Baby jelly

[drewid]

Andrew looooves the baby jellys that you buy in jars at the supermarket. But I find them obscenely priced for something that is eaten in one sitting - do I really want to spend $25+ on baby jelly a month?? NO!!

Is it ok to give bubbas regular jelly, Aeroplane Jelly etc? Or is it too sugary?

I just reaaally want to cut down on the money I am spending on his 'snacky' foods and if I can make a few days worth of it myself at once, that would be fantastic!

Thanks :)

[draught]

Nicole - Robyn Barker has a recipe for fruit jels in Baby Love which I will hunt out and post for you. My girls are both over 1 and I give them aeroplane jelly as a treat every now and then - but it is pretty sugary!

[Supermum]

Juice and gelatin ... the directions for the amount of gelatin to use are on the side of the packet. My kids loved it - especially the one made with cranberry juice.

[Chickadee]

Nicole,
There was a recipe on a previous thread about first foods: gelatine (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=138238&highlight=gelatine#post138238) But basically its just gelatine and juice as supermum says

[einalem]

I just had to add my spare change to this one...

If you notice that the store fruit gels aren't a wobbly as jelly, nor are they as solid. I find these to be closer in texture, and the Agar Agar gum is a natural alternative to gelatin

I make this recipe for my son and he loves it

Fruity Gels

Ingredients

1/2 cup cool water
1 tablespoon agar flakes*
1 1/2 cups fruit juice
1 cup puréed fruit


* a thickener derived from seaweed. It is available in natural food stores.

Directions

Place water in small saucepan.
Sprinkle in agar and stir to dissolve.
Add juice and heat for 1 minute, stirring well. Pour into 4 small cups.
Place in refrigerator.
After 1/2 hour, stir in puréed fruit.

[Shazbutt]

I was wondering this same thing, and was about to post it! I too am sick of paying for the little jars and wasting money when i can make it myself.


Melanie, that one sounds great, though i will have to see if i can find that agar agar stuff.....being in a small town and all....Thanks!:)

[Rell]

Mix 3 teaspoons of gelatine powder with 1/4 cup of juice
Stand cup over a pan of simmering water until geletine is dissolved
Stir gelatine mixture into 3/4 cup of juice
Refrigerate until firm

Enjoy:)

Remember not to use pineapple juice as it wont set

[LucyE]

Just make sure you remember to dilute the fruit juice minimum of 50/50 with water before making the jelly eg. if the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of juice only use 1/4 cup and top up with water. Too much fruit juice can cause tummy pains in babies.

[2littleprincesses]

The recipe I use is:

1 1/2 tsp gelatine mixed w half a cup of boiling water. Stir until completely dissolved, then add half a cup of fruit juice. That way the juice is diluted 50/50.

My 7mo bub loves it.
-2littleprincesses