This homemade natural strawberry jello made with beef gelatin is an easy and healthy snack or dessert that your all family can enjoy. It combines the benefits of fruit with those of grass-fed beef gelatin for a low-sugar, high-protein snack that is rich in vitamins and good for your gut and so much more. Need more reasons to try it? Oh yes, it’s so easy to make!
If you’ve been following along, you know that I’m a huge advocate of cooking healthy food from scratch for my family. Cooking from scratch is good for your health and can make you save money! Every single day, I take the time to cook 3 meals for my family. I find snacks harder to plan and we often end up just grabbing something to eat from the fridge or the pantry. Most days, our to-go choices are fruit and yogurt, but I like to have a variety of nutritious healthy snacks on hand for when we get hungry between meals.
Homemade jello is one of my favourite snacks! It’s delicious, filling, and has a lot of health benefits. You can make jello with pretty much any kind of fruit. You can even add other ingredients (yogurt, kefir) to add variety and adapt your recipes to every season.
Learn how to make any kind of jello with beef gelatin here (including 4 recipes)!
Making jello is so easy and you can store it in the fridge for a ready-to-go snack for you and your kids! We even have jello for breakfast sometimes, or to complement a meal and treat ourselves with a little dessert. I like using a glass storage container with lid as a mould for the jello for easy storage. As an alternative, you can use single portion molds, or pour the gelatin in a larger container and cut it into cubes or shapes once set. This is also a great and fun activity to do with your kids!
What is gelatin and why is it good for you?
Gelatin is a protein derived from collaged and is naturally present in some animal products such as skin, tendons, ligaments and bones. Modern diets typically lack gelatin as most people don’t consume these animals’ parts anymore. For this reason adding gelatin powder to your recipes is an easy way to increase gelatin consumption. Gelatin powder is usually derived from beef or pig bones.
For maximum health benefits, it’s important to choose a good quality natural gelatin that is all-natural and made from pastured animals (like this one).
The unique combination of amino acids found in gelatin comes with many health benefits. Gelatin plays a critical role in joint health and brain function and can improve skin appearance, and gut and bone health. Consuming gelatin can also help sustain a healthy metabolism, promote restful sleep and improve digestion. For all these reasons, gelatin is a very healthy addition to the diet of growing children and can help support their overall health.
Read more about the benefits of gelatin here and find ideas on how to include more gelatin in your diet with traditional foods such as bone broth in this post.
Strawberry jello with beef gelatin ingredients
- 1 pound (500 grams) fresh or frozen strawberries
- 1 tablespoons grass-fed beef gelatin powder
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon honey (optional)
Strawberry jello with beef gelatin instructions
- Place strawberries and about half of the water in a medium-sized pot and let simmer for about 5 minutes. In the meantime, add gelatin powder to the remaining water and set it apart to bloom.
- Pour some of the hot strawberry liquid into a beaker or mason jar, add the bloomed gelatin and blend with an immersion or hand blender until all the gelatin is dissolved. Add remaining strawberries with their liquid and honey and puree until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into a container and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or until the gelatin is set.
- Slice the gelatin into portions, or have fun cutting it out with shapes! You can also use single portion molds for the gelatin.
The honey in this recipe is optional, but it adds a little hint of extra sweetness to this delicious strawberry gelatin.
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Strawberry Jello with Beef Gelatin
Equipment
- 1 immersion blender or food processor
Ingredients
- 1 pound 500 grams fresh or frozen strawberries
- 1 tablespoon grass-fed beef gelatin powder
- 1/2 cup 75 ml water
- 1 tablespoon honey optional
Instructions
- Place strawberries and about half of the water in a medium-sized pot and let simmer for about 5 minutes. In the meantime, add gelatin powder to the remaining water and set it apart to bloom.
- Pour some of the hot strawberry liquid into a beaker or mason jar, add the bloomed gelatin and blend with an immersion or hand blender until all the gelatin is dissolved. Add remaining strawberries with their liquid and honey and puree until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into a container and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or until the gelatin is set.
- Slice the gelatin into portions, or have fun cutting it out with shapes! You can also use single portion molds for the gelatin.
