Party Bites aka Energy Bites

A guilt free birthday treat!

My friend Callie over at Fun and Sun Without the Buns and I like to share recipes & eat healthy as much as possible.  Every now & then we do splurge to maintain a lifestyle we are able to stick to.  But let's be real... queso. 

Anyways, Callie & I teach together so we are always sharing things with each other... food, snacks, ideas, etc.  Well this Friday is her birthday so I thought I'd whip up some of my energy bites for us.  I was at HEB getting all the ingredients & I was going for the ground flax seed when lo & behold I discovered something amazing in the world of flax seed.

It's a Chia & Flax seed blend with Coconut & Cocoa (Fair Trade Certified).  How can you ever go wrong with Coconut & Cocoa?  Plus it's rich in Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Fiber.  I looked into it after I bought it & they even suggest sprinkling it on hot cereals and yogurt, or in smoothies, puddings, pancakes, waffles and baked goods.  So of course, I had to give it a try in my energy bites. 

Somewhere in my thought process of making the energy bites, I had a wild & crazy idea to use sprinkles since it's Callie's birthday week! And I think they turned out pretty cute if you ask me.  They taste really, really good, too!  Make some & see for yourself!

Ingredients:
1 cup (dry) oatmeal (I used old-fashioned oats)
1/2 cup chia & flax seed blend*
1/2 cup peanut butter (I used organic)
1/2 cup cacao nibs
1/3 cup honey (local is best)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

*If you don't have the blend, you can substitute it with 1/2 cup flax seed & 1 tbsp chia seeds.

Directions:
Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl
Let chill for about 5-10 minutes in the fridge
Roll into balls of whatever size you like
Store in an airtight container & keep refrigerated for up to a week.

To add the sprinkles , (after you already have your bites made) pour a good amount of sprinkles into a bowl. Roll the bites in the sprinkles & use your fingers to press them in a bit.

I normally don't eat more than 2 in a day just to give you an idea of a normal portion. Try the recipe & let me know what you think! If anything, try the flax seed & chia seed blend.  Hope you enjoy my Party Bites aka Energy Bites!

xoxo,
Vanessa

Back again!

Hey everyone!

So a few months ago, I realized my original blog was gone.  I mean really gone.  I can't even get it back from the "archives" as they say.  Long story short, I was using Word Press & they charge a membership of some sort.  And I knew that getting into it, but I forgot to let them know I lost my debit card (nothing new there) and that my card number needed to be updated.  A few months had gone by until I realized this unfortunate information.  I mean let's be real, when school is in full swing & you're helping run a family business, the blog gets kicked to the curb.  Hence the fact that I didn't even notice it had vanished until it was too late.

When I finally realized I couldn't pull up my old blog,  I called the good ol' tech people of Word Press. This nice young man made me very aware that they had apparently tried to notify me "several times" that my account info needed an update.  I wish I had paid attention to those darn emails.  Truth be told, I went back to look & they had in fact contacted me a few times.  But when you have over 10K emails, things get missed.  Lesson learned the hard way.  So now, all my blog posts... ALL. OF. THEM. are gone.  No where to be found ever again.  ((tear))

Moving right along....

So now here I am with a FREE blog (thank you blogger) & I will never have to worry about losing my posts again due to a lost debit card.  I've spent hours trying to figure this whole blog theme out.  I want it to look cute but good gracious HTML codes are the worst to figure out on your own! Literally took me 2 hours to get my photo as a circle y'all.  Not even kidding.  Circle photos are under appreciated I'll tell ya that right now.

Anyway,  I'm not sure I need another thing added to my schedule (like writing blog posts), but I'm excited about it & I'm gonna give this thing a better shot!  Let me know if there's anything you'd like to read about & I'd be happy to give you my take on it.

xoxo,
Vanessa