Healthy Fats

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FATS & OILS. The truth

Fats & oils are essential to optimal health. They are important building blocks for the cells of our body, they play a big role in balancing our hormones.

Just as with all foods, you must consume high quality fats & oils for your body to effectively use them.

FATS TO AVOID

Many processed foods, even those touted as healthy, are laden with trans-fatty acids (TFA’s) structurally trans-fatty acids are closer to plastic than fat.

TFA consumption has been linked to heart disease & elevating LDL cholesterol levels (the bad cholesterol). This is generally considered to be unhealthy.

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Raw Power Balls

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I love being able to eat guilt free treats that taste great, satisfy my sweet tooth & provide plenty of healthy nutrition & lots of energy!  

Organic Ingredients

3 Dates ,pits removed

1 1/2 cups of Walnuts or pecans (soak)

1/2 cup of macadamia nuts (soak)

2-3 Tablespoons of coconut oil or butter

1 pinch of Celtic Sea Salt

2/3 cup of blueberries

1/2 cup of unsweetened shredded coconut or sesame seeds

 

Melt coconut oil or butter & mix all ingredients in a blender except shredded coconut, once mixed take out of blender & role into balls then role the balls in the shredded coconut.

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Home Made Cherry Ripe

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More Guilt Free Treats 

Home Made Cherry Ripes without all the crap.

Ingredients:

150g RAW Almonds (best soaked 1st)

70g RAW Pecans (best soaked 1st)

75g of RAW Cacao powder

12 Dates

175g fresh cherries (weighed with stones)

2-3 tablespoons of coconut oil (could use butter)

A good pinch of Celtic sea salt

40g shredded coconut

Method: –

Put the nuts in a blender with the salt and blended until most of the big pieces had ground down.

Set the nuts aside and then removed the stones from the cherries and dates.

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