Category: Healthy Snacks

Healthy Snack Ideas

Vegan Buffalo Dip

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I know the Super Bowl is over, BUT I had to share this recipe as I’ve made it for several social gatherings and it’s so dang good! It’s based off of my OG Dairy-free Buffalo Chicken Dip, but now I sub the chicken with jackfruit and have found some really amazing organic brands to make this dip just as creamy as the original. Needless to say, this was the main event for our Super Bowl snacking last night (obvs with a side of guac + veggies/chips). “Little Adapt”: Portion out a small bowl of tortilla chips or crackers and then have a huge platter of chopped veggies to use for dipping. That way you can maximize your nutrients + fiber and feel good about satisfying that buffalo flavor!


Vegan Buffalo Dip
 
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Serves: 6-8
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  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Drain and rinse the jackfruit thoroughly. Then shred into small pieces.
  3. Mix cream cheese, cheese, and buffalo sauce together in a bowl. Then add in shredded jackfruit and mix until everything is combined.
  4. Place in medium pyrex or baking dish.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and the edges are browned. I like to broil for the last few minutes to get it nice and crispy!
  6. Cool for 5-10 minutes and then serve with tortilla chips and veggies. Enjoy!
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I promise your friends + family will never know that it’s not chicken! Happy dipping, friends 🙂

With Health + Happiness Always,
Jax

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Chocolate Sea Salt Energy Balls

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As we officially head into the holiday season this week, we need to make sure we have a game plan for how we are going to enjoy the holidays but also allow ourselves to stay on track with our healthy + happy lifestyles. The area where I tend to overindulge is dessert because hey, I have a sweet tooth! The best way to literally “have your cake + eat it too” is to bring a healthy dessert that you know will satisfy your craving but are filled with nutrient dense ingredients that will make you feel good. All of the recipes on this website are made with real, whole ingredients and I try to cut down on the natural sugar as much as possible so it doesn’t affect your blood sugar levels. These chocolate sea salt energy bites are my new favorite energy bite go to for pre-workout, endurance runs, snacks + desserts. They are made with 7 simple ingredients:

  • Raw almonds
  • Dates
  • Coconut Butter
  • Unsweetened cacao powder
  • Chia Seeds
  • Cacao nibs
  • Himalayan pink sea salt

If you haven’t decided what your healthy contribution to the holiday will be, these are a super easy recipe that everyone will go wild for. Happy almost Thanksgiving!

Chocolate Sea Salt Energy Balls
 
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Serves: 22
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  1. Place dates, coconut butter, matcha, raw almonds + cacao powder into a high-speed blender or food processor. You may need to use the tampor and/or stop to scrape the sides. You’ll know it’s done once a dough forms.
  2. Place dough in a bowl with a cover and cool in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.
  3. Fold in chia seeds + cacao nibs into the dough. Roll into small (golf) size balls and place in an airtight container.
  4. Store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or in the fridge for a month. Enjoy!
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Hoping everyone has a wonderful + peaceful Thanksgiving!

With Health + Happiness Always,
Jax

PS – Stay tuned for my Black Friday Exclusive Sale: Healthy Holiday Power Hour to make 2020 your healthiest + happiest year yet 🙂

Pumpkin Spice Energy Nuggets

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It’s pumpkin season, baby! Have you had the craving for pumpkin lately, but don’t have any canned pumpkin? Don’t fret as this recipe only calls for pumpkin seeds and pumpkin spice (combination of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice + ginger). I haven’t made my no bake energy nuggets in a while and figured I would give them a little festive kick with some pumpkin flavor. I also give you options in the recipe for no sugar natural alternatives for maple syrup and dark chocolate chips for all of my sugar conscious friends 🙂

Pumpkin Spice Energy Nuggets
 
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Serves: 24 nuggets
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  1. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients except almond butter, pumpkin spice, and maple syrup. (Note: You can substitute the pumpkin seeds, chia and hemp seeds for any seed/nut combo you want!)
  2. In a small sauce pan, warm up almond butter, maple syrup, and pumpkin spice until fully mixed (about 2 minutes).
  3. Add almond butter mixture to dry mixture. Stir until it forms a dough.
  4. Line a 8x8 pan with parchment paper and add dough into the pan.
  5. Press dough firmly down into the pan with your hands to make sure all dry ingredients are pushed down into the almond butter mixture.
  6. Refrigerate for 30-45 minutes or until cooled off.
  7. Pull parchment paper and bar mixture onto a cutting board. Cut into small squares.
  8. Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for a ready to eat snack or dessert. If you will be bringing them on-the-go, I suggest putting them in the freezer. Eat within 2 weeks and enjoy!
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Hope you enjoy them as much as I did while I cut them up today 🙂

With Health + Happiness Always,
Jax

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Crumb Cake Energy Bites

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These energy balls were a new experiment but they taste exactly like the crumbs on crumb cake! These might be my new favorite to add to the rotation as they have an awesome consistency and contain healthy fat + skin boosting nutrients from the walnut, coconut butter + medjool date base. You will seriously think that you are eating crumb cake – trust me, try them!

Crumb Cake Energy Bites
 
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Serves: 20
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  1. Throw all ingredients into the food processor or high speed blender in the order listed above except the dark chocolate chips!
  2. Process all ingredients until a dough starts to form. You made need to stop it once or twice to scrape batter off the sides.
  3. Place in a bowl in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes to cool down.
  4. Once cooled, fold in dark chocolate chips.
  5. Roll into golf size balls and store in the freezer for up to a month!
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Hope you enjoy these as a snack or dessert as much as I do!

With Health + Happiness Always,
Jax

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Matcha Energy Race Day Bites

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Happy Monday! If you haven’t figured it out by now, but I LOVE all types of balls + bites (aka energy balls + healthy truffles!) As my triathlon approaches next weekend, I know I’m going to need a little pick me up during the race. This is where my nutrition knowledge + experience in the kitchen comes into play. I wanted to create an energy ball that would combine all of the key foods that would increase + sustain my energy levels. Unlike gels/energy bars, they won’t upset your stomach + are made with all healthy ingredients. My top energy food to incorporate the night before a long training day or race, the morning of + during are: CHIA SEEDS! They are packed with fiber, protein + omega-3s (which are needed to lower inflammation in the body!)

Fun Facts:

  • The word chia means “strength” in the Mayan language.
  • The Mexican Tarahumara tribe (excellent runners) drink Iskiate (chia seeds, lemon + water), which helps them run hundreds of miles.

If you’re an athlete, you NEED these in your life!

With Health + Happiness Always,
Jax

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Matcha Energy Bites
 
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Serves: 22
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  1. Place dates, coconut butter, matcha, raw almonds + almond milk into a high-speed blender or food processor. You may need to use the tampor and/or stop to scrape the sides. You’ll know it’s done once a dough forms.
  2. Place dough in a bowl with a cover and cool in the fridge for 10-15 minutes.
  3. Fold in chia seeds + dark chocolate chips into the dough. Roll into small (golf) size balls and place in an airtight container.
  4. Store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or in the fridge for a month. Enjoy!
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Banana Breakfast Cookies

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Since I’m always on the go between teaching, client calls, classes + health fairs, I really like to have healthy, low sugar snacks to eat before I teach/workout or bring with me on-the-go. I have learned that I prefer not to teach or workout on an empty stomach, but I also can’t eat a whole breakfast without feeling sick halfway through it. Typically, I’ve been making + grabbing for my Energy Nuggets or Beach Balls, but I was craving something new. With a few bananas getting a little too ripe, I decided to create these banana cookies. They are only sweetened with cinnamon + banana and taste amazing!!! For this recipe, I used sunflower butter, but you can substitute whatever nut butter you have on hand. These are super easy + convenient from an ingredient + time perspective so I hope you enjoy them 🙂


Vegan Banana Breakfast Cookies
 
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Serves: 16
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  • 1 ½ cups rolled oats
  • 3 medium bananas mashed
  • ½ cup sunflower butter or nut butter of your choice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 tbsp hemp hearts (can sub ground flax or chia seeds)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax seed to 1.5 tbsp water)
  • ⅓ cup cacao nibs or vegan dark chocolate chips
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  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the water + ground flax seed into a small bowl + whisk. Then let it sit for 5 minutes.
  2. In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Then add in oats, sunflower butter, cinnamon, vanilla extract, hemp hearts, baking powder, and flax egg until well combined.
  3. Fold in cacao nibs or vegan dark chocolate chips.
  4. Using a spoon or ice cream scooper, place batter onto baking tray.
  5. Bake for about 15 to 17 minutes until edges are browned.
  6. Cool on baking rack for 10 minutes + enjoy! Keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
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*Update: You can sub almond flour for oats + almond butter for sunflower butter and it’s just as good if not better!

With Health + Happiness Always,
Jax

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Coconut Beach Balls

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I know I have been teasing you with my “beach ball” recipe for a while now, but it has been finally perfected and ready to be shared with the “Little Adapts” community. I know you have been asking for more healthy snack ideas too. As a holistic health coach, I strive to always “little adapt” all of my recipes by using minimal ingredients + only natural sweeteners as well as making them dairy-free + gluten-free friendly. This is my absolute FAVORITE energy ball recipe to date and it’s packed with almond, coconuts + vegan dark chocolate chips. It’s the perfect mid-morning or mid-afternoon snack and the perfect healthy dessert. I hope you love them as much as I do!

With Health + Happiness,
Jax

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Coconut Beach Balls
 
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Serves: 20
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  1. Place medjool dates, almond milk + coconut butter into a high powered blender or food processor. Then add the raw almonds on top and start to blend.
  2. Combine ingredients until finely chopped but not pureed and a dough has started to form. (You may need to use the tamper to push down ingredients in the blender or periodically scoop the dough towards the middle in the food processor.)
  3. Place dough in a small bowl covered in the fridge for 15 minutes to cool down (otherwise chocolate chips will melt into dough!)
  4. Once dough has chilled, add in chocolate chips or cacao nibs (lower in sugar version) and fold chocolate into the dough.
  5. Pour shredded coconut onto a plate.
  6. Start rolling the balls into slightly smaller golf ball size balls + roll in coconut to finish.
  7. Place in freezer and will last up to 2 weeks. Enjoy!
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Easy No Bake Energy Nuggets

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Here is the recipe for my new no bake energy nuggets – FINALLY! These babies are way easier to make than the energy balls as you can simply slice and dice the dough rather than rolling the it into balls. They also have a great crunch from the brown rice crisps that reminds you of a healthy rice crispy treat. Hope you enjoy them as much as my boo and I do! <3

Easy Energy Nuggets
 
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Serves: 24
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  1. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients except almond butter, cinnamon, and maple syrup. (Note: You can substitute the pistachios, chia and hemp seeds for any seed/nut combo you want!)
  2. In a small sauce pan, warm up almond butter, maple syrup, and cinnamon until fully mixed (about 2 minutes).
  3. Add almond butter mixture to dry mixture. Stir until it forms a dough.
  4. Line a 8x8 pan with parchment paper and add dough into the pan.
  5. Press dough firmly down into the pan with your hands to make sure all dry ingredients are pushed down into the almond butter mixture.
  6. Refrigerate for 30-45 minutes or until cooled off.
  7. Pull parchment paper and bar mixture onto a cutting board. Cut into small squares.
  8. Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for a ready to eat snack or dessert. If you will be bringing them on-the-go, I suggest putting them in the freezer. Eat within 2 weeks and enjoy!
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Buttah Balls

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These “Buttah Balls” are for you if you love PB + Chocolate! My energy balls have completely taken over as my mid morning/afternoon snack and post meal dessert. I also rarely eat bars anymore since they are so much healthier and have a lot less sugar! Enjoy!

Buttah Balls
 
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Serves: 17
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  1. Add dates, peanut butter, water, cinnamon, flax seed, vanilla + maca powder to a high power blender or food processor and blend until it turns into a dough.
  2. Take dough out and place in a bowl and cover. Place it into the fridge for 15 minutes until the dough cools off.
  3. While the dough is cooling off, throw peanuts into the blender or food processor to chop the peanuts.
  4. Take dough out of the fridge and fold in dark chocolate chips.
  5. Place chopped peanuts on a plate and as you roll each ball, roll the ball in the peanuts to coat.
  6. Store in the freezer and enjoy for up to 2 weeks (but they won't last that long!)
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Coconut Cashew Fat Bombs

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These little fat bombs are best kept in the freezer and are the perfect mid-afternoon snack or post-meal sweet! Just made them last week, and I’m OBSESSED! Serving size is 1 to 2 balls, but I typically won’t have more than 2 in a day.

Coconut Cashew Fat Bombs
 
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Serves: 15
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  1. Place pitted dates, nut milk, coconut oil, coconut butter + raw cashews into a high speed blender (Vitamix) or food processor.
  2. Start to blend on a low speed and gradually increase the speed as the ingredients start to combine. You may need to use the tamper to help blend the ingredients evenly. You want to create a dough like consistency that should only have tiny pieces in it.
  3. Using a spatula, scoop out the batter and place into a small/medium sized bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and put in the fridge for about 15 minutes to cool down. (If you don't, the chocolate chips will melt into the batter since it's so warm!)
  4. Take the batter out of the fridge and fold in mini vegan chocolate chips. Then pour the chia seeds onto a small plate.
  5. Roll batter into small balls (a little bit smaller than a golf ball) and then roll in chia seeds to fully coat. Place all balls into a container and store in the freezer for as long as you would like. Enjoy - most likely won't last more than 2 weeks!
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