Author: Megan

When it comes to quick on the go energy most people often times do not always have time to choose the healthiest food choices and in turn that “quick energy” can be quite detrimental to your health in the long run.

When it comes to choosing healthier options for quick snacks I found these snack bites. Using dates, a mixture of almonds, pecans and walnuts, cocoa powder, pure vanilla extract, coconut flakes, chia seeds and chocolate chips.

I have made other energy bites before and posted them on my blog but these particular ones are different in that I am not using raw honey or nut butter. Sometimes it’s okay to switch it up so that you aren’t always eating the same thing over and over again.

The health benefits of these snacks are evident: pecans, walnuts, almonds, chia seed, coconut flakes but I wanted to draw particularly close attention to the benefits of consuming dates in place of refined “sugar”.

I am going to list only a few of the MANY health benefits of Dates:

• Dates are easily digested:

•allowing you to gain a lot of the beneficial vitamins and minerals

• Excellent source of soluble fiber:

•promotes healthy bowel movements and helps to prevent constipation

• High in Vitamin A:

•helps to protect your eyesight and may help to reduce night blindness

• High in B Vitamins:

•Carotenes Lutein and Zeaxanthin may help to protect against macular degeneration

• May help reduce LDL Cholesterol

•the bad cholesterol

Prep time to make these takes less than 20 minutes and will last the entire week.

Namaste Foods (www.namstefoods.com) is quickly becoming one of my go-to companies for all things food!! This company makes products which are free of the top 8 allergens, made in a 100% dedicated gluten and allergen-free facility, and most importantly still tastes like the food I have omitted over the years.

I am beyond excited to be collaborating with this AMAZING Company.

I made the Organic Devil’s Food Cake Mix but decided to make cupcakes instead of the cake. These cupcakes not only came out beautifully but they were perfectly delicious and almost too good to eat! I also decided not to make any frosting for my cupcakes but instead I wanted to slice up some sweet strawberries as my cupcake topper.

If you are curious about trying out this particular mix you WILL NOT be disappointed. I have to say even my husband, who calls himself a super “taster” who is very particular with textures, flavors and consistencies literally had no idea these cupcakes were Gluten-Free! He’s always my guinea pig and lucky for him he comes out enjoying the new cleaner and healthier ways of eating old food favorites.

I hope you try out this Organic Devil’s Cake Mix and other amazing products at www.namastefoods.com and stay tuned for a Namaste Giveaway!!!

Have a wonderful day!