Solution: Homemade Apple Gelatin

While the term Jell-O^® is a registered trademark of the Kraft Foods company, the original and real term for the food is gelatin. Yep, that’s right- we’re talking about gelatin again. Gelatin is a protein produced from collagen extracted from boiled bones, connective tissues, and other animal products, and has been a component of food, especially desserts, since the 15th century.

While boiled bones might not whet your appetite, remember that you’ve likely been consuming them for years as it is, and now you can actually reap their full range of benefits. Gelatin balances out your meat intake by providing adequate glycine to balance out the methionine, heals your gut and promotes healthy bowel movements by restoring a healthy mucosal lining in the stomach and enhancing gastric acid secretion, makes your skin glow by providing glycine and proline, two amino acids used in the production of collagen, protects your joints by fighting off inflammation, and helps you sleep, as glycine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that can promote mental calmness. By now, you should be clamoring for the recipe. So here goes:

Ingredients:

8 cup capacity food container
Water
Unsweetened apple cider (not apple juice!)
4 tablespoons of high-quality, unsweetened, unflavored, pure gelatin

Directions:

Pour 1 cup of cold, filtered water into the food container.
Put 4 tablespoons of gelatin into the cold water and whisk it for 30 seconds, before letting it sit to dissolve.
While the gelatin is dissolving, boil 3 cups of water.
Pour the 3 cups of boiled water into the food container and stir well.
Pour in 4 cups of the apple cider and stir well again.
Place the food container in the fridge for at least 8 hours to congeal. You now have the most nutritious gelatin dessert around and your kids will love it!