon.

Then I realized that people would stare, and start to talk about the lady licking spoons full of jam, so I decided against it.

But talk about a party in your mouth!

Oh MY!

And it’s made of fruit so it HAS to be good for you, right? Well at least I think so.

After sampling a few more jams, I decided that I just couldn’t live without the Hot Pepper Strawberry jam. It had the perfect balance of sweet meets spicy and I instantly new what I wanted to prepare.

I headed for home, straw bag in tow, eager to treat my family to the sweet, spicy goodness that I had just fallen in love with. And boy let me tell you, I had no clue what a hit it would be.

If I had known, I’d have bought a case of the sweet & spicy stuff!

So here we go…

And these are the three ingredients folks…homemade hot pepper strawberry jam, a brick of cream cheese and some of your favorite crackers (I prefer whole grain crackers myself) and…

but of course… a spoon!

Grab the main ingredient….Hot Pepper Strawberry jam (just typing those words makes me start to drool).

As you can see, I prefer to empty the jar into a separate bowl for extra dollops of the good stuff.

Go ahead and enjoy a few spoonfuls, but I’ll caution you that once you start it’s hard to stop. You may just want to buy two jars, one for tasting and the other for this yummy snack/ delightful appetizer.

It’s just a thought.


Now with your spoon just slather enough jam to cover the top of the cream cheese and allow a few artistic dribbles to cascade down the sides.

But make sure not to use the spoon that you’ve been sampling with.

It just doesn’t get any simpler than this does it?

Next grab a cracker, dip it into the cream cheese slathered with sweet, spicy hot pepper strawberry jam…

now close your eyes…and enjoy the oooey gooey sweet and spicy flavors mixed with the cool cream cheese and salty crunch of the cracker.

Don’t be surprised when you hear an involuntary “mmmmmm” come humming out of the corners of your mouth, which can get kinda messy with cracker crumbs and all.

And remember that a simple, sweet Farmer’s Market treat is only a jar of jam away!

Or an empty jar of jam that is…boo hoo!

ENJOY!

(and don’t forget to lick the spoon)

Wenderly

Do you enjoy your local Farmer’s Market? What’s your favorite Farmer’s Market food find? Please share below!

Wenderly

Married my soulmate. Mama of 2. Love to inspire. Can't help but to relish in all things beautiful inside & out. Join me in Savoring the Art of Living.

9 Comments

  1. I have strawberry preserves in the canner right now. And when I make the next batch you can bet I’m adding some hot peppers in it! Wow – what a combination!

  2. We LOVE sweet thing gourmet’s jams too! They sell them at the Bexley Coffee Shop and at Christmas we had a jalepeno cherry variety. oh lord! We did brie en croute but before baking spread the spicy stuff all over the inside of the dough. yummmm…. what is it about sweet/spicy/creamy/crunchy that is so darned good! Looking forward to the farmers market recipes!

  3. Oh, that jam looks lovely–a girl after my own heart! Love the delicious photos–now I’m hungry!! Just became a follower 🙂 can’t wait to see what else you are cooking up! Visit me at Hampton Hostess if you have a chance, Best barbara

  4. This is sooo good! I bought some Pontchatoula Strawberry Jalapeno Jelly at the Strawberry Festival last month and have been munching on this a lot. This is also a good staple to keep on hand if you have guests drop by and need to prepare something easy, quick and delicious on the fly. I’ll be munching with you tonight!

  5. Wendella–makes me think of the pepper jelly that Grandma Koschel used to make!! (And… how we were so grossed out by it until we were mature enough to taste it! ha!) YUMMM!!!! Now you need to teach all of us how to make this yummy jelly–pepper w/strawberry, cherry etc.!!!! ;D Love you!

  6. Ooooh! A favorite of mine is pepper jelly and cream cheese but I’ve never had it with strawberry! I bet it’s so yum.

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