Week 9 Day 2 Making low calories candies

One of my friends posted a recipe using gelatin and jell-o powder to create home made gummy candies. She said it was a great activity for her kids to enjoy and they loved the result. I had never used gelatin before, so I went to google to read about it. The reality is that since it is derived from animals, it is fairly high in calories. So I looked for a substitute and saw people suggesting agar powder. Now that is an ingredient that I know how to use and that has 0 calorie and a lot of fibers. Score!

So here is my recipe and the result!

AGAR JELL-O CANDIES

Ingredients:
- 1 box of your favorite sugar free jell-o flavor
- 1 pack of agar powder (usually 25g)
- 1 cup of water (a bit more if you don't have a super sweet tooth)

Stir the agar powder into the cup of water and bring to a boil.
When the mixture is boiling, slowing mix in the jell-o powder until it is all dissolved.
Pour into a big cake mold and leave on the counter to set. (Once brought to a boil, agar will set at room temperature. You can expedite the set by placing the mold in the fridge after the mixture has slightly cooled off)
Once it is fully set (roughly an hour), cut in small jelly bean size pieces. It usually gives me about 400 pieces. That means every 10 pieces is just 1 calorie :) Enjoy!

Menu Week 9 Day 2

Lunch: approximately 225 calories
- half avocado
- 1 can of crab

Dinner: approximately 279 calories
- 100g of bo la lot (beef wrapped in betel leaves)
- 60g pickled radish

Snacks throughout the day: 10 calories
- 100 agar-jell-o candies

Total: 514 calories