No-bake energy bites

Make a batch at the weekend

🍽️ SnackQuick🌾 Whole grains🥜 Nuts and seeds🌱 Flaxseed🍎 Other fruit

You need

1 cup oats
½ cup dates or dried fruit
2 tbsp seed butter
1 tbsp ground flaxseed, 1 tbsp cacao

How

Blitz everything in a food processor.
Roll into balls and chill overnight.

✅ Daily Dozen – what it helps with

🌾 Whole grainsWhole grains keep the bran and germ, with their fibre and minerals.

🥜 Nuts and seedsA review of studies following over 800,000 people found a handful of nuts a day (about 28g) was linked to about 22% lower risk of early death and lower risk of heart disease.

🌱 FlaxseedGround flaxseed has fibre, plant omega-3 (ALA) and lignans.

🍎 Other fruitA large review of 95 studies found that eating more fruit and vegetables – up to about 800g (10 portions) a day – was linked to lower risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and early death.

From Dr Michael Greger's Daily Dozen (NutritionFacts.org). Tick off today's Daily Dozen ›

More snack ideas

Carrot sticks and hummusOr cucumber, peppers and cherry tomatoes Apple slices with seed butterLemon on the apple stops it browning Frozen berriesA handful, straight from the freezer

All the suggested meals ›

Inspired by the Blue Zones – mostly plants, beans every day, a little fish, eggs and dairy. General information, not medical advice.