It's Fall which as we all know means pumpkin everything! Now I'm not a BIG pumpkin fan, I do like baked pumpkin foods. Like cookies, breads, and pies, but I dislike pumpkin in my dinners, coffees and dips. I love all the hype about pumpkin though, it has amazing health benefits.
Pumpkin is loaded with Vitamin A, also has B-complex in it and is a rich source of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus. It's filled with fiber which as we all know is amazing for you.
Did you know 100g of pumpkin provided 30g of protein! It's also a great anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic for tapeworms and other parasites (ew yes, but true). Basically what I'm telling you is that pumpkin is a super food! Now you can't eat a whole loaf of pumpkin bread and think WOW that was so healthy for me, you have to pair pumpkin with other healthy ingredients. That's why I came up with these healthy pumpkin energy balls. I promise I'll have more healthy pumpkin recipes for you too as well.
So Let's Get Baking
Ingredients
- 1 Cup canned pumpkin
- 1 1/2 Cups old fashioned oats
-1/2 Cup flax seed
- 1/2 Cup unsalted almonds
- 1/4 Cup dried plums
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 1 Teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 Squares of dark chocolate for drizzling
Directions
- In a food processor combine all the ingredients and process until a paste is formed.
- Using a cookie dough scoop or melon ball scoop form balls and place them on parchment paper.
- Melt chocolate in microwave, start at 1 min stir chocolate then do 15 secs the two pieces should be done.
- Using a spoon drizzle the chocolate over the pumpkin balls.
-Refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
- To store keep in Tupperware in the fridge.
That's it, now you have a delicious little energy ball for an afternoon snack or a pre-workout snack.
