To my gorgeous followers.... you need these coconut fat balls in your life! Why.... because they are LOADED with healthy fats. Healthy fats are essential to a well-balanced diet. Too often in clinic, I see clients who aren't consuming enough healthy fats for optimal health. These coconut fat balls make the perfect snack and are an easy and delicious way to bump up the healthy fat content in your diet.
3 reasons why healthy fats are essential for optimal health:
1. Fats help us digest fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, and K and keep our brains, cells, hormones, tissues, hair, skin, and nails healthy.
2. Fat provides the structural component to many cell membranes which are essential for cellular development and carrying various messages (hormones) through our body quickly.
3. Fats can help prevent sugar cravings. The satiety receptors in the brain for fats work faster than sugar, so after consuming fats we feel full and satisfied more quickly and remain that way for longer (hello stable blood sugar levels)!
Ingredients:
Method:
Add nuts and seeds into a food processor and process until it forms a flour-like consistency (leave a few chunks if you prefer more crunch).
Add all the remaining ingredients to the food processor and blend until you get a dough-like consistency.
Roll the dough into bite-sized balls (roughly 18 balls), and roll these into the rest of the shredded coconut.
NOTES: For a nut-free version swap nuts with seeds.
You can store these balls in a container in the freezer or in the fridge. I like them in the freezer and then take 1-2 balls out and let them thaw for a couple of minutes before consuming! YUM!
Ingredients
Directions
Add nuts and seeds into a food processor and process until it forms a flour-like consistency (leave a few chunks if you prefer more crunch).
Add all the remaining ingredients to the food processor and blend until you get a dough-like consistency.
Roll the dough into bite-sized balls (roughly 18 balls), and roll these into the rest of the shredded coconut.
NOTES: For a nut-free version swap nuts with seeds.
You can store these balls in a container in the freezer or in the fridge. I like them in the freezer and then take 1-2 balls out and let them thaw for a couple of minutes before consuming! YUM!
