If you haven't added chia seeds to your diet yet, you really should. They're high in fibre, rich in antioxidants, rich in bone-health minerals including calcium and phosphorous, and are high in Omega-3 fatty acids. They're beneficial for gut health, help improve digestion, and have been linked to the improvement of risk factors for heart health and diabetes. They offer huge nutritional benefits with very few calories, 92% of the carbs in them come from fibre, they're high in protein (which, when combined with the fibre, can help you lose weight), they may reduce inflammation and blood sugar. Really, I can't say enough about chia! And, as an added bonus, they barely taste like anything so they're easy to add to foods like smoothies, oatmeal, and salads, without overpowering the taste of what you're eating. PLUS, they're high in soluble fibre which means they absorb water easily and become gel-like = great for jam!

And apparently I've forgotten what I'm supposed to be talking about which is this Strawberry Chia Jam; easy to make and really tasty (kids and chia skeptics love this jam). You can spread it on toast, sweeten your oatmeal, put it in tartlet shells for mini jam tarts, eat it with a spoon...