This past week, I’ve been craving an afternoon snack at the office. I partlyblame the weather for it (since it’s cold enough for my body to demand fat) andon my appetite after all the Christmas food, so I always have a few nuts withme to stop the hunger. As I had time today, I thought of making a few energyballs to take with me to the office and binge. If you read my blog, you’ll knowthat I have a special love for energy balls, homogeneous balls, that is, fromdates and nuts, and I have made energy balls with any nut and super food yourmind can think of. I’ve wanted to make matcha energy balls for a while now, asit’s one of my favourite super foods. I recently I had a conversation with myfriend Nicolas telling me how tasty the combination of pistachio and matcha is. It was therefore a matter of time to put everything together. It’s also a very common combination of Arabic desserts as they fit perfectly. Imagine a combination of pistachio, dates, matcha, coconut and cashew nuts: A craze! It’s a snack rich in good fat that will give you energy when you need it with high iron, magnesium, zinc and antioxidant properties. In addition, matcha will naturally wake you up without all the side effects of caffeine! If you don’t have matcha at home and want to make a children’s snack for school, you can easily skip matcha. Moreover, the perfect way to take these snacks with you at work are these terrific Sanitas paper bags. They come with a sticker to seal the bag!
Ingredients (for about 10 balls)
– 12 dates
– ¾ cup of cashews
– ¼ cup of Aigini pistachios
– ¼ cup of dessicated coconut
– 1 spoon of coconut oil
– 2 tsp of Matcha
– 2 more spoons of pistachios crushed into small pieces for the balls’ surface
Preparation
– Blend all ingredients in a food processor with a large bucket. If you use the multi, I would suggest you split the materials in two instalments. Start from the nuts; after they are crushed, add the dough and then the rest of the ingredients slowly.
– Once the blend becomes a sticky, solid ball, then you begin moulding.
– Take about a half a spoon of the dough and roll it into a ball.
– Pour the crushed pistachios into a small dish and roll the ball into the pistachios until it is well covered.