Healthy Afternoon Snack - Our favourite Bliss Ball recipe

Bliss Balls are the perfect afternoon snack. A little healthy something to get you through to dinner time. I remember eating a Byron Bay Bliss Ball (while on holiday in Byron) about 10 years ago and trying to guess what was in there and recreate it. I never quite managed it but I did happen to stumble across heaps of different recipes and the one below is our favourite.

Recipe for Bliss Balls

1 x cup of pitted dates

1 1/2 x tablespoons of unprocessed cocoa powder

2 x tablespoons of raw cacao powder

2 x teaspoons of vanilla bean paste

1 cup combined of almonds & cashews

Desiccated coconut for rolling the balls into.

I just throw everything into the food processor together and give it a blitz.

Keep pulsing until all the nuts are finely chopped.

Use damp hands and roll them into balls.

Roll the balls in desiccated coconut.

Store in the fridge.

Super simple!

Another good one is this Peanut Butter Brownie Bliss Ball

Recipe found here

Do you like Bliss Balls? What's your favourite recipe?

7 Afternoon Tea Ideas for kids. Lots of fruit, in different ways!

When the boys come home from school I always make sure I have something ready for their afternoon tea. I think we all remember how starving we were after school!

I like to mix it up a bit with fruit, muffins, bliss balls, sandwiches, cake, veggies + dip.  Of course some things are more popular than others but I always try to offer variety through the week.

  

It's amazing how rearranging fruit in a different way can make it seem exciting and tastier and make them forget about cake!

I get lots of ideas over at Pinterest and it is always fun to give them a try. Like I said it's not an everyday thing. Just something I do when I have the time.

Here are a few of the boys favourites -

Orange Fish

Watermelon Cake

Fruity pizza

Summer Fruit Salad

Fruit Kebabs

The addition of a marshmallow makes all the difference! ;)

Sometimes I do a smoothie or fruity water.

Of course sometimes all you feel like is chocolate cake!

You can see more of my pins over here

What are your favourite afternoon snacks?