Matcha Energy Balls
I’m a serious snacker and can’t go through a day without snacking in between meals.
As many of you already know, I I suffer with IBS (irritable bowl syndrome) and have basically endured abdominal and digestive discomfort for most of my adult life – on a daily basis! I haven’t had a day where I haven’t felt bloated at some point during the day. I’ve tried all kinds of things and have cut out different foods to try to determine a food sensitivity, but without any luck.
Early on in the year, I went to see a nutritional therapist who advised me to take a comprehensive gut test to check the health of my bowels. To cut the story short it turned out that I had 2 parasites and one form of bad bacteria lurking in my gut. To be honest I’m not at all surprised. Growing up in a third world, war torn country meant that not everything I ate was clean. I remember times when we turned on the tap only to find the water was brown!
Anyway, so I’ve been following a protocol to hopefully eradicate these nasties and get my gut to a tip top condition. Until then, I need to continue trying to manage the symptoms.
One of the things that does help with my IBS is to eat little and often. So I generally eat smaller meals which means I start feeling peckish 2-3 hours later. That’s when I get a snack attack and need to eat something to keep me going and to increase my energy levels.
Energy balls are one of the best snacks out there! Really easy to make, packed with fibre and healthy fats making them low GI meaning they’re digested slowly. They’re naturally sweet so there is no need to add processed or refined sugars, and they’re really easy to make. I like to prepare a big batch at the beginning of the week and store them in the fridge. That way I know I have something healthy and delicious to snack on throughout the week.
These matcha energy balls only call for 4 ingredients – dates, cashews, matcha and coconut oil to help the mixture hold together.
As I mentioned in my vanilla matcha latte post, matcha is one of the best sources of antioxidants. It’s also naturally high in caffeine making it an amazing addition to snacks to increase their energy boosting properties.
- 1 cup (160G) dates
- 1 cup (150g) cashews
- 1 tsp PureChimp matcha green tea powder
- 2-3 tbsp coconut oil (depending on how soft your dates are)
- WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS
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Thanks Angie 😀
Killing it with the matcha recipes, Nadia!
To be honest, I really think I have a parasite too….I need to get more tests because my tummy seems to be getting worse and worse :/ Some days get completely lost and I can’t even move out of bed 🙁
Oh no! Digestive problems are so horrible and effect your entire body and mood! I would definitely recommend getting tested. I’m still struggling with symptoms but I’m making changes to my diet and supplements so I’m hoping slowly but surely things will start to improve!
I love Pure Chimp matcha, it’s so tasty. These energy balls look great. A friend of mine recently found out she had 2 parasites, and she cut out yeast, sugar and alcohol and has managed to get rid of them!
Pure chimp is the only matcha powder I like! I’ve tried others but they tasted bitter.
Oh it’s great to hear your friend managed to get rid of her parasites! I avoid yeast and don’t drink alcohol. Sugar is my downfall! I am making more of a conscious effort to avoid it out as much as possible.
Gosh how terrible, it’s great that you’ve found ways to help manage your IBS! These look yummy – and so easy to make 🙂
Thank you 🙂 it’s a work in progress 🙂
I’m so sorry to hear that, but it’s nice that you find little meals helpful 🙂
These energy balls look amazing, you’ve already got me with matcha. And just 4 ingredients, totally stunning! Pinned, of course!
Thank you lovely! The biggest step is identifying the cause which I hopefully have done. Fingers crossed the changes I’m making to my diet/supplements will fix it!
Just 4 ingredients and you’ll get these magical balls? I am in. They look too pretty to eat, but I will have to eat them because I don’t think that can’t resist these.
These look delicious! I love matcha and this looks like a great recipe.
These are seriously amazing! 🙂 I thought my batch would last all week but unfortunately they were gone in 4 days!!!
I’m so glad you liked them Aliza 😀 I make double the amount and store them in the fridge for snacks/treats.