Angie's Recipes . Taste Of Home

Browse » Home » All posts

Vegan, Gluten-Free Turmeric Coconut Energy Balls

Monday, April 08, 2019

Filled with super healthy ingredients like coconut oil, turmeric, and freshly grated ginger that boost anti-inflammatory properties, improve your skin and your mood, and help protect against cancer, these sweet and spicy energy bites are vegan, gluten free, grain-free, refined sugar free and take just minutes to make. They are perfect for a pre-workout boost or for when you are on the go.

80 g Coconut flour
1 tbsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp Freshly grated ginger root
1/4 tsp Freshly milled white peppercorn
80 g Cashew butter
60 g Coconut syrup
3 tbsp Coconut oil, melted
Desiccated coconut for coating

In a mixing bowl, add in coconut flour, turmeric powder, and freshly grated ginger root.
In another bowl, mix cashew butter, coconut syrup and coconut oil. Heat over low heat until melted and combined.
Pour the melted mixture into the coconut flour mixture. Mix until well combined. Cover with a plastic wrap and set aside and let sit for 30 minutes.
Shape the mixture into 18-20 balls and coat with desiccated coconut. Chill in an airtight container for a week, or freeze up to 3 months.

Read On 46 comments

Black Radish Salad with Radicchio and Cucumber

Monday, April 01, 2019

A platter of cucumber, black radish and radicchio topped with black sesame seeds and tossed with a homemade yoghurt dressing. Add a few olives and some crumbled Feta or Cheddar bites and you have a complete meal.

	Tzatziki
1 Cucumber, ends trimmed and thinly sliced 1/3 Black radish, shredded 1/2 head Radicchio, thinly sliced 1-2 tsp Black sesame seeds, toasted Fresh parsley leaves as garnish, optional	100 g Full-fat Greek yoghurt 1 Cucumber, deseeded, grated 2 Garlic cloves, crushed 1 Lemon, rind finely grated, juiced Pepper and salt to taste

Combine yoghurt, cucumber, garlic, lemon rind, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, salt and pepper in a bowl. Cover. Refrigerate until required.
Arrange sliced cucumber on a platter. Top with sliced radicchio and shredded black radish. Sprinkle the toasted black sesame seeds over. Garnish with parsley leaves if using. Serve with prepared tzatziki.