After a weekend of sweets and treats I think I'm just about back on track today. Besides the hot chocolate to try and warm up this afternoon I did good with a spinach-berry smoothie for breakfast, veggies with brown rice and lentils for lunch and carrots and an apple for snacks. Dinner will probably be some salad and a hard boiled egg. Until then I've got these little energy bits to keep me going!
These little things are like cookies, and once you pop one you just cant stop.
After making the Date Balls I’d been seeing a lot of different options for “bites” out there and was specifically looking for one that had oats in it.
That’s when I came across these Energy Bites. Modified from the recipe I found on Gimme Some Oven these delicious bites are filled with oats, dried fruit, nuts, and my favourite, flax seeds.
Bryan doesn’t really like coconut so I get these babies all to myself! If when I make these again I’ll omit it and try some chocolate chips instead – that will please his palate!
The recipe is pretty flexible so feel free to make your own substitutions, chocolate chips, raisins, almonds, even dried blueberries would all be good additions.
No-Bake Energy Bites Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup (dry) oatmeal (I used old-fashioned oats)
1 cup toasted coconut flakes
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup ground flaxseed
¼ cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions
Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl until thoroughly mixed. Let chill in the refrigerator for half an hour. Once chilled, roll into balls of whatever size you would like and eat! Whatever you manage to have left over you can store in container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
These soften up pretty quickly when not in the fridge so try and store them in a cool dry place when traveling.
How much, approximately, did these cost you to make? They look really good!
ReplyDeleteWell I had most of the ingredients already so it's hard to say.
DeleteI'm usually stocked with oats, peanut butter, honey, ground flax and vanilla. You can get small amounts of the dried berries and nuts from a bulk store if you're not looking for left overs.
The ground flax seed can be expensive but a bag stored in the freezer can last for a long time and you can sprinkle it on cereal, yogurt, salads and in smoothies for a little extra fiber so it's worth the money. But it's also an ingredient you can easily omit if you want since it really doesn't add any flavour.
I got at least 20 balls, maybe closer to 30 out of the one batch.
If you went out to stock your empty pantry with these items today it would probably cost you approx $25 - $30.