Make your summer berries last longer with this easy recipe.

Simply Recipes / Sarah Crowder

I recently took a magical trip to Oregon during the peak of berry season.

I thought I had tasted really good berries before, but it turns out I was wrong.

Hands holding a colander as they rinse strawberries and blueberries

Simply Recipes / Sarah Crowder

The strawberries and blackberries I ate were stupidly delicious, and I devoured them by the handful.

It took about 10 minutes and perfectly captures true berry flavor.

This helps the natural flavor of the berries really shine.

An open jar of marionberry jam with a spoon in it

Simply Recipes / Laurel Randolph

Nothing busts up the winter blues like a spoonful of berry jam.

The chia seeds do all of the work.

When using our recipe, you’ve got the option to play around with the fruit and proportions.

A bowl of yogurt with marionberry chia seed jam stirred in

Simply Recipes / Laurel Randolph

I made the recipe using all marionberries and doubled it and it worked like a charm.

Mine successfully kept for 2 weeks and likely would have kept longer but I ate the whole jar.

I mostly ate my jam swirled into plain yogurt and it was glorious.