Travel Friendly Energy Bites Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 3/4 cup brown rice syrup
- 2 tbsp cane sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup reduced-fat unsweetened coconut shreds
- 1/2 cup dried goji berries
- 1/4 cup ground flax seeds
- 1/4 cup hulled hemp seeds
- 1/4 cup white sesame seeds
- 1 1/2 cups gluten-free oats
- Per serving: 90.6 calories, 3.7 grams of fat, 11.8 grams of carbs, 1.6 grams of fiber, 2.5 grams of protein
- Full recipe: 3263 calories, 134 grams of fat, 425 grams of carbs, 57 grams of fiber, 89 grams of protein
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