Goji Balls

These were a little bit of accidental perfection. I wanted something stable at room temperature to share with my work colleague's and of course I can't forget my husbands beautiful work mates as well. I thought they were satisfactory but turns out I had a lot of people that were quite excited about them and I had plenty of requests for the recipe. The challenge was remembering what I threw in! Here is a rough guestimate of the successful Goji Balls.

Ingredients (makes 50-60 small balls)

• 1 cup almonds
• 1 cup of dates 
• 1 cup cashews
• 1 cup coconut flakes
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1/3 cup cocoa/cacao
• 3 TBS honey or pure maple syrup
• 3 TBS coconut oil
• 1 cup goji berries

Instructions

Depending on the power of your blender or food processor you may need to blend the ingredients individually and then combined at the end. Leave the goji berries whole and stir in at the end.

• Blend almonds in a high powered blender, food processor or thermomix
• Add the cashews and dates and blend until combined
• Add the sunflower and pumpkin seeds and blend until combined
• Add the remaining ingredients except the goji berries and blend until combined
• Stir in the goji berries
• Form balls with the batter.
• Goji balls will store in the fridge for a week and in the freezer for a couple of months - if they last that long ;)

When will you eat you goji balls?

Blueberry Lime Iceblocks

To be honest this is probably not one for your toddler. I learnt this the hard way. A lovely fresh treat on a hot day but as you can imagine the drips stain so be careful who you trust with this little beauty :)

Ginger and Spice Slice

This one is quite satisfying with a good combo of protein and nutritious carbs, you will find one slice will probably be enough.

Banofee Slice - Refined Sugar Free, Paleo, Gluten Free and Vegan

Ingredients

Base
1 cup activated almonds ground to a flour
6 dates
1/3 cup shredded coconut
A handful of cashews
3 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 TBS high quality cocoa powder
3 TBS of almond milk

Banofee cream
2 ripe bananas
3 tbsp high quality peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 TBS maple syrup

Instructions

• For the base, blend all the ingredients in a food processor or blender until it starts to clump together, add more milk if necessary 
• Spoon the mixture into a loaf tin sized dish lined with baking paper
• Push the the base mixture down firmly into the dish.
• For the banofee cream, add everything to a clean food processor or blender, and blend until smooth
• Layer the cream on top of the base
• Put the dish in the freezer for a couple of hours, and remove 5mins before serving

Granola - Easy energy snack for a new mum!

For the first few weeks of being a mum I forgot to eat. Dont get me wrong it wasnt that I didnt want to eat, anyone who knows me knows I love eating! Its just that everything else comes first and mum comes last. If you are a mum then you will probably know that this cannot last long. Something fails. You cannot afford to have mum fail. So here is my lifesaver for the last few weeks. Granola, a healthy treat that you can just eat on the run.