Last night we were headed for bed when I heard water dripping from the second bathroom. I thought maybe the tap hadn’t been closed properly or maybe it was the shower head. Nope neither of those… then I looked up and I saw water dripping from the ceiling from the light fixture! Mind you that light had gone out and we were and still are waiting for it to be replaced! So yeh now we have a bathroom ceiling that’s leaking and I’ve been on the phone all day trying to get someone to do something about it! It’s obviously coming from the apartment above us, I tried going to talk to them but no one seems to be home right now so I’m not sure what we’re going to do now! Oh and of course as you know my parents arrive tomorrow and I’m not sure how we’re going to use this bathroom now!
Anyway in yesterday’s post I said that I had worked on a dessert recipe and luckily it turned out GREAT! I was very happy with the result as was Joe. 🙂
So before I give you the recipe, let me tell you how it came about. I got the inspiration for this recipe from Instagram… I love IG, I always get inspired by the photos of food that show up on my stream. This particular recipe was inspired by a photo posted by Paleo Cupboard. She had posted a photo for Paleo Horchata… now I don’t know about you but I had no idea what Horchata was so of course I went off and Googled it. Turns out it’s a traditional drink made from either ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barely or tigernuts and is popular in places like Spain and Latin America.
Of course after reading that I still had no idea what it was exactly or how this Paleo version would taste but the photo looked so good that I thought I HAVE TO MAKE THIS! And I did and it was FANTASTIC! Then I thought I want to take this recipe and make it into something else… which I did and it turned into a DELICIOUS treat!
Paleo Horchata Jello
Recipe adapted from here.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk (preferably homemade). I used a U.S cup measurement here which = 235ml. If you’re using a metric cup measurement it’s 250ml and then you’ll more than likely have to use more gelatin in the recipe.
- 1/4 cup raw honey.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract.
- 1/2 Tbsp ground cinnamon, plus more for sprinkling on top when set.
- Pinch of ground nutmeg.
- Pinch of ground cloves.
- 3 gelatin leaves or you can use powdered gelatin (I think 3 leaves = 1 Tbsp of powdered gelatin but you might have to re-check that). The best gelatin to use would be this one if you can get it.
Ingredients:
Place almond milk, honey, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves into a small-medium saucepan and place on medium heat. Stir the mixture then leave it until it comes to a boil.
In the mean time place your gelatin leaves in a bowl of cold water and let them the sit for 5 minutes.
Once the mixture in the saucepan has started to come to a boil you can turn it down to a low simmer.
Remove the gelatin leaves from the water and squeeze out any excess liquid. Place into the saucepan and stir to mix through.
Let this sit for about 2 minutes then remove from the heat and transfer the mixture into your desired container(s). I poured mine into two 5oz ramekins.
Place in the fridge until set. Once set remove from the fridge and sprinkle some more ground cinnamon on top. Enjoy!
Want to know more about how gelatin can improve your health and how to add it to your food? Check out ‘The Gelatin Secret’ below from Hollywood Homestead.
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Cool! Yes chia seeds would work well here I’m sure 🙂
Erin says
I am obsessed with Chia seeds, which I bet would be an amazingly yummy and healthy substitute for the gelatin. I’m going to try that and I’ll let you know 🙂
Thanks 🙂
soo good…
Haha thanks! It is so good! 🙂 ahhh yeh the joys of renting and being an expat! Thanks for the well wishes 🙂
laurasmess says
This sounds amazing Naz!!! You smart thing, turning a smoothie into a set dessert… I really want to try the same thing now (haha… I have a favourite date and almond milk smoothie that I’m going to try first… I think I’m going to be ‘jellying’ everything from now on!). Definitely trying this version. I hadn’t heard of horchata either but it sounds great! Good luck with the leaking light fixture. We’re renting too and it’s a pain in the ass. But… not enough money to buy yet. Sigh! Sending you blogging love xx
Thanks Arsy! They arrive tomorrow morning 🙂
Arsy says
This looks incredible! Hope you are having a great time with your parents!
Thanks! I hope it gets fixed soon too! Let me know if you try 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Can’t wait to hear about your trip! I hope your leak is fixed soon! I’m going to have to try this horchata jello recipe – it looks delicious!
columbusohioplumbers says
Looks pretty delicious!
Thanks 🙂
This looks delic! Can’t wait to try it!!
Thanks so much! I know the leak is a pain but I’m too excited to really care about it! Can’t wait to be with my parents! Don’t think I’ll be able to sleep tonight!
I know you will have a WONDERFUL time!! And I can’t wait to hear about it. And this is something I look forward to as well…”I’m going to take full advantage of my mum being here by getting her to show me how to cook more Persian food so I can share it with you!”
Good luck with that leak, and try not to get too stressed. Your parents will be so, so happy to see you..with or without the leak! 😉