Did some experimentin’ today. Was pretty fun. Made lotsa good clean food.
The first thing I made were bliss balls. Which I did a lot of reading up on online on and the entire time thought I needed a bunch of really fancy ingredients for but these are really things you can make with whatever you have lying around. I would recommend starting with a base of fresh dates though, because they have a bulkiness to them that’s sort of the perfect texture and sweetness. Other than that you just need to adjust things according to the texture you want and the taste.
7 dates – seeds removed
About half a cup of cranberries
A combination of cashews, walnuts and almonds – as much as your heart desires
1 tsp acai powder
1 tsp cacao powder
A pinch of salt
Desiccated coconut
So I pretty much just blended everything together except for the coconut and used that to toss them through after I formed the mixture into balls about 1 tsp in size. I like them to be quite small so you have more control over how much you eat. These are really great before a big walk or a workout and travel really well also.
Nice cream seems to be crazy popular right now and I’m not even in the least surprised why. It’s freakin’ amazing. And where has it been all my life. Essentially just frozen banana whizzed up and then you can add whatever you want to flavour it but you don’t even have to do that.
This was my lunch #sorrynotsorry.
2 bananas
2 tsp cacao powder
Magic.
The previous two things I had made before or at least attempted. This last thing I was hella intimidated by. But now I can’t see why. It was amazingly simple and so delicious and filling.
1 brown onion
6 garlic cloves
6 small red chillies
2 x 400g tins chickpeas (drained and rinsed, obv)
2 tsp coriander
1/2 cup wholewheat flour
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp tahini
1 tsp spirulina powder
So the first thing I did was put the onion, garlic and chilli into my magic bullet so it got real liquidy, real quick. Then I whizzed up my chickpeas whose texture became very interesting and very inconsistent because I guess the magic bullet was not quite up to all that volume, however we must persist. The inconsistent texture was actually a rather nice side effect, I’ve decided, as it made the falafel feel a bit more… substantial? Then I mixed everything else together in a bowl and when I went to form it into balls it was not having a bar of it because it was a bit too smooth. So I ended up doing what I normally do and treated it sort of like pancake batter. So I essentially spooned the mixture into a hot pan with a small amount if oil in it and made sure to press firmly down to ensure even cooking. It required quite a bit of heat and I just flipped when golden and then drained on some paper towel. Didn’t take too long at all and was a really good dinner served with some sriracha, slaw and corn bread but you can have it however you like. I think it’d make a perfect vego replacement to a burger pattie.
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