Recipe: Lemon & Coconut Bliss Balls
These lemon and coconut bliss balls are OMG delicious. The piquant taste of lemon combined with the sweetness of dates and nuttiness of almonds, pumpkin seeds and coconut. Mmmmmm.
Because the bliss balls don’t contain refined sugar your body is more amenable to them. To clarify, dates are a low GI sweetener so one or two won’t spike your blood sugar. And this is important as fluctuating blood sugar is one of the reasons for midlife weight gain. Furthermore, they’re nutrient rich.
The inclusion of the protein powder in the bliss balls adds a little bit of filling sustenance. In addition, it will also help keep blood sugar stable. What’s more, it’s a great way to include more protein in midlife.
With that said, it doesn’t mean it would be a good idea to sit down and polish off a pile of bliss balls in one sitting! Too many will impact your blood sugar but by all means enjoy one or two.
Lemon & Coconut Bliss Ball Ingredients
Serves 6-12
- 1 lemon – juiced
- 1 cup dates
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/3 cup shredded coconut
- 1 scoop protein powder of your choice or swap out 1/3-1/2 cup fine almond flour
Method
Prep time: 7 minutes
- Pop everything into a food processor and whizz together
- If you’ve swapped the protein powder for flour and the mixture seems a bit dry add a drop of water to it.
- Roll into balls with your hands.
- Spread some coconut on a sheet of baking paper or a tray and roll the balls in the coconut to coat them.
