You might have noticed that I’m loving my new juicer (Fruit Leather and Sweet Potato Pancakes ) . I thought that I could use it to make some fun snacks for the kids too. But since they’ve still refused to even try the juice in it’s natural form….I’ve had to get sneaky.
Homemade Fruit Chews
While looking around on Pinterest, I came across a post from Super Healthy Kids about Sun-Kissed Fruit Chews and I thought “I can do that!” I wasn’t quite sure of the gelatin part so I went looking around and found this recipe on Simple Bites. I mixed the two and these are what I got.
So I found my Lego Man Molds and my Star Wars Molds and went to town.
- 1 container of strawberries
- 3 lemons
- 2 apples
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 3 packets of gelatin
- Juice all the fruit in the juicer.
- Put the juice, vanilla and honey in a pot on the stove on medium heat.
- Remove the pot just as the juice mixture begins to boil and whisk in the 3 packets of gelatin.
- Let sit for 1 min.
- Use a funnel to pour into the molds.
- Place trays in fridge for 2 hours.
My kids had some mixed reviews of these (one loved and two didn’t) so I’ll keep trying different amounts of honey and different fruits. I LOVED that I knew exactly what had gone into their snack!
Kids in the Kitchen
Did you have fun in the “kitchen” this week? Did you try a new food or a new kid friendly restaurant? Did your littlest ones use their snacks to count to 10? We invite you to share your experiences, photos, stories or recipes that include your #kidsinthekitchen. Come join me and my co-hosts Melinda at Look What Mom Found, Paula at Frosted Fingers and Sara at Sensibly Sara, each week linking up a post, new or old, that feature the theme Kids in the Kitchen. It doesn’t matter what you are doing as long as you are doing it together, enjoying it and learning something along the way.
- preparing healthy snacks
- having a tea party
- counting skills with m&ms
- pouring from measuring cups
- discovering a local restaurant that your kids love
- creating new family friendly recipes
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