Cherry Gummies

These homemade gummies may help ease morning sickness and are also a great way to get additional gelatin (and the amino acid glycine) into your diet. Glycine is a “conditionally essential” amino acid during pregnancy, meaning you must obtain it from your diet to provide enough to support the growth of your baby’s skeleton, teeth, internal organs, hair, skin, and nails. Glycine is also necessary to support your stretching skin, growing uterus, placenta, and to help your circulatory system adapt to the demands of pregnancy. It also plays a key role in methylation, much like folate, choline and vitamin B12.

| Makes 20 Gummies |

Ingredients

1 ½ cups organic tart cherry juice*

4 tbsp gelatin, ideally from grass-fed cows

A few drops of stevia extract or a tablespoon of honey (optional)

*You could also use a sweeter fruit juice, except pineapple as it contains the protein-digesting enzyme bromelain which stops the gelatin from setting.

Method

Combine ingredients in a small saucepan and let gelatin sit for a few minutes.

Heat saucepan over low-medium heat, while stirring continuously until gelatin has dissolved completely.

Pour into a glass dish and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until gelatin sets.

Cut into bite sized pieces with a knife and store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.

N.B. We love GelPro Unflavoured Organic Porcine Gelatin and Great Lakes Unflavoured Gelatin.