Monthly Meal Idea: Fruit jelly
It is lovely to have a fruit jelly when the warmer is still warm, but a conventional jelly is made from gelatine with colouring and sugar. Gelatine is a protein derived from the collagen found in animal remnants most usually the bones.
A seaweed called agar is an easy way to make jelly. The simplest form to use is agar powder but it can also be bought as flakes.
For a colourful jelly use red grape juice or blackcurrant (sugar free, pure juice).
Bring 300ml (1/2 pint) of juice to the boil and add 1 teaspoon of agar powder.
Once the agar has dissolved, transfer to a dish or mould.
The jelly can be left to set at room temperature or you can put it in the fridge.
As it sets add halves of seedless grapes or segment of tinned mandarin oranges (canned in fruit juice not syrup) or berries e.g. blueberries.