I'm a member of an all women's cycling group in Atlanta, GA called Sorella Cycling. We hold an annual meeting for all members as a time to meet everyone, share info on our sponsors benefits, and distribute cycling kits (our uniform). This year the food provided is themed towards homemade, nutritious, high-energy snacks that can be taken along on bike rides. Earlier in the year ,two members of our Race Team held a "clinic" featuring over 15 different samples from themselves and other members. It was a mad success, and I volunteered to make my favorite for the Sorella Annual Meeting in April.
I am by no means a vegan. In fact, I tend towards a Paleolithic (modern day cave-man) diet, but these energy bites are vegan as well as gluten free.
I made single recipe and a double batches for over 100 large bite size biscottis. If you think you will save money by making your own high energy snacks, don't try this recipe. Based on the amount and cost of the almond flour and chia seeds alone, they have reached at least 60 cents per serving.
INGREDIENTS
almond flour - 1 and 1/4 cup
arrowroot powder - 1 T
salt -1/4 t
baking soda - 1/4 t
natural peanut butter ~1/3 cup
raw pistachios - 1/4 cup
chia seeds 1/4 cup
flax seeds 1/4 cup
grape seed oil 1/8 cup
agave nectar - 1/4 cup
orange zest - 2 t
DIRECTIONS
1. Combine almond flour, arrowroot powder, salt and baking soda and pulse well.
5. Bake at 350 for 12 min. Remove and cool for 1 hour.
6. CUT logs into 1/2" slices with a very sharp knife.
The logs seem to crack no matter how you small you make them. Then the cut pieces like to break along these cracks. They don't stay together very well in a biking pack, but they are still so yummy.
Next up in the food department: Homemade LARA bars.
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