Everything Breakfast Balls
Whole-food, plant-based breakfast balls packed with nutrient-dense foods: fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts and seeds. A perfect sugar-free breakfast and on-the-go snack.
Servings 30 balls
Ingredients
- 20 dates
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1 cup water, divided
- 1 orange, peeled
- 1 cooked beet
- 1 carrot, washed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup ground flax seed
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup raw walnuts, chopped
- 1/2 cup goji berries
Instructions
- Combine dates with 1/2 cup water and let soak for at least 30 minutes.
- Combine chia seeds with 1/2 cup of water in a large bowl and let soak for at least 5 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add dates, including soaking water, orange, beet, carrot and vanilla extract to a food processor fitted with an s-blade or a blender. Blend until smooth.
- Stir pureed mixture into soaked chia seeds.
- Combine oats, flax, baking powder, cinnamon, walnuts and goji berries.
- Add pureed mixture to oat mixture and stir well.
- Using a cookie scoop (1 T), form dough into balls on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until firm. Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Notes
Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
If some of these ingredients are new to you, check out our flaxseed, chia seed and goji berry posts to learn more. You can also track these ingredients down with the help of our essential ingredients post.