Nutrition

Gut-loving strawberry & coconut bliss balls to sweeten your day

By Emily Rees

Be it for work, your kids lunch boxes or as an afternoon snack on the run, these bliss balls have got you covered.

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There are two keys to healthy snacking. One is being prepared, and the other is to choose foods with a combination of complex carbohydrates, protein, healthy fats and plenty of fibre.

Enter: bliss balls.

They only take 15 minutes to prepare, are filled with energy-boosting ingredients and will keep you satiated until your next meal. Another bonus is that you can easily make them at the beginning of the week and keep in a sealed container in the fridge for a couple of days, or even store them in the freezer.

This strawberry and coconut bliss ball recipe ticks all the right boxes, and thanks to the addition of Wanderlust Prebiotic Gut Goodness provides a natural source of resistant starch and fibre to help keep your gut happy by maintaining bowel regularity.

Makes: approx. 16 

Ingredients:

• 250g fresh strawberries, washed and hulled
• 6 tsp Wanderlust Prebiotic Gut Goodness
• 2 ½ cups desiccated coconut plus ¼ cup, for rolling
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• 2 tbsp chia seeds
• 2 tbsp coconut oil melted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

Method:

1. Place all ingredients, except ¼ cup of desiccated coconut, into a food processor and blend until well combined. Scrape down the sides of the processor as needed to ensure an even consistency. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Roll mixture into 16 even balls, then roll through extra coconut to coat. Serve immediately.

For over 6 years, Emily has been practising Vedic meditation and exploring how ancient Vedic wisdom can help us shape lives of meaning, fulfilment, connection and happiness.

Enjoying the benefits of a daily practice and integrating the knowledge into her own life, Emily is now a qualified teacher of Vedic meditation. She shares this simple technique with people wishing to experience their own natural state of calm, while connecting with a community of like-minded humans.

Grounded in ancient wisdom, but intended for modern lives, Emily’s courses are down to earth, relevant for busy lives and centred on helping people see how simple meditation is, yet how profoundly it helps us let go of stress so that we may re-align with our innate creativity, clarity, and fulfilment.