Add some sweetness to your Thanksgiving dishes with this fruity and delicious, healthy recipe. Gelatin and cranberries are the key ingredients in this recipe, and they both have many health benefits. Together, they’re a powerful, healthy combination.
Gelatin provides essential amino acids which help the body produce collagen. Collagen is not only great for your nails, skin, and hair, but it’s also great for your gut and other connective tissues. It helps support the integrity of your intestinal wall, helping to fight against “leaky gut” issues, and it can even help strengthen your bones and cartilage by helping the body absorb more calcium.
Cranberries are actually considered a “super food”. They’re extremely high in antioxidants, especially phenols. They’re great for liver, eye, urinary, and cardiovascular health. Cranberries have also been shown to hep improve gut bacteria and reduce acids.
Ingredients:
1 bag of cranberries
3 apples peeled and cored
3 oranges, or 2 cans of mandarin oranges
1 can of crushed pineapples
1 packet of plain gelatin
1 cup boiling cranberry juice
1 cup cold cranberry juice (organic or naturally sweetened), chilled in the fridge for at least 24 hours
Directions:
- Grind the cranberries, apples, and oranges. Pulse in a blender until chunky.
- Mix in the crushed pineapple in another bowl.
- In a pan on high, boil 1 cup of cranberry juice.
- Dissolve the gelatin in the hot water then add another cup of the chilled cranberry juice.
- Let the gelatin mixture set in the refrigerator.
- Once it’s slightly thickened, add the fruit mixture.
- Enjoy!