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Energy balls with dates and cacao

Published on December 30, 2016December 30, 2016 by AmalieLeave a comment

Have you also stumbled upon tons of energi ball recipes? Well here is another one for the collection 🙂

These date-energy balls are healthy, delicious and super easy to prepare

You will usually need:

Dates, nuts, coconut oil

Recipe: Date energy balls

15 pitted dates
1 tbsp coconut oil
1/2 cup nuts of choice
1 tbsp cacao
1 tbsp shredded coconut
1 tbsp protein powder

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My Philosophy on: CLEAN EATING

Published on November 10, 2016February 12, 2017 by Amalie3 Comments

EAT CLEAN WITH AMALIE

As you may have noticed, my blog is called EatCleanWithAmalie, and while most of us probably have a notion of what it means to eat clean, a real definition can be tricky to define. If we turn it on the flipside, it would probably be pretty easy for most of us to figure out what is not considered to be clean food. “Dirty food” is anything from junkfood to overly fatty foods, any type of processed foods and of course…sugary foods.

During my five years of living in the United States, I consumed a lot of processed foods as well as unhealthy foods. A majority of the time it was by choice, but the other half of the time it was because it was the only thing available.

At school, our lunch choices were quite limited, and while there was a salad bar, it wasn’t something that appealed to the majority as it did not look appetizing. It was composed of old and soggy veggies. It was therefore hard for us students to eat healthy while in school, as the options were mostly things like french fries, fried foods and loads of sugary foods. You couldn’t even walk down a hallway without being faced with a vending machine, providing ONLY sugary and overly salty snacks.

We have always eaten quite healthy at my house, and therefore there was a sense of excitement linked to eating unhealthy, as it wasn’t something I got to do a lot at home… but looking back, I am really happy that we rarely had these processed snacks at home, cause I would have had a hard time controlling my intake of these things if they were constantly available to me.

Definition?

But back to my definition of eating CLEAN. I have learned a lot about nutrition in the past years, and through personal experience I have learned which foods make me feel good, and which foods make me feel absolutely terrible. Although there are loads of different ways you can eat clean, my definition is something along the lines of:

Clean eating means to be mindful of what you put into your body, and hereby consuming foods in their whole form and working to eliminate processed, sugary and refined foods from your diet.
Eating organic and grass-fed when possible

After I started taking notice of how I felt whenever I ate overly unhealthy foods, I decided it was time to start eliminating these things from my diet.

Obviously I still have cake, chips and snacks on occasion, but I definitely give it an extra thought before eating these things. But let me remind you that eating clean doesn’t have to mean eating bland and boring foods. I have started experimenting with different recipes and I have found that it is perfectly possible to create a dessert that is satisfying, but with clean ingredients. On my blog I share all of my crazy ideas.

If you want to read more about healthy and clean eating, take a look at this

Happy clean eating everyone!

Oatmeal Raisin “Dumpster” Cookies – Guilt free

Published on November 3, 2016November 13, 2016 by AmalieLeave a comment

I feel kinda bad for oatmeal raisin cookies… they are kind of like the kid who gets picked last for dodgeball. I always see people swerving to avoid oatmeal cookies at all costs, but come on, they are not that bad… Yes of course we can all agree that a chewy chocolate chip cookie is way more exciting than some of its competitive brothers, but I want you to give these a chance.

I was inspired by Christina Tosi, who is the founder of the Momofuko Milk bar, and famous for her various cookies. One of her cookies is called: “The Compost Cookie” and is especially popular for its various add ins, and delicious taste. The Compost Cookie however, is still a bit on the unhealthy side, so I decided that I would create my own, but just a tad healthier.

I was inspired by the original oatmeal cookie, which contains…you guessed it oatmeal and raisins, but I thought it would be cool if I added in almonds, cranberries and dark chocolate for a richer taste.

I also wanted them to be wheat free, (white) sugar free and dairy free. They still tasted pretty good in my opinion.