Cinnamon chocolate balls

Hello good people!

This whole being sick thing is getting on my nerves. It's the 4th or 5th day now and I'm still not amused. Not at all, but at least it's kinda getting better. So let's hope next week it'll all be better. And then I only have to be patient for one week to start doing sports again. Until then I can just somewhat control what I eat. My least favorite part of getting into shape. Anyway I made these cinnamon-ginger balls, covered in chocolate. Usually I would use dark chocolate, but I said to myself hey yolo! hahahaha yolo whatever that means, crazy kids these days!

So where was I?

Oh yeah, about the chocolate - well I used a whole milk chocolate. Sshhhhhhsh!!! Don't judge me! Or do, I don't care...because these balls were P*E*R*F*E*C*!T*!

INGREDIENTS

2 oz/about 50g hazelnuts (soak over night)
1 oz/ 25g raisins
1/3 cup/25g oats
2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
whole milk chocolate for coating

DIRECTIONS

1. Grind oats to oat flour, add raisins and process. Then add the soaked hazelnuts. There should be small nut chunks in the mixture at the end.

2. Add cinnamon and ginger to the mixture - and it's ready. Form small balls (about walnut size like with the raw chocolate hazelnut balls) with your clean hands.

3. Melt chocolate - I did this in a hot water bath using a heat resistant bowl.

4. Once the chocolate is melted - coat the balls with the chocolate (use spoon, or just dip the balls into the melted chocolate, if I say melted chocolate again I might start drooling) and place them on a plate. Leave in the fridge to cool off.

And that's it. Although I used whole milk chocolate and I should probably go and seek a doctor right away, these balls still are better than any chocolate or cinnamon dessert you can buy in the store. So less judging and more trying, mkay? This made very delicious 8 balls, of which I consumed 8 in 2 days. You do the math for the rest. And it's about 80 kcal per ball.

See you soon or even better write to you soon!

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Raw cottage cheesecake in a glass

After a few days of hot soups during summer, it's time for me to enjoy some desserts.

OK! Fine! I admit it! I've been eating secretly desserts the whole time I was sick. I'm out of control! And not even the good kind of desserts - but fat and processed sugar loaded crap.

But these cheesecakes are nothing like that. They're high in proteins, fiber and just delightful, because they're heavenly delicious and light.

Hey lil cheesecake, I wanna try ya! So right I had to make ya!!!

I still can not believe that Nelly's singing this song! First of all I didn't recognize his voice and second I never knew that he's tried my cheesecake. I'm a fan of yours too, Nelly!

Seriously guys, I haven't left the house for days and I'm going out of stuff to talk about. And out of my mind. This cold is slowly taking over my life, I feel like a lonely fish swimming in a fish tank.  And I feel so fat, which is not that dramatic, because with fish it's mostly Omega-3 fatty acids.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup hazelnuts (about 40g)
1/3 cup (20g) oats
15 raisins
1cup/200g cottage cheese
3 tbsp honey/agave
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup berries (fresh or frozen)

DIRECTIONS

1. For the base: Grind oats to flour, then add hazelnuts and raisins and process everything in your food processor. Take half of the mixture, place it into a small glass (u can use small jar, or like me a glass bowl) and spread it, pressing with your fingers, so it coats the base of the glass (try not to break anything). Do the same with the other half of the mixture, of course using another glass. Look down:

2. For the filling: process cottage cheese, honey/agave and vanilla until the mixture is very smooth. Shouldn't be more than 3 min, if your food processor is working properly. Serve as cottage cheesecake fingers (fingers dipped in the filling) or resist for the next step and do the whole thing. Spread over the base in the glass with a spoon. It should be smooth and be covering the entire base.

3. Process the berries for a short time and place them on top of the filling.

And you're ready! You have 2 raw cottage cheesecake filled glasses. Does not take more than 15 min to make them. Leave the cheesecakes for 1-2 h in the fridge to cool down, or if you're that bold (and beautiful btw) - start right away. My cheesecake didn't get too solid, so it's good it's in a glass. But it was so delicious I would dive into that small glass even if it's the last thing I would do. And it's guilt free, so enjoy it.

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Raw chocolate hazelnut balls

Good news humans of the planet Earth!

Three good news actually. Let me start with the first one. I know it's a weird order, but just for fun.

1. You saw the picture of the chocolate hazelnut balls in this neighborhood? I made them. And they're healthy. And good to support your diet and training goals. And to support your life goal of being super awesome. And I'm giving you the recipe for them. *In a minute!!!* So this is me being serious and motivating. For once in my life.

2. I just finished my workout and I feel great. I felt like I'm gonna die while I was at it. But now like Rocky. To be honest I haven't even seen Rocky. But I'm guessing he's strong??? Now I don't have to become fat bastard in a few years, I'll be a fit bastard. And I won't move the Earth out of its orbit, when I jump on my own in 10 years. A small step for Stella, a big step for humanity.

3. I now have the results from my stool and blood samples (hopefully not mixed together) and it's all good. Even though I ate crap the whole month and didn't do much moving around. Of course those samples don't actually say anything about your health at all. I know that. But it's comforting to know some things in your body function properly.

Now to the recipe. I made these balls once when I was trying to eat healthy and lose some fat. I just wanted to eat chocolate soooo bad!  Sounds like any day of my life actually.

Look at them!!! My little balls. So proud of you! Going out in the big scary world and making it on your own!

To be honest I was trying to make something like a raw brownie, but I'm not very patient when it comes to food. I couldn't wait for the mixture to get cold and then cut in small brownie pieces. So I decided to get messy and started making balls from the mixture right away. A few of the balls didn't make it in the picture. They were in my mouth/stomach.
 
Since then, almost any healthy dessert I make is shaped as a ball. You can also juggle with these balls. I haven't tried that, but probably.

INGREDIENTS

1/3 cup raisins
1/3 cup soaked hazelnuts (raw)
3/4 cup soaked almonds (raw)
1/3 cup quick oats
5 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup ground hazelnuts/almonds

DIRECTIONS

1. Grind the oats to powder with your food processor.

2. Mix oats and raisins, add cocoa, vanilla and process further.

3. Add the nuts - almonds and hazelnuts - and process.

You should get a dense, chocolaty mixture with small nut chunks in it.

4. Aaah! The best part. Now you have the mixture - make the balls! Form walnut-sized balls with your *clean washed* hands and roll them in ground hazelnuts or almonds. I used hazelnuts here. But almonds elsewhere. So surpriseee!!! Both works. Couldn't even tell the difference.

5. Store in the fridge. They're good for 3-4 days. Although it almost never occurred to have them that long.

 !WARNING! Some of the balls might disappear while you make them. This occurs very often. Must be something supernatural. Some voodoo stuff. Someone just stuffs them in my mouth.

The outcome for this amount of products is about 15 balls. Each one has around 90 kcals, is high in potassium, magnesium, zinc, iron, B-vitamins.

Even though these raw chocolate hazelnut balls are healthy and definitely better for you than some brownie loaded with processed sugar and fat, consume in moderation (up to 5/day as a snack or dessert). You don't want to move the Earth out of its orbit one day either.

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