FUDGEY BERRY PROTEIN BARS

Ok so you all know I'm a huge fan of a protein ball and over the weekend I thought woaaaaaah what if I mix it up and made my own insanely delicious dessert like FUDGEY BERRY PROTEIN BARS!! Mind blown annnnnnnnd it got the huge thumbs up from all the family.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup vanilla vegan protein

2 cups of defrosted frozen berries (don't drain them as the juice works really well in this)

1/2 cup almond meal

1/2 cup cashew butter

1/4 cup melted coconut oil

1 vanilla bean pod

1/2 cup freeze dried raspberries

HOW:

• Blend the berries in a bullet blender until smooth. Add the cashew butter, coconut oil and the inside seeds of your vanilla bean and blend again. Pour contents into a medium mixing bowl.
• Add almond meal and protein powder to mix in the bowl and stir through.
• Take half of the freeze dried raspberries and gently fold through your mix, this looks a lot better chunky and works as little flavor explosions in the slice. Set mix aside.
• Line a medium sized brownie baking tray with waxed paper
• Add mix to the tray, spread about 1 inch thick.
• Sprinkle the remaining freeze dried raspberries on top, place in the freezer for 20mins
• Once hard, cut into squares 2x2 inches and these bad boys are ready to rock!
• Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer, I kinda dig the frozen vibes on a super hot day but either option is pretty god damn delicious.

SERVES: 9

CALORIES : 215

CARBS: 7

FAT: 17

PROTEIN: 11

SUGAR: 2

VEGAN MATCHA PROTEIN TRUFFLES

I'm all about the superfoods and these bad boys are packed with them!! I'm convinced the more I eat I get closer and closer to becoming a super hero right?! 😜

These babies tick all the boxes, they are paleo, vegan, gluten free and sugar-free which makes them the perfect afternoon pick me up and will fill that chocolate craving or even as a pre workout energy boost. I've perfected the recipe so no the matcha does not taste "too green" or like dirt. 

Ok so here's a quick run down on our key players here.

Matcha: Matcha is the queen bee of superfoods. 100% pure organic green tea leaves ground into powder. It contains up to 137 times the antioxidants of regular green tea, a great metabolic and energy boost.

Coconut oil: Ahhh hello weight loss friendly fat. Yes fat can be your friend! It contains a unique combination of fatty acids with powerful positive effects on metabolism. It's also a great energy source too. 

Lacuma powder: not only is his guy high is beta-carotene and iron but it's also a sugar free natural sweetener that has crazy delicious caramel vibes.

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE BALLS

4 tbs coconut oil 

1.5 tbs matcha powder 

3/4 cup apple sauce 

1 cup vanilla vegan pea protein

1/2 cup desiccated coconut 

1 tbs lacuma 

1/4 cashew butter 

2 tbs water 

FOR THE CHOC:

2 tbs coconut oil

4 tbs cacao powder 

HOW:

- Combine all dry ingredients for the balls in a bowl

- Add coconut oil, apple sauce, cashew butter and water. Fold til a dough like mix is formed

- Roll into balls about 1 inch or so big 

- Place balls on a plate in the fridge

Now for the choc coating! 

- Melt the coconut oil over a low heat, place in a ramekin

- Add cacao powder and mix until a melted chocolate consistency is formed

- Take balls from fridge, one at a time dip in the choc mix, place on plate top with a pinch of desiccated coconut and matcha powder

- Keep in an air tight container in the fridge

- Too easy 💚💚💚💚💚💚

NUTRITION INFO:

Serves: 15

Calories per serve: 130

Carbs: 7

Fat: 8

Protein: 9

Sugar: 2

ANTI AGING CACAO CASHEW BUTTER ALMOND BARK

Oh hey there chocolate bark, it's been a minute!  

This week I discovered @vitalproteins collagen peptides and am loving sneaking it in to all my fav recipes. Talk about a game changer, making this high protein annnnnd ANTI AGING?!  

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup cacao powder

2 scoops of collagen peptides from vital proteins

3 tbs almond flakes

3 tbs cashew butter

HOW:

- In a medium mixing bowl combine cacao powder

- Melt coconut oil over a very low heat and stir into dry ingredients, combining until a melted chocolate type consistency is formed.

- Spread half the mix onto baking paper and spread it quite thin

- Before it sets, sprinkle the almond flakes on top of the choc

- Follow with the cashew butter, use all of it but do this by taking a tenth of a teaspoon at a time and scattering blobs of this delicious goodness on the choc mix on the paper.

- Take the remainder of the choc mix and slowly pour over the blobs of cashew butter and almonds

-  Set choc aside in the freezer for ten mins.

- Once set, Break up in to and fix allllll those choc cravings. God damn, will be hard not to eat this all in one sitting.

RAW VEGAN CASHEW RASPBERRY PROTEIN BALLS

INGREDIENTS:P

1/2 cup cashew butter

3/4 cup desiccated coconut

1 & 1/2 cups fresh raspberries 

1 cup vanilla vegan protein powder

1/4 cup coconut oil melted

HOW:

- In a medium mixing bowl mash the raspberries with a fork, until liquefied.

- Add cashew butter and coconut oil and stir until completely folded through

- In a separate bowl, combine the coconut and vegan protein powder

- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients a couple of tablespoons at a time folding through each time until both mixes are combined into a thick dough like mix.

- Roll your balls! About roughly an inch in diameter. Store in a sealed container in the fridge and BOOM.

VEGAN SUPER GREEN MATCHA PROTEIN BALLS

Yup I'm a total baller these days and my body has been craving all the green things to fight the cold and keep me on my A-game! 

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 coco oil

1/2 cup flax meal

2 packets of spruce by @eboost

1/2 cup apple sauce

1tsp matcha powder

2 scoops vegan vanilla protein powder (I'm using proper protein) 

1/2 cup cashew butter

How:

- combine all dry ingredients in a bowl

- Add coco oil, apple sauce and cashew butter and fold til a dough like mix is made

- Roll into balls about 1 inch or so big

- Roll into desiccated coconut and keep in the fridge.

- Too easy 💚💚💚💚💚💚