On the lookout for a nutrient-dense and easy-to-make snack? These Nut Free Vitality Balls are full of sunflower seeds, coconut, chia seed and sunbutter to carry all of it collectively and are the proper solution to gas your day!
Make a batch on Sunday for simple entry snacks all through the week!
Allergy Pleasant Vitality Bites
These no bake vitality bites are the proper snack to have readily available within the fridge. They’re loaded with wholesome entire components and naturally, wholesome fat, protein, and carbs.
Sunflower seeds are a fiber-packed powerhouse and comprise many nutritional vitamins and minerals equivalent to vitamin E. Together with them in each the entire kind and the seed butter make these vitality bites a nut-free choice to deliver to colleges! Which is ideal as a result of these vitality bites are cherished by each children and adults!
Seize one or two and have a filling bite-size snack, pack it within the lunch field along with your children or serve for a wholesome after dinner deal with.Â
Elements Wanted:
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- Sunflower Butter (although actually any seed or nut butter works right here, however sunflower seed butter for nut-free!)
- Unsweetened Shredded Coconut (can swap for extra flax or omit)
- Floor Flax Seed
- Uncooked Sunflower Seeds
- Vanilla Extract
- Chia Seeds
- Maple Syrup (or honey)
- Optionally available Add-ins: Dried Cranberries, Raisins, Chocolate Chips… You identify it!
Seed Butter Tip!
Be sure that your sun-butter (or any nut-butter used!) is contemporary and never thick or dry. Thick or dry nut butters will end in an vitality ball that gained’t maintain collectively effectively.
Make Them
And that is our favourite half!
No Meals Processor Wanted!
Most vitality bites depend on dates for sweetness and for consistency which implies they must be made in a meals processor… These nonetheless don’t!
Which suggests to make them, all it’s a must to do is combine up the components in a bowl! It truly is that easy.
As soon as the components are totally mixed, roll them into balls, let set, and retailer!
Get The Youngsters Concerned!
Youngsters love making these! Allow them to decide the add-ins, do some mixing, and even some rolling! They’ll be excited for his or her allergy-friendly classroom vitality ball after they see it of their lunch field!
Retailer Them
Retailer vitality bites in a lined container for as much as 2 weeks within the fridge. They can be saved within the freezer for as much as 3 months.
Observe: They’re steady at room temperature, so are good secure to be out of the fridge for a couple of days if want be, however are finest saved within the fridge.
To Freeze:
Retailer them in an air-tight container or bag for as much as 3 months within the freezer. Let sit in fridge in a single day to defrost after which eat as desired.
Different Vitality Ball Recipes:
- 1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut toasted
- 1/4 cup floor flaxseed
- 1/2 cup uncooked sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup sunbutter home made or store-bought
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
- 1/2 cup mixture of dried cranberries, golden raisins, and darkish chocolate chips (these or these are nice)
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In a mix all components and blend effectively.
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Roll into balls and let chill, you’ll be able to good the form additional as soon as they chill within the fridge.
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Take away and revel in!
- Be sure that your sun-butter (or any nut-butter used!) is contemporary and never thick or dry. Thick or dry nut butters will end in an vitality ball that gained’t maintain collectively effectively.
- Retailer within the fridge for 1-2 weeks, or freeze for as much as 3 months.
Energy: 175kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 4.9gFats: 14.3gSaturated Fats: 3.3gSodium: 14mgFiber: 4.4gSugar: 2.2g
