wait. im domestic? no way.

since moving back to utah i've had a little more time on my hands so i decided to start trying a few new things. after being in california and always having yummy homemade jam at hand in kari's house, i decided it was time for me to learn to make my own. so i called up a couple friends and had a little get together to make strawberry freezer jam. it was SUPER easy and turned out way yummy. we just used the "quick and easy" recipe from this box:

it ended up making 5 and 1/2 jars (only 4 and 1/2 pictured, sry lol). i only used 1 package of strawberries. it turned out to be the perfect amount for the recipe. the jam turned out awesome! i already want to try some of the other fruits on the box like peach or raspberry:

one more thing i made recently that was also super yummy was a bean, corn, avocado dip to go with tortilla chips. I was inspired by sam's sister's recipe of using black beans, corn, avocado, and cucumber(and tomato? cant remember) but i modified it a little to fit what we like since i'm not a huge fan of cucumber... so this is the list of what i used and if you ever want to make it, just put in more or less of other stuff you might like. i couldnt find a recipe online that i liked so i kinda just made it up (with mary's recipe in mind of course) and oddly enough, it turned out great! lol its moments like this that make me feel like i actually might be a good cook haha..

Avocado, bean dip:

1 can black beans, drained

1 can kidney beans, drained

1 can shoepeg corn, drained

2 avocados, chopped (be sure to add last to avoid browning)

1 half onion, chopped

cilantro, chopped (desired amount)

few squirts of lemon juice

a little s&p