Aaliyah Rose: Lime and coconut energy bites

Today I had my first full day off in ages so decided to bake some goodies.

Since starting this clean eating be healthy shizz I have been following a tonne of healthy blogs , Facebook pages and instagrams. I kept on seeing these no bake energy balls and I was pretty intrigued. I keep craving sweets or chocolate so needed something to satisfy my sweet craving.

This morning I cycled to sainsburys on my lovely pink bike to buy the ingrediants.

I will start off with the lime and coconut ones

I bought a bag of pitted dates, flaked almonds, cashews, vanilla essence, grated coconut and limes.

Ingredients

1/2 cup almonds
1/2 cup pecans
1 1/2 cups dates, pitted
zest and juice from 3 key limes
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
Raw coconut oil
Vanilla essence
salt

Method

I put the almonds and cashews in my food processor. I pulsed the nuts until they were finely chopped and started to make a bit of a paste. I added the dates, not all at once, as the blender wouldn't be too happy. I blitzed the dates then added the rest and carried on blitzing till the dates and the nuts started to blend together. I then grated 3 limes and added all the zest and juiced the limes adding all the lime juice. I put a little bit of salt in, added a small bit of raw coconut oil and continued to blend. Once all blended I moved the mixture to a bowl. I sprinkled out a thick layer of the grated coconut on a board and started to make 1 inch round balls in the palm of my hand before rolling them in the coconut.
I continued making my balls untill all the mixture was gone then stored in an air tight container in the fridge for 2 - 3 hours till their fully set.

Altogether it took me around an hour. Im sure it will take a lot less time next time now I know what im doing. Pretty simple really and they are full of goodness, cant wait to tuck in tonight !

Dates :)