I feel a little bit lazy for posting another quick recipe today, I made these for my pack lunch and just had toshare them. I am back working at Hillside animal sanctuary, which is full to the brim with lovely rescued animals (most from factory farming). So as a bonus, I’ve included some photos of some of the lovely animals!
Ingredients:
1 banana, mashed well
1/4 cup maple syrup
2-3 tbsp alpro hazelnut milk (or almond)
2 tbsp golden caster sugar (optional)
1 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup whole grain spelt flour
a handful chopped pecans
a handful dark chocolate chips
6-8 whole pecans for decoration
Method:
Mix the mashed banana with the maple syrup, hazelnut milk and sugar, add the spelt flour and stir well. Mix in the oats, using your hands if necessary, and fold in the pecans and chocolate chips. Roll into about 6-8 balls and place evenly apart on a lined cookie sheet. Press a whole pecan into the top and gently press the cookies down slightly. Preheat the oven to 180c and bake for 25-30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before eating packing into lunch boxes.
One of the chickens (possibly Henrietta?)
One of the lovely pot-bellied pigs.
I think this dudes called Clyde ( I think he looks rather unimpressed)
And here’s a donkey. Hopefully next time I can take some photos of the cows!
Watch out for that chookl…there is WAY too much intelligence in those eyes! 😉
I hide in the vegan cafe most of the day, so i’m safe from the cheeky chooks!
Great idea and as its a wonderful vegan cafe, the chooks won’t be visiting in ANY form :).
That would be “chook” minus the ubiquitous “l”
Lazy? That’s one of the last words I would use to describe you. These look so delicious! And I love the shape and that they are packed with chocolate chips. Have fun with the animals. It sounds like such a loving place.
It is a lovely place, until someone requests a bacon butty in the vegan cafe, grinds my gears that does!
Those look great!
Lazy…. my butt! These look fantastic and healthy to boot!
I wish I could come visit the Sanctuary!
These look amazing. Any idea if they would work with any other type of flour other than spelt?
Beautiful photos of the animals! 🙂
And great recipe too! I never tried oat balls, but these look great! Fully loaded with oats and chocolate, yum.
I made these lovely balls & they were superb, I tell you! So tasty!!!! I gave them also away as a lovely food gift & gave them your blog adresse too!
Wow awesome! Thank you!