Power Nut/Date Balls

1. I'm obsessed with Dates. 2. I'm obsessed with dates....can you guess what 3 is? Yes I love dates and I'm always snacking on these little things that provide so much energy! I wanted something fun so I used the extra walnuts and dates and came up with these!

Yields: 5 large balls

What you'll need:

1 cup of raw walnuts

.5 cup walnuts for coating

10 Medjool dates

Water (optional)

Directions:

1. Add walnuts to food processor and pulse until fine. Set aside in bowl.

2. Take pitted dates and place in food processor and blend till smooth. It will be sticky and depending on how fresh your dates are you may have to add some water to make smooth.

3. After smooth, add the pulsed walnuts and mix together. You will most likely have to scrape the sides of the processor. Very sticky.

4. Take mixture out of food processor and place into bowl.

5. Using a flat surface like a paper plate or cutting board place the extra walnuts onto a plate or flat surface and lightly crush. You can make the walnuts small or large pieces, but I used small chunks.

6. Using your hands roll into ball shapes. I made 5 from this recipe, but you could make them smaller.

7. Now roll the balls through the walnut mixture. Coating all sides. They are fairly soft so make sure not to crush them.

*I have also seen people use goji berries, almonds, chocolate chips, flax and other toppings as well. Totally your performance. 

Blooming Cauliflower

Oh has it been awhile since I have been active on here; but I must say I have missed it. My life has been crazy lately with school and just trying to get back into a routine. I have been focusing on a more raw diet and continue to eat raw besides one meal a day which seems to be working for me. It amazes me how my body just reacts differently to fruit and vegetables compared to cooked and gluten rich foods. I am so glad that I have been able to pinpoint the cause of my acne and break outs. Gluten is the culprit and I admit last week I ate some gluten foods and I broke out like crazy. Which is amazing to me that all this time I attributed it to stress...nope gluten.

A follower on Instagram requested that I share the recipe for the roasted cauliflower so here it is. Also, I am one to just throw stuff together and I judge my dishes based on texture, temperature, look and smell not just on measurements, so please adapt to what you have or desire.   

What you need:
I head of cauliflower
2 tbs nutritional yeast
Coconut oil spray
Pepper

Sauce:
1/2 can chickpeas
2 tbs ketchup

Directions:
1. Turn oven to 400 degrees
2. Wash and cut the cauliflower into smaller pieces.
3. Spray pan with coconut spray then place cauliflower on the tray and spray cauliflower with coconut spray.
4. Place in oven for about 15-20 minutes or until slightly golden.
5. Take out of oven and sprinkle with nutritional yeast and pepper
6. Place back into oven for about 10-12 minutes or until brown and crispy on the bottom. (If you want you can turn them over half way through)


Sauce:
In a food processor blend the chickpeas with some water till a hummus consistency, add ketchup and mix.