Name of Recipe: Nutty Protein Quinoa Balls (adapted from the Lose Baby Weight recipes)
Makes: 15 Balls
Ingredients:1/3 cup quinoa, rinsed (I used red quinoa)
2/3 cup water
16 whole pitted dates (the supermarket packet variety)
75g raw almonds
100g crunchy peanut butter
50g dark choclate chips, optional
Preparation:Place quinoa and water into a saucepan. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 minute or until all water has been absorbed.
Take off heat. Transfer to a small bowl and
leave to sit for at least two hours in the fridge or overnight. Place the pitted dates into the TMX bowl and Closed Lid Position – Turbo (hold down a few seconds) until finely chopped.
Add the almonds and pulse until finely chopped. Closed Lid Position – Turbo – hold down a few seconds. Scrape down.
Add the cooled quinoa and peanut butter and pulse until all the ingredients are finely chopped and thoroughly combined. Closed Lid Position – Turbo – 3 times.
Optional: Add choc chips and combine by putting in Reverse – Speed 4 – 10 seconds.
Roll the mixture to form meatball-size balls. Can eat straight away or chill until firm.
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Tips/Hints:A quick and simple recipe that is a healthy snack!
Hints/tips from membersCookie1 - I used white quinoa and cooked it in the tmx. I added a tiny bit of crio bru and some choc chips. Next time I will smash the choc chips up a bit. They were lovely without the chocolate but I think a tiny bit of chocolate taste really added to it. The quinoa gives it a tiny crunch with the almonds. You have to really squish it together when making the balls.
Jeninwa - I made my own peanut butter and added some crio and some raw cacao powder.
Persistenttiger - How wet is the mixture meant to be? It's so sticky I am not sure how I will roll it... have put it in the fridge to see if it firms up enough to roll. I didn't cook the quinoa as per instructions, I did it the way I normally do (just cooked and then drained), so I think the quinoa was wetter than it needed to be. I added some more almonds and some oat bran to help dry it out a bit, then rolled in some shredded coconut.
Kulsha - They were delicious and I love the texture. I halved the dates and used my fave dark choc from health section of woollies, which I grated in TMX first - still plenty sweet enough with reduced dates. I must have rolled mine small as I got 37 balls out of this mix.
