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Jelly is a favourite for kids of all ages. This healthy jelly recipe contains real fruit juice for sweetness and no added sugar.
Preparation time: 5 minutes (or up to 15 if you juice your own fruit)
Cooking time: None
Difficulty rating: Easy
Age recommendation: 8 months and over
Number of servings: 12 shot glasses
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon gelatine powder
100ml boiling water
400ml fruit juice – using fruit of your choice (e.g. this is 4-5 juiced apples)
Method:
- Dissolve gelatine in boiling water.
- Stir the fruit juice into the gelatine mix.
- Pour into moulds and refrigerate until set (around 2-3 hours depending on the size of your moulds).
Tips:
- You can use any type of fruit juice your child loves to make this healthy jelly. You don’t have to use a pure watery juice, you can mash strawberries, raspberries, plums or any other fruit to make this jelly.
- Serve with custard, ice cream or yoghurt.
- For younger babies, mash the jelly with a fork so that it is already broken up into small lumps when it enters baby’s mouth.
- Don’t add any sugar. Fruit contains natural sugars which will satisfy your child’s taste buds.
- This is a great healthy snack to make for kid’s birthday parties or put in lunch boxes as a dessert.
Nutritional content:
Nutritional information is based on jelly made using home-squeezed apple juice. Nutrient content will change if you are using another type of fruit or store-bought fruit juice.
| Energy | 64.89 kJ 15.51 cal |
| Protein | 0.88 g |
| Total fat | 0.00 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.00 g |
| Carbohydrates | 3.01 g |
| Total sugars | 3.01 g |
| Fibre | 0.04 g |
| Sodium | 5.75 mg |
| Cholesterol | 0.00 mg |
| Potassium | 35.77 mg |
| Calcium | 4.25 mg |
| Iron | 0.04 mg |
| Zinc | 0.02 mg |
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Date Created: November 15, 2013
Date Modified: March 10, 2017 
