Hot cross bun protein balls
Time: 25 minutes | Serves: 10-12 Gluten Free / Dairy Free / Vegetarian
If you are looking for a healthier alternative to chocolates post-easter, these Hot Cross Bun Protein Balls recipe will not disappoint.
In addition to being super simple to make (you basically just mix everything together and store in the fridge until ready to eat), the recipe doesn’t contain any sugar and doubles as a tasty post workout snack too.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup almond meal
- 1/4 cup dessicated coconut
- 1/4 cup vanilla protein powder
- 2 tbsp Mayver’s Unsalted Peanut Butter
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/4 tsp orange zest
- 1/4 cup currants
- 1/4 tsp mixed spice
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
Method
- In a mixing bowl combine Mayver’s Unsalted Peanut Butter with orange juice
- Add remaining ingredients and mix to combine well. Used hands to mix well if needed.
- Texture should hold together once rolled into a ball. Use 1 tbsp extra orange juice if needed.
Store in refrigerator until ready to eat.
Recipe tips: Add more spice to taste. A pinch of vanilla powder can add an extra punch of flavour.
This recipe was provided by Casey-Lee Lyons from @livelovenourishaus and www.livelovenourish.com.au
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Dark Roasted Peanut Butter Pancakes
Time: 15 minutes | Serves: 2-3 Gluten Free / Dairy Free / Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 2 Tbsp coconut sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp Mayvers dark roasted peanut butter
- 3/4 cup almond milk
- 1/2 ripe mashed banana
- 1/2 tsp coconut oil (for pan)
Method
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl, then add the wet ingredients. Stir to combine.
- Heat a pan over medium heat and add coconut oil, spoon batter in the pan, cook for 2 minutes either side.
- Top with your favourite toppings
This recipe was provided by April’s Taste Tester Emerson McMaster from @emerson_cooks
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Dark Chocolate Rose Brownies
Time: 30 minutes | Serve: 9
Gluten free / Dairy free / Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup medjool dates, pitted
- 2 Tbsp Mayver’s Unhulled Tahini
- 1 425g can black beans, drained and rinsed well
- 1/2 cup quinoa flakes
- 1/2 cup rice malt syrup
- 2 drops food-grade rose essential oil
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/4 cup dutch pressed cacao
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp gluten and aluminium free baking powder
- 50 grams vegan 80-90% dark chocolate, chopped into rough pieces Desiccated/shredded coconut
- Edible rose petals
Method
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
- Place black beans, dates, rice malt, Mayver’s Tahini and rose oil in a food processor, blending until very smooth. Add almond meal, cacao, baking powder and salt, and blend again until uniform.
- Transfer to a bowl, stirring in chocolate chips.
- Pour into a 10-inch square tin lined with baking paper and cook for 15 – 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and stand for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Decorate with powdered coconut and edible rose petals. To powder coconut- Simply add desiccated/shredded coconut to a coffee grinder and blend on high, until a powdered consistency has formed.
This recipe was developed by @panaceas_pantry.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Avocado Mousse
Gluten Free / Dairy Free / Sugar Free / Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 Avocado
- 2 Tbsp Peanut and Cacao spread (Link: http://mayvers.com.au/product/mayvers-pure-state-organic-
peanut-cacao-spread/) 2 Tbsp maple syrup - 1 Tbsp cacao powder
- A drop of vanilla extract Raspberries
Method
Place all ingredients in a blender and whiz until smooth Decorate with raspberries
Enjoy!
This recipe was provided by the talented @hazel_and_cacao.
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Protein + Peanut Butter, Raspberry and Chia Puddings
Serve: 1
Gluten free / Dairy free / Vegetarian
Ingredients
- Mayver’s Protein + Peanut Butter layer 1⁄4 cup white chia seeds
- 1 cup nut milk of choice
- 1⁄2 cup Mayver’s Protein + Peanut butter
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- Raspberry Layer
- 1⁄4 cup white chia seeds
- 1 cup nut milk of choice
- 1 cup frozen or fresh raspberries
Optional - Extra berries and Mayver’s Protein + Peanut Butter
Method
- In a blender, mix all the peanut butter layer ingredients and then pour into the bottom of your jars.
- Mix all raspberry layer ingredients in blender and pour on top.
- Keep in the fridge for up to 2 days.
- Serve with extra Mayver’s Protein + Peanut Butter and berries if desired.
This delicious recipe was provided by the talented Claire from The Healthy French Wife.
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Peanut Butter Coconut Chia Buckwheat Parfait
Time: 5 minutes
Gluten Free / Dairy Free / Sugar Free
Ingredients
- Coconut chia pudding 2 Tbsp chia seeds
- 1 cup coconut milk 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 Tbsp coconut sugar
- Peanut Coconut Buckwheat porridge
- 1/4 cup raw buckwheat (soaked in water overnight and drained)
- 1 tsp psyllium
- 1 heaped tsp Mayver’s Peanut & Coconut spread (Link: http://mayvers.com.au/product/mayvers- pure-state-organic-peanut-coconut-spread/)
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1 tsp coconut sugar (more to taste)
Method
- Stir pudding ingredients well and leave in the fridge overnight.
- Blend all porridge ingredients. Adding liquid and sweetener to suit.
- Layer the two puddings with some fruit and buckwheat groats and top with more Peanut and Coconut spread!
This delicious healthy breakfast was provided by @healthyeating_jo
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Peanut Butter Banana Pancakes
Time: 5-8 minutes | 2 serves
Gluten Free / Vegetarian / Sugar Free
Ingredients
- Gluten free
- 1 large ripe banana, mashed
- 2 tbsp Mayver’s Dark Roasted Peanut Butter 2 extra large free range eggs
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
Method
- In a mixing bowl, combine the mashed banana, eggs and Mayver’s Dark Roasted peanut butter. Mix well to combine.
- Heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan. Spoon mixture onto pan into small pancake shapes. Cook for approximately 2 minutes on both sides, or until cooked through.
This delicious recipe was designed and created by Brisbane nutritionist and recipe developer Casey-Lee Lyons from Live Love Nourish.
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Nikolina is the new web-obsessed Digital Editor at Men’s and Women’s Health, responsible for all things social media and .com. A lover of boxing, she has a mean punch inside and out of the ring. She was previously a Digital Editor at GQ and Vogue magazine.
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