Hey all! How's everyone's Tuesday's going?!
After a long traipse on various blogging sites yesterday, I came across a recipe for these No-Bake Almond Prune bites. Actually, the recipe originally contained dates, but I replaced them for the prunes seeing as they were already in the cupboard ;). You can find the original recipe here.
This is a super rapido recipe and doesn't require a whole lot of ingredients. All you need is:
140g raw unsalted almonds
3 TBS peanut butter (or almond butter - I used peanut for the same reason as the prunes...)
Around 14 dried prunes
A small handful of sultanas
A dash of almond milk (I used around 5TBS)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chop or blend your almonds (I used a food processor to ground the almonds, but I'm thinking roughly chopped would create a better overall texture), followed by the prunes (chop chop!). Add the 3TBS of peanut butter and mix. Gradually add the milk, TBS by TBS. Then use those arm muscles to their best abilities and mix it all together. Nice one.
Now you just have to roll into balls and place onto a sheet of greaseproof paper on a baking tray, and pop into the fridge! Et voila. Each little bite contains approx 80 calories, 5g fat (only 0.4g being saturated, so mostly the good kind!), and 7.6g total carbs. Also, 2.2g protein - not too shabby for a (somewhat glorified with a healthy make-over) cookie!
I will be consuming one as a pre-workout treat this afternoon (or rather in 20 minutes, actually), as I have a gym induction at 5pm. I'm planning on joining a local community-based gym, because I literally feel lost without my regular exercise routine (now that my parents are back I can't quite use the living room as my makeshift gym zone... (Byebye daily Jillian Michaels, sad face).
It's offering a year's membership for £200, which excludes the BOGOF deal - so, £100 each when you join with a friend - or boyfriend, in my case! Not bad, huh?! Can't really go wrong there.
Wish me luck!
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