Hey Everyone! This post today is a belated mother’s day gift from me to all the mothers and also for all the others who love to take Vitamins to stay fit but hate the idea of swallowing a tablet (Me included!)
I am simply in love with Vitamin C as the benefits that it gives to my skin and my body is tremendous. Not only topically applied but after the age of 30 one should start taking Vitamin C supplements or food intakes as well to keep your skin radiant and young 🙂 This is one super easy recipe to make targeting kids as well, we all know how difficult it is to feed them any kind of vitamins!
Let us first learn the benefits of Chewable Vitamin C for our body:
- Increases immunity
- It is an anti-oxidant hence protects our body from free radicals
- Vitamin C also ensures proper dilation of blood vessels which helps to protect us against certain diseases like atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, heart congestion and severe chest pains.
- Vitamin C fruits and juices are proven to loose fat and maintain and weight balance
- Vitamin C helps the body to deal with stress by reducing the elevated levels of stress, hormone and cortisol.
- Vitamin C balances our internal body systems and hence increases our metabolic energy
Chewable Vitamin C for Skin:
This is indeed a wonder ingredient for skin
- It helps to reduce the signs of aging and wrinkles
- It helps heal sun damage
- It helps to lighten scars and blemishes
- Regular use of Vitamin C will help you get a radiant glowing skin
- It will also help in lightening of skin when applied topically
- Vitamin C produces more collagen in our skin there by keeping our skin supple and plump
This recipe is great to feed your kids the necessary Vitamin for their immunity and to maintain their energy levels to an all time high.
Let’s just jump to our mission now:
Things you will need to make Chewable Vitamin C at home:
- 8 teaspoons gelatin powder (unflavored) - Great Lakes unflavored gelatin is a good option
- 1/2 cup Fresh orange juice (No Added Sugar)
- 1 Tea spoon of lemon juice
- 3 Tablespoons of honey or you can use stevia as a substitute for sugar
- Vitamin C powder (you can buy celine tablets and crush them nicely) - Can add 3-4 tablets depending on the amount of Vitamin C you want to take in
- A fun shaped silicone mold or just a regular silicone mold- I love the star shaped! If you don’t have silicone molds a glass dish will also do 🙂
You can easily buy silicone mold online here and here
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are a vegetarian you can substitute gelatin with Agar Agar.
Here are some tips on how to use Agar-Agar:
- Powdered agar agar can be substituted for the same quantity of powdered gelatine in a recipe.
- For every teaspoon of agar agar powder, you should substitute a tablespoon of agar agar flakes.
- For a firm jelly you require approximately 2 teaspoons of powder or 2 tablespoons of flakes per 1 pint / 600ml of liquid.
- Agar agar should be soaked in the liquid first for 10-15 minutes, then gently brought to the boil and simmered while stirring until it dissolves completely, this will take about 5 minutes for powder and 10-15 minutes for flakes. Unlike gelatine, agar agar can be boiled and can even be re-melted if necessary. If you are unsure as to the setting ability of your gel, test a small amount on a cold saucer - it should set in 20-30 seconds, if not you may need more agar agar, if too firm - add some more liquid. (source: cheftalk.com)
- For more information on agar agar you can check complete detail description here
RECIPE FOR CHEWABLE VITAMIN C GUMMIES:
- In a pan, mix the juice, gelatin and honey and keep it on a low flame
- Heat it on a low flame till the gelatin is completely melted or dissolved. Ensure that the gelatin is dissolved well without any lumps.
- When melting, the mixture would be thick having a syrup like consistency if you want it more liquid’y you can add more juice here
- Now remove from heat and let it get little cool, immediately add the vitamins (powdered form) if you are using. Mix well here.
- Now pour the mixture into your molds or a glass container. Do this very quickly.
- Ensure that you have greased your molds nicely with oil.
- Keep the molds or the glass container in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to harden
- Now remove from the molds and serve in a fun way to your kids! If you are using a glass container cut it in cubes and serve!
These are really fun way to treat your kids with vitamins! They will feel they are eating jellies but we know the secret behind it 8)
These are GREAT for us adults as well, just pop it in your mouth about 2-3 pieces a day and you are good in terms of your vitamin C intake.
MY TIP: You can mix and match any vitamins and juices and make it more healthy and yummy. Use your creative wand here! I use them as a great in between snacks whenever my stomach calls for some food! This recipe is great for your skin, hair and health.
Image source: eatandbemerryfortomorrowwediet.blogspot.com
Hope you like this recipe and will try it for yourself and your kids 😀 Any questions or queries please write in the comment box below 🙂 and If you loved the idea why not be kind and share it with your friends on your networking sites !
Lastly Happy Friday Guys!!! Muuuaaahhhh…