Thursday, January 24, 2013

Energy bites!

Since I have had a couple people ask me for the recipe for the (mostly) raw vegan and gluten free (and totally healthy!) energy bites (
http://instagram.com/p/U1c1ifov-B/), I figured it would be more wise to post it on here instead of messaging everyone under the sun, which doesn't mean I don't love you, it just means I am lazy ;)
Now, with this "recipe" you can switch things up as suits your taste, add or subtract things, hell, dunk 'em in chocolate and you got candy bars!
Start with big bowl, spatula, small cutting board, and a knife. Measurements are for bitches, use your good judgement.
Oats
Cashews or any nut your heart desires
Flax seeds - whole
Flax seeds - ground
Sesame seeds
Raw cacao nibs
Goji berries
Peanut butter or your favorite nut butter
Ginger powder
Cinnamon
Honey
Hot water
Maca powder
Hemp protein powder

Coconut flakes - unsweetened, reserve some for garnish
Heat a quarter cup (about 100mL) water and add the ground flax to it, stir and let sit.
While your flax is congealing, chop two big handfuls of nuts (or one if you're a dude... Measurements will be rough estimates since I don't measure shit and I don't want to confuse my lovely international friends with our stupid measuring system)

In a big bowl, mix oats, nuts, nut butter, spices and supplements, berries, and seeds, and also your mixture of ground flax and hot water, that should be nicely congealed to the consistency of an egg. You should be able to grab a small amount and roll it into a ball. You can now portion off your pieces and roll them in the extra coconut.

Some other things that would be a nice addition are hemp seeds, chia seeds, espresso powder, chopped candy ginger, chopped dates or figs, coca powder... Errr.... CocOa powder ;) maple.... Pretty much anything you like! I got the idea for these from some chia bites I bought in Central Park west at G-Free, an all gluten free shop run by the sweetest little lady! So, get out there, experiment, trial and error, and make something tasty!

















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