I used to buy "energy balls" from our local health food shop for my daughter as a snack. She absolutely loved them but at £1.45 a pop they didn't feature on the menu too often ! Fortunately for the food budget I found a recipe in an old Good Food magazine which I have adapted to suit me. It's dead easy and only takes a few minutes to whizz together and even better, costs only about £7 for the whole recipe. All you need is a food processor.
100g blanched whole almonds
500g ready to eat whole dried figs
80g diced ready to eat apricots
2 tbsp mixed seeds - hemp, linseed, pumpkin, sesame etc
50g dried blueberries
1 tbsp honey
generous pouring of pollen grains (you can buy these in health food shops)
toasted coconut to coat
Process the almonds until roughly chopped and tip into a bowl. Whizz the figs in a processor until it forms a rather unpleasant looking paste. Tip the figgy squidge into the almonds with the other ingredients and get in amongst it with your hands to mix it all up. Form into small balls and roll in coconut. Makes about 20-24. Store in an airtight container. You can adapt the fruit/seeds/nuts to suit your tastes
"Yummy, Mummy !"
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