vegetarian

These beauties are one of my absolutely favorite self made sweets. I love the light maca flavour and the easy preparation.

There are only a few healthy ingredients in this powerful snacks. Walnuts, maca, hemp seeds, dates, goji berries and a pinch of salt to enhance the flavour.
I got this great idea from Sarah Brittons cookbook mynewroots. Sarah is such an excellent nutritionist. You need definitively to check out her book!

Walnut maca powersnacks

for 9 quarters (4cm x 4cm)

185g walnuts
20g maca powder (I use organicburst)
30g hemp seed
375g date, round about 18
10-15 goji berries
1/2 tsp salt

Grind the walnuts middle sized and set the half walnuts one side.
Chop the Dates roughly and add them together with the maca powder and hemp seed to the grinded walnuts.

Add the other half of the walnuts and the salt at the end and kneat the mixture with your hands.

Press the mixture on a sheet and take care that the high is round about 1-1,5cm.
Cool in the fridge for minimum of 3 hours until you cut it in quarter to enjoy!
For a good texture store them in the fridge.

Raffinated sugar is ubiquit in our Society. To avoid unhealthy raffinated sugar you can use dates for preparing your sweets.

I love naturally sweets without any other additives. Preparing your own healthy Sweets is so unbelivanle easy.
And to use dates instead of any other kind of sugar is so healthy because dates are a good source of various vitamins and minerals. Its a good source of energy, sugar and fiber. Essential minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, magnesium and zinc are found in dates.  It also contains vitamins such as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin A and vitamin K.
So beginn to eat more dates YEAH!

I use raw cacao powder in These Little beauties to get a choc taste. In combination with the sweet dates it is nearly the same taste like chocolate. I love adding cacao in my Sweets because cacao beans contains natural chemicals called flavonoids, a type of antioxidant compound that promotes general health and might lower your risk of several diseases.

Choc power snacks 

200g dates
3 tbsp raw cacao powder
3 tbsp chia seeds
70g bazil nuts
a pinch of salt
a little bit of water

optional
10-20 goji berries

Chop the bazil nuts in a medium size and set the half of the chopped nuts on side.

Chop the dates and add them together with the raw cacao gradually to the other half of bazil nuts until the mixture gets sticky.

Now ad the other half of the bazil nuts, the chia seeds, salt and goji berries to the sticks mixture and stir around.

Press the mixture on a sheet and take care that the high is round about 1,5cm.
Cool in the fridge for Minimum of 1 hours until you cut it in quarter to enjoy!

You can store this Little beauties in the fridge for round about 4 weeks.

I love love love self made sweets. And since I know how simple it is to prepare my own sweets I do it regularly.

These ones are made with very healthy nuts like pistachio and cashew nuts. I love the flavour of pistachios and also the health benefits like pistachios contains a higher amount of protein in comparison with other nuts. And the amazing green colour is so welcome in my kitchen.

For a pinch of extra power I add a Little bit of matcha powder an organicburst spirulina. I love to add These suprfoods i my sweets becaus of the high level of extra vitamins.

Matcha Pistachio Coconut Balls

made 14 small balls

half a cup unsweetened coconut
half a cup raw cashew nuts
half a cup unsalted pistachios
7 dates 
1 tbsp lemon zest
2 tbsp water
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp ground vanilla
pinch of salt

optional:
1 tsp matcha powder
1/2 tsp spirulina

I like to grind half of the nuts only rough and add them to the sticky mixture ad the end. Mix all the ingredients together and form into 14 small balls an store in the fridge.