Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays. When my children were growing up; I always tried to feed them healthy foods. I limited the amount of sugar and unhealthy ingredients they ate by making jello, using fruit juices and I served homemade snacks. Now that they are grown, they still eat a healthy diet and do not drink sodas or eat a lot of junk foods. I am sure many of us have wondered if our parenting skills are paying off when our children are young and acting out. Well, I believe they do! I have seen it more times than not. Sometimes the sweet rewards come a couple of years after they have experienced the world as an adult and before parents experience the rocking chair.
This tutorial will show how to make Jello using fruit juice and will also show you how to make heart designs in bananas as well as using jello to fill a banana. I have seen writing on bananas and Jello filled fruit, but I have never seen a banana filled with Jello made from fruit juice or heart shapes in the bananas. These are meant to be eaten the first day for best appearance. This instructable was inspired by the Valentine's Contest. Let's get started!
This tutorial will show how to make Jello using fruit juice and will also show you how to make heart designs in bananas as well as using jello to fill a banana. I have seen writing on bananas and Jello filled fruit, but I have never seen a banana filled with Jello made from fruit juice or heart shapes in the bananas. These are meant to be eaten the first day for best appearance. This instructable was inspired by the Valentine's Contest. Let's get started!
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The good news is . . . . . you won't need to practice on 20 bananas! But you might plan on using more than what you want to make because there is a trick to getting it right. I will try and walk you through my experiments so you won't make the same mistakes that I did. I used store bought flavored jell-0 for the jello filled banana because it worked better.
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
Fruit juice (I am not sure about pineapple juice though)
Knox unflavored gelatin or Agar Agar.
Greenish firm Bananas
Lemon juice approximately 2 Tablespoons, used to help prevent browning on the bananas
Sweetener if desired
Knox unflavored gelatin or Agar Agar.
Greenish firm Bananas
Lemon juice approximately 2 Tablespoons, used to help prevent browning on the bananas
Sweetener if desired
Tools:
Knife
Straw
Funnel, ladle or spoon
Tiny heart shaped cookie cutter
Tooth pick is helpful
Ribbon
A bowl or something to prop the banana up as well as the banana end as shown in the pictures.
Straw
Funnel, ladle or spoon
Tiny heart shaped cookie cutter
Tooth pick is helpful
Ribbon
A bowl or something to prop the banana up as well as the banana end as shown in the pictures.
I made some banana jello that was made using apple juice, Knox unflavored gelatin and the banana. I blended the juice together with the banana and followed the recipe. It tasted very good. The color was off unfortunately, so I did not use it. I thought it would be awesome to make a banana jello filled banana! It tasted just like a banana only it had a different texture!
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