Apple Rhubarb Jam

I'm harvesting both apples (yellow transparent) and rhubarb this week. I have to do something with them. So this is what I did this time.

This made two pints, with none left over.  
 
Ingredients: 
3 cups (ish) diced rhubarb
3 cups (ish) diced peeled apples
1 cup (ish) monk-fruit sweetener
½ cup water
½ tablespoon (ish) ground cinnamon
2 TBSP (ish) sugar free pectin
 
Instructions: 
• Mix rhubarb, apples, sugar, water, and cinnamon together in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. 
• Cook over medium heat until fruit is soft, about 20 minutes. 
• Stir in pectin; boil for 5 minutes.
• Load into pint (or half pint) jars. Add lids & rings. 
• Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes unless you'll be keeping it refrigerated. (Comment: I did not take the time for that with only two pints, though the lids sealed on their own; I will keep these refrigerated.)
 
I don't love a sugar-forward jam or sauce. This still has a bit of zing from the rhubarb, and I can still taste both rhubarb and apples.  
 
Note that the resulting jam (or sauce if you didn't use enough pectin or boil it long enough) can be chunky, if you want. I did. So I made ½" chunks of both apple & rhubarb. The apple chunks lasted better than the rhubarb chunks. 
 
I had an AI calculate the nutrition information: 

Nutrient           Entire Batch    Per 1 Tbsp (64 servings)
Calories              ~395 kcal          ~6 kcal
Carbohydrates         ~108 g          ~1.7 g
Fiber                        ~27 g           ~0.4 g
Net Carbs                 ~81 g           ~1.3 g
Total Sugars             ~61 g           ~1.0 g
Protein                    ~4.7 g           <0.1 g
Fat                          ~1.6 g               0 g
Sodium              ~5–15 mg          ~0 mg

Notes
Nearly all of the sugar comes naturally from the apples and rhubarb.
The monk fruit sweetener contributes essentially no calories or sugar.
The pectin adds a small amount of carbohydrate and fiber but very few calories.

At about 6 calories and 1.3 g net carbs per tablespoon, this is a relatively light fruit spread. It would work well as a topping for yogurt, oatmeal, pancakes, or toast if you're looking to keep calories and added sugars low.

Rhubarb Chips

I wanted to make some rhubarb chips that I could add to my cottage cheese and such in the mornings.

Ingredients:

Some rhubarb. 

Some artificial sweetener. 

Instructions:

Chop the rhubarb into tiny little cubes. 

Mix it up with the artificial sweetener, to taste. I recommend a Tupperware type thing with the lid, and shake it up. 

Spread it out on a tray in the dehydrator.

Dehydrate it for a couple of days.

Store it in a glass jar until you're ready to use it.

 it turns out that the artificial sweetener that you use makes a noticeable difference.

The one on the left, the darker one, used the sucralose sweetener. The result is a darker fruit, and more of the rhubarb taste. The one on the right uses a mix of ethritol and monk fruit. The color is lighter, and the rhubarb flavor is lighter , almost hidden underneath the sweetener.

Either way, Per serving, that’s about 6.4 calories, 4.4 g total carbs, 0.6 g fiber, 3.8 g net carbs, 0.3 g sugar, 0.3 g protein, and 0.1 g fat.

Space Jam©

Space Jam©: Left to right: Rhubarb,
Citrus (mixture of lemon and orange)
and Strawberry, plus T&G Powder

I've been making some dried fruit powder, and making Space Jam© out of it.

• Dehydrate fresh fruit until it's really dry and crisp.

• grind it to powder. 

I store the powder in the freezer but i mix some in shaker spice jars.

1:1 mixture of fruit powder and sugar free powdered sweetener. 

Serving: spread peanut butter on a cracker, shake Space Jam© on top to taste. It's pretty darned good, but none of the carbs or calories of sugar. 

I took this mixture on a family campout, and my niece decided this needed to be called Space Jam©. So it's Space Jam© now. 

Also: roast tomatoes with fresh garlic. Dehydrate completely. Grind to powder for T&G (Tomato & Garlic) powder. Still working on the best application for this one. 

NB: Rhubarb, Lemons, Tomatoes and Garlic from my own garden. Strawberries from Spooners. Oranges from the produce department.

NB: Apricot Space Jam© is not worth the effort. Needs a fruit with some zing. Going to try Raspberry and Blackberry soon.