Apricot & Lemon Lightning Balls

With many of our community members competing in the CanWest games and other various competitions, many consults have revolved around immediate pre game time fuel up.

About 2- 3 hours before it’s time to work, ingest a slow releasing carbohydrate such as a yam, sweet potato or serve of brown rice. Follow this up 45-60 minutes prior to activity with a fast releasing carbohydrate such as the recipe below. This is ideal for short, sharp bursts like the CanWest games workouts or a max lift attempt.

Ingredients:

• Almond Meal x 1 cup (or 1 ½ cups pulverized almonds)

• Medjool Dates x 200g

• Dried Apricots x 250g

• Flaxseed Meal x 37.5g

• Lemon Zest x 1 Tbsp

• Lemon Juice x 1 medium sized lemon

• Shredded Coconut x 1/3 cup

Directions:

1. Add the dates and apricots into a food processor and blend roughly

2. Add Almond Meal and continue to blitz

3. Once combined add in lemon zest and juice. Blitz.

4. Add in flaxseed meal and shredded coconut and again, combine.

5. Line a small baking dish with parchment paper. Roll mixture into golf ball sized pieces and place on the parchment paper.

6. Allow 3 – 4 hours to set in the fridge

7. Consume and ride the lightning!

Macros: Above recipe serves 18

• Cals: 132

• Protein: 3g

• Carbs: 20g

• Fats: 4g

Try snacking on 2 – 3 serves, 45- 60 mins prior to workout!