This month is all about clean eating following on from all the Christmas festivities.
We are just back from a weekend break to London and I have to admit our clean eating only really started when we got back. We love to go down the capital city this time of year as January is a bit of a pants month I find. A wee trip to London just sets us off in the right mood.
And now that we are back it is a healthy eating regimen (no diets, I hate that word) and a bit more exercise.
To help in the exercise department, I made these bliss bites to give a much needed boost of energy before or after a workout.
They are designed to taste just like hummingbird cake, you know, with pineapple, banana, coconut and cinnamon. But instead of the butter, sugar and flour, we have dried pineapple, desiccated coconut, dried banana, coconut oil, cinnamon and some other ingredients to give a healthy, but tasty take on it.
I used my Optimum 9400 blender from Froothie which powered through the sticky mass of ingredients. The result was a sticky ‘dough’ which I shaped into little discs and dusted in the desiccated coconut.
I chilled them before giving them a try just so everything sets nicely. The balls, or whatever shape you choose to make them in, taste just like the cake and are perfect for a delicious, tasty infused, not too sinful treat.
Here’s how I made them.
(Dried pineapple and banana can be bought from health food shops, but you can also buy them easily online.)
Hummingbird Bliss Ballsby S Vettese January-10-2017Dried pineapple and banana pulsed together into little balls of blissIngredients
- 125 grams dried pineapple
- 120 grams dried banana
- 55 grams chopped, stoned dates
- 25 grams coconut oil
- 15 grams milled chia seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- desiccated coconut
I'm entering these treats into this month's Treat Petite hosted by Kat at The Baking Explorer, and this month by me!
Disclosure Statement: I was sent the blender free to review. Any opinions expressed are my own.
