{"id":4288,"date":"2012-02-15T11:27:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/?p=4288"},"modified":"2019-01-27T18:25:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T02:25:01","slug":"valentines-day-strawberry-gummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/valentines-day-strawberry-gummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine\u2019s Day Strawberry Gummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thecafewellness.com\/2012\/02\/13\/valentines-strawberry-gummies\/\">Recipe Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I LOVE every day, so Valentine\u2019s Day is a great day to reflect on matters of the heart and not of the mind. A healthy heart-shaped, heart healthy recipe version of the popular gummy was inspired by my recent interest in gelatin.<\/p>\n<p>Gelatin, the cooked form of collagen, is beneficial at reducing inflammation in the body.<\/p>\n<p>Most gummy items purchased at the store are sweetened with corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, etc\u2026and I strongly believe you should avoid all products with any corn sweeteners. This is a great recipe to try with you kids or to whip up for your loved ones all year round!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/valengummy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4289\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/valengummy-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/valengummy-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/valengummy.jpeg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it is, comment with questions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>EATgredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 cups water, filtered<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups NON-Hydrolyzed Gelatin (I recommend Great Lakes)<\/li>\n<li>3 cups sugar, organic, raw <em>(addition by FPS &#8211; use refined white sugar)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup strawberries, chopped and diced<\/li>\n<li>2 cups orange juice, pulp-free<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup lime juice, pulp-free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.) In medium bowl, mix water and gelatin, stirring until it forms a semi-hard substance (1 minute of stirring should be good) Let sit for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>2.) In medium sauce pan add sugar, orange juice, and lime juice. Mix and bring to a boil. Let boil for 2 minutes, turn off heat.<\/p>\n<p>3.) Add in gelatin mix and strawberries and stir for 1-2 minutes, until there are no more clumps of gelatin. Turn off heat and cool for 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>4.) Pour mixture in coconut oil greased pan (slightly greased). Depending on thickness of gummies you can use multiple pans\/pyrex\/etc\u2026<\/p>\n<p>5.) Allow to cool for 5 minutes and place in refrigerator. Gummies should be ready in an hour!<\/p>\n<p>Note: I purchased the heart cut outs at Michaels for a couple of bucks!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/thecafewellness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/photo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thecafewellness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/photo-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipe Source I LOVE every day, so Valentine\u2019s Day is a great day to reflect on matters of the heart and not of the mind. A healthy heart-shaped, heart healthy recipe version of the popular gummy was inspired by my recent interest in gelatin. Gelatin, the cooked form of collagen, is beneficial at reducing inflammation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1171,389,1172,222],"class_list":["post-4288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-cafewellness","tag-gelatin","tag-gummie","tag-sugar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4288"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13308,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288\/revisions\/13308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}