With all this good food that I'm eating I do have to watch my waistline a bit, most people in Australia would have heard of Lola Berry by now. The young, blonde nutritionist that makes healthy food look and taste awesome.
I've had her 20/20 Diet Cookbook for a while, and have tried a few things. To be honest, I'm not very good when it comes to staying away from desserts, so when I found this recipe in her book I had to try it.
These tangy little balls are delicious and yet healthy. Win/win I think!
Lemon Pie Bites
150 g (1 ½ cups) almond meal*
45 g (½ cup) desiccated coconut
3 tablespoons maple syrup
juice of 3 lemons
zest of 1 lemon
1 vanilla pod, split and scraped
125 ml (½ cup) coconut oil, melted
pinch pink salt
60 g (1 cup) shredded coconut, for rolling*
Put all the ingredients (except the coconut for rolling) in a food processor and blitz for 30 seconds.
Place a teaspoonful of the mixture into your palm and shape into a little ball. Roll in the shredded coconut and place on a plate. Repeat until you have used up all of the mixture. Refrigerate for about 20 minutes or until firm. Store in a plastic container in the fridge or freezer.
*Notes:
I used a Thermomix, so instead of using almond meal I just blitzed 150g of raw almonds, a bit cheaper than almond meal.
Rolling the bites is much easier with slightly damp hands. I actually used of mixture of shredded and desiccated coconut for rolling.
