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Vegan Cookie Dough Balls (Nom Nom Nom!) Cookie dough.

Vegan Cookie Dough Balls (Nom Nom Nom!)

It's the reason I make cookies. Who doesn’t love to lick the spoon clean? In fact, I far prefer the dough to the final, baked product. So, I’ve found a vegan, clean, and salmonella-free alternative cookie dough recipe. Why? Reason number two: cookie dough is far from a cleansing food. Now, I’m certainly not suggesting you live a life without cookie dough! Yes, this delicious dessert is packed full of protein and iron-rich legumes. Elissa’s “Raw” Cookie Dough Balls Yields 12 balls Ingredients 16 ounces cooked chickpeas, rinsed and drained 3 T raw organic honey 1 T coconut palm sugar 1/8 tsp. baking soda 4 T raw organic almond butter 2 tsp. vanilla Pinch of salt 1 1/2 cups vegan chocolate chips (minis work best) Directions Combine chickpeas, honey, sugar, baking soda, almond butter, vanilla, and a pinch of salt in a food processor and process until smooth.

Remove to a bowl and stir in half a cup of the chocolate chips. In a double boiler, melt remaining cup of chocolate chips. Chia Seeds: Health Benefits and Energy Bites. Chia seeds have gotten quite the hype the last few years.

Chia Seeds: Health Benefits and Energy Bites

In the running and endurance athletics community they have definitely become a hot commodity since their introduction in the book 'Born to Run' by Christopher McDougall. In the book, the super-athletic Tarahumara Indians in Mexico consumed chia seeds while on their desert runs and were provided with surges of energy during and after.

So are chia seeds really the next promised super food? I've been curious to know exactly why they are claimed to be so good for us and so did a lot of reading about them and this is what I found out: Health Benefits How to Include Them in Your Diet And last but not least our Energy Bites!! Mix your basic ingredients in a bowl: Oats, honey, peanut butter, vanilla, and chia seeds. If you are going to do different add-ins, separate the mixture into different bowls. Refrigerate for about 20 minutes. You can refrigerate these and they will stay good for at least a week. Apple & Raisin Oaty Breakfast Cookies - Coconut and Berries.

I’m back, as promised, with a recipe!

Apple & Raisin Oaty Breakfast Cookies - Coconut and Berries

I don’t talk much about breakfast around these parts. A little odd considering I’m a breakfast devotee. I understand that people are busy in the mornings and don’t have a lot of time to put something on the table, let alone eat, but for me breakfast is like lunch and dinner in that I don’t like to have the same thing day in, day out, even if it is easier to do so. All the same, it tends to be variations on a theme- porridge, smoothies, muffins…pancakes, etc.

These “breakfast cookies” were borne out of my need for variety. I’ve seen quite a few recipes for breakfast cookies around but none of them were what I was looking for- either filled with sugar and definitely not something I’d want to start my day with, or just a bit too virtuous with no added sweetness or fat. And so I set out on my mission…The batter looked and tasted good and fortunately the end result didn’t disappoint. Apple & Raisin Oaty Breakfast Cookies: Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Makes 12.