I had a lot of fun mixing up these little beauties on Sunday, despite my lack of a food processor.
At one point there were nuts flying all over the kitchen, but that is nothing new in my flat.
In true MacGyver style I managed to fashion a lid for my stick blender out of baking paper and a rubber band which seemed to get things under control.
I think there is something so important about having ritual in your morning. I love to adorn grandmas teacup with a few delicious nutballs and sit in the sun at the breakfast bar enjoy some Lucy time before starting my day.
Why I love nutballs:
- Great light breakfast if your on the go
- Portable
- 120 Calories per ball (so 2 makes a good light meal)
- High in protein
- Curbs insulin levels so you don’t feel hungry.
- Loads of natural good ingredients
- Use raw nuts to get the good fats
- Sweetened with dates so only natural sugar.
How many calories?
The only issue which something so nutrient dense as a snack is that you need to make sure you do not eat the whole lot in one sitting. Or you do some exercise to burn off the extra calories. Because I used Medjool dates in the mixture they were intensely sweet and I did not feel like scarfing down the whole batch.
As promised here is the recipe.
- 1 Cup Mixed Raw Nuts
- 1 Cup Quick Cook Gluten Free Oats
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 Grated Carrot
- 1 Lemons Zest
- 1 Lemons Juice
- Vanilla Essence
- 12 Medjool Dates (pitted)
- 4 Tablespoons of dessicated coconut
- Blitz up the nuts in a food processor.
- Add the oats and cinnamon and process until floury
- Add the Dates, Lemon Zest, Lemon Juice, Carrot and blitz until a dough ball forms.
- With clean hands roll into around 20 small balls.
- Roll in the dessicated coconut and store in a Tupperware or jar in the fridge.
- I like to freeze half the batch so I am not tempted to munch them all in one week.
- Each ball is around 120 calories.