These delicious little morsels make the perfect snack when dinner’s late or you are looking for a post exercise pick me up. They also double up as super gut health food.
Rich in fibre and a good source of protein, they are loaded with natural ingredients to support a strong gut lining (to help prevent the development of food intolerances) and with a generous serving of nuts and seeds, they are great for regulating bowel movements - perfect if you have a constipated picture.
The wonderfully sweet blueberries add polyphenols to the mixture, a type of phytonutrient loved by the gut protecting bacteria akkermansia muciniphila.
Keeping akkermansia topped up with a daily supply of polyphenols stimulates the abundance of this species, which noursih the gut lining and are held to be a marker of a healthy gut microbiome.
Here's the recipe.
Ingredients
100g frozen blueberries, defrosted
40g honey
15g coconut oil, room temperature
100g rolled oats
75g mixed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower and flax)
75g chopped nuts (I used walnut, Brazil and cashew)
25g cranberries
25g golden raisins
1cm cube of fresh ginger, finely chopped
1/4 lime, squeezed
1/2 tsp of vanilla bean paste (optional)
Method
Add all ingredients to a bowl.
Mix the ingredients together and squeeze with your hands to burst the blueberries and distribute the coconut oil evenly.
Divide into 13 evenly sized portions and roll into balls.
Refrigerate for 1 hour or bake in the oven 180C for lined baking tray for 15 minutes
Enjoy!
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