Lemon Date Protein Balls

These lemon date protein balls are delicious and easy to take on the go! Make a bunch and eat them throughout the week

Season: summer/spring

Preparation: 15 minutes

Ingredients for 16 balls:

• 10 dates

• 1 lemon (zest and juice)

• 1/4 cup crushed almonds

• 2 tbsp chia

• 1 tsp turmeric

• ¾ cups oats

• ½ cup coconut shreds

Directions:

1. Soak dates in warm water for 5-10 minutes

2. Remove pits and mix together the softened dates, lemon zest and juice, almonds, chia, and turmeric (you can use a food processor, manual tool, or just your hands!)

3. Then, mix in the oats

4. Use your hands to roll the mixture into bit-size balls

5. Then, pour coconut shreds into a small bowl, and roll each ball around in the bowl so that they are lightly coated into coconut shreds

6. Enjoy room-temperature, refrigerated, or frozen!

7. Store the protein balls in the fridge for up to two weeks; after two weeks, they should be stored in the freezer!

Nutritional values per portion (2 balls): 208 calorie | 3.6 g protein | 30.7 g of carbs of which 20.4 g is sugar | 7.4 g fat | 4 g fiber

CO2 Emission per portion (2 balls): 134 g