Nutty Quinoa Protein Ball Recipe
Making your own protein snacks is a great way to save money as well as know exactly what is going into your protein and healthy eating snack.
Last week we brought you chickpea and chocolate chip protein cookies and this week we have gone for a nutty quinoa protein ball – we hope you enjoy!
We have also used dates in this protein snack recipe as they are super sweet, and are a brilliant way to make foods sweet without adding sugar, plus the quinoa is packed with protein.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup quinoa, rinsed
- 2/3 cup water
- 16 whole pitted dates
- ½ cup raw almonds
- 1/3 cup crunchy natural peanut butter
- ¼ cup dark chocolate chips (can omit if you want to cut calories or add raisons)
Directions
- Place quinoa and water into a saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes until all of the water has been absorbed. Take off the heat and leave to sit for at least two hours in the fridge – you can also leave it overnight.
- Pulse the dates in a food processor until finely chopped. Add the almonds and pulse again and then add the quinoa mixture and peanut butter and pulse until the ingredients are finely chopped into each other and thoroughly combined.
- Fold in the dark chocolate chips. Roll the mixture into 12 balls and chill until firm.
Recipe makes 12 balls. Calories per serving (ball): 135, fat per serving (ball): 6.5g, protein per ball 6.9g
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What would be the recommended serving ?
Would be great if you could include the serving amount with these recipes.
We would suggest 1-2 but it depends on how hungry you are, what your BMR is and if you are breastfeeding x
and of course if you or someone in your household is allergic to peanuts.. you can always use tahini as a substitute
tastes just like peanuts!
These are awesome, easy and quick to make, and i don’t feel as guilty as i would eating just dark chocolate be itself
Oh my goodness these are the tastiest protein balls I’ve ever made, and I’ve made a lot!! I used ABC spread (almond, brazil nut & cashew) instead of peanut butter and also rolled them in coconut as they looked a bit funny
Thank you for the best morning tea. My 2 year old loves them also!!
I made these but quinoa isn’t gluten free so I used quinoa flakes instead. They weren’t setting in the fridge so put them in the freezer and they are yummo frozen!!
Quinoa is gluten free I use it all the time I would be lost without it
I just made these with tahini and no chocolate (it wouldn’t have made it into the mix if I’d bought it!) and they are delicious. My whole family loves them.
Hi, i really dont like peanut butter, what could I add instead?
Almond butter would be good too