Power House Bites
I hummed eating these, and so I know they're not only yum but my body knows they're nutritious too - and of course they are, being full of nuts and seeds 😉 If you don't mind getting your hands a little dirty, these are great for quick energy, and you can take them anywhere. If I make many, I keep them in a container in the fridge but they are fine in a small bag in a lunch box.
Prepared by: Eerainuh
Cuisine: vegan, raw
Recipe type: energy snack
Serves: 50
Prep time:
Total time:
You need
- 5 dates
- ½ cup of (activated) almonds
- ½ cup of (activated) hazelnuts
- ½ cup of flax seeds (I used golden seeds, they taste a tad milder)
- ½ cup of pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup of activated buckwheat (they are nice and crisp)
- 2 tbsp molasses
- 3 tbsp black tahini (brown will do fine too)
- zest of ½ (large) lemon, or more to taste
To do
- In your food processor, roughly grind the hardest nuts first: almonds and hazelnuts
- when rather fine, add the flax seeds and pumpkin seeds, and run machine again
- when all is incorporated, add buckwheat, molasses and lemon zest, mix again
- the tahini is the glue, so add first 2 table spoons, and see if you need more; take a table spoon of the mixture and squeeze it into a ball. If it doesn't hold together well, add some more tahini.
- Do taste while you are mixing, you may want more lemon zest or not. You should be able to pick up a hint of lemony tartness 🙂
Nutritional Information
Serving size: 1 ball Calories: 55 Fat: 3.5gr Trans fat: 0 Carbohydrates: 5 Sugar: 1.75 Sodium: 1mg Protein: 2gr Cholesterol: 0
