I've had 2 books to review, sitting on my kitchen counter since December. And I'm just now getting around to review them. Needless to say, time has gotten away from me somehow and I'm still trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to wrangle it. Emily von Euw's 100 Best Juices, Smoothies, And Healthy Snacks is the first of those 2 books.
photo via Emily von Euw
I love snacks and when I'm not working full time, I make an effort to have healthy snacks around the house but now that I am working, well, not so much. When it came time to review the book, my thoughts immediately went to snacks. Quick and easy to prepare snacks to be exact. Don't get me wrong, I drooled over all of the gorgeous smoothies and juices (some of which had me trying to figure out how I could fit a juicer in my kitchen) in the first half of the book and I was particularly intrigued by the savory smoothies. But what really got me inspired was the Energy Bars & Healthy Snacks chapter.
I love all of the healthy, energy-packed recipes in this chapter, all made with nutritionally-dense, whole foods ingredients. Dates, nuts, seeds, oats, coconut oil are all major players here and most of the recipes have only 2 to 3 steps. Totally right up my alley.
The first recipe I made was the Coco Oat Bars with Peanut Butter and Carob. I was incredibly pleased with the delicious rewards that very little effort produced. I used cocoa powder instead of carob, but that chocolate date topping? I would be lying if I didn't eat a bunch by spoon.
photo via Kristy's iPhone
The second recipe I made was the Green Earth Orbs. I've always seen these sorts of snacks around the interwebs. I don't know why I've never attempted making them myself because they are wonderful! These little energy balls are packed with walnuts, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, dates, and coconut oil. You then have the option of coating them with coconut or cinnamon and because I can only tolerate coconut in very small amounts and I'd already made the aforementioned bars so I opted for the cinnamon. Only, because I'm such a raging chocoholic, I mixed in a couple teaspoons of cocoa powder in with the cinnamon because I gots to get my fix, yo.
We loved these little guys. I brought them to the office for a few days and Chris and I (I work in the same office as my husband, in case you didn't know) had them as our afternoon snack along with our afternoon tea. The provided a much-needed delicious break, giving us fuel to get through the the next few hours of work. Loved them! And fortunately for the rest of you, Page Street Publishing is allowing me to share the recipe for these little orbs of goodness!
From 100 Best Juices, Smoothies, and Healthy Snacks by Emily von Euw
Printed with permission from Page Street Publishing
These orbs have a delicious, deep nutty flavor and are positively packed with healthy nuts and seeds that will make your skin glow and your body sing!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (31 g) walnuts
- 1 cup (64 g) pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup (72 g) chia seeds
- 1 cup (152 g) pitted dates
- 2 tbsp (27 g) coconut oil
- ¼ tsp Himalayan salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Pulse the nuts and seeds into powder in a food processor, then add the rest of the ingredients and process until it all begins to stick together. Try rolling a small handful into a ball. If it works, roll the rest of the mixture into balls. If it is still too crumbly, add more coconut oil or dates. Roll the balls in coconut and cinnamon for extra flavor and nutrition.
Emily von Euw and Page Street Publishing have been so kind as to let me give away a copy of 100 Best Juices, Smoothies, and Healthy Snacks! The giveaway is open to US and Canada only and will run until 11:59 pm on February 9th. To enter, please leave a comment telling me about your favorite quick and easy snack. The winner will be chosen at random.
Thank you all for stopping by today and thank you so much to Emily von Euw and Page Street Publishing for letting me review this wonderful book!
Disclaimer: I was given a copy of this book to review but all thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.
unless otherwise noted, all photography by Chris Miller
Shira
My favorite quick snack is a muffin or bar. Something I can easily pack and take to work.
Beth E.
My favorite quick and easy snack is a homemade trail mix with peanuts, raisins, cashews, almonds and dried cranberries. I like to have protein balls made up in advance, too, so I will definitely be trying these!
Karlie
My favorite quick and easy snack are either a vegan muffin or avocado toast!
Judith
Homemade hummus!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Raw nuts! Specifically CASHEWS!
Anna Lee
Hummus, of course! It's very unoriginal but so delicious! Or maybe a frozen banana with peanut butter. Both!
Casey
My favorite snack is homemade Muesli
R
Protein bars or nuts.
nora
My favorite quick snack is a green smoothie!!
Sarah H
Lately, my favorite snack has been what my family calls cuties, little mandarin oranges of deliciousness. I'm excited to try these orbs though!
Marie
My favorite snack is a smoothie!
Beth R.
I love dipping apple slices in almond butter, but recently, despite the cold, I'm grooving on small smoothies!
jane
A handful of raw almonds or a smoothie with protein powder.
Sophia
I'm really terrible about remembering to make snacks like granola bars and protein bites in advance, so I usually end up snacking on half an apple or a few almonds. I guess I really need this book!
Christina
I love apple slices with peanut butter or almonds with dried fruit! These are both easy to transport and healthy.
Jacky
My favorite healthy, quick, and easy snacks are an apple with peanut butter or avocado toast!
Danielle
I love apples with almond butter for a quick snack! 🙂
Jessi
Clif bars and green smoothies.
Natasha
I I am new to being Vegan. 7 days exactally today so I do not have any favorite snacks in my aresenal yet. But I did make Quinoa enchilada casserole yesterday that was so yummy. It was quick and easy and I have been snacking on it for two days now.
Thank you for that recipe I will have to try it out!!
Allison
My favorite quick snack is a cup of granola (I love making the cinna-bun granola on the Oh She Glows site) with almond milk. I am a huge cereal fan, so it always hits the spot!
Alexa
Homemade granola with fresh fruit in yogurt.
jacquie
some homemade granola
Aimee Martin
Apples and peanut butter!!!!!
Christina @ The Beautiful Balance
My favorite quick and easy snack is anything involving nut butter! Usually carrots and sunflower seed butter or a date stuffed with nut butter.
Becca F
Ants on a log! An old classic
Katie
Bananas and almond butter!
Gaby
Dates stuffed with almond butter or apple slices with nut butter if I can sit down!
Michelle
Acai bowls of course
Heather
My favorite snack is a blend of raw nuts and seeds
Lacey
My favorite healthy snack is whatever fruit is ripe and in season! I'm especially loving oranges lately - Sumo mandarins, blood oranges etc. mmm:)
Carla
Either a spoonful of nut butter or a square of dark chocolate. Hmm, maybe I should combine these two.
Greg Allbee
Favorite snack I guess would be a smoothie, unless you're counting a store-bought protein bar like a Vega Sport.
Darlene Wright
I like popcorn for a snack, thanks!
saniel
Kale chips and spiced chickpeas
Anna
Bananas slathered with peanut butter!
sylvia
chocolate chocolate chocolate!
L
My fave quick snack is a green smoothie!
Veronique Daoust
My fav go to snack are energy balls and bars! You can get so creative with the flavour combinations and can really hone in on your macros. Can't go wrong!
Hanna
My favourite snack is a big beautiful bowl of fruit topped with a little almond yoghurt and some nuts for crunch.
Carolina
A couple of squares of chocolate.
Laura
My favourite quick and easy snack is actually really similar to the orb balls - date bliss balls made with dates, cacao, hemp hearts, cacao nibs, coconut and some time in the food processor. Awesomeness!!
Denise Slivers
My go to quick and easy snack is Banana with peanut butter and hemp seeds.
Kerry
My favorite snack is avocado Ezekiel toast with siracha. YUM!
Connie Leung
My favorite snack has got to be Black Garlic Hummus served with Pita!! I cut the pita into chip sizes, place them in the oven until crispy and mmm.. Delicious and healthy 🙂
Chi Pham
Peanut butter oat date balls 🙂
Kristy
I love snacking on fruit + nut butter.. so many combinations! Apple+sunflower butter, banana+almond butter… walnut butter..pecan butter…YUMM + a sprinkling of cinnamon and aforementioned chocolate always kicks it up a notch
Jean
My favourite snack is hummus and veggies.
Cyndi
Hummus and veggies 🙂
Carolyn
My go-tos are home made granola bars, crackers and hummus, or but and seed bread from green kitchen stories
Vanessa
My favourite snack is dates and almond butter. Quick, easy, and super delicious!
Rosanna
Thank you for sharing the recipe and this giveaway!.. My favorite go-to is nut butter (whatever I have on hand) with carrots, celery, apples...
Katelyn
It's so hard to pick just one favourite snack!! When I'm at work and short on prep time, I love home made granola/protein bars. When I'm at home and have more time to sit and relax I really enjoy cottage cheese with granola and berries. I know it's not vegan - but I let myself eat whatever I am craving one day a week 🙂
kristen
I usually go for apple slices with peanut butter and few shakes of cinnamon
Charity
I love dried figs and dates... Not to mention bananas, for my go-to snacks. Yum!
Jessica Eagle
Thanks for this wonderful giveaway !!!
My favorite and easy snack might sound boring but it is a fruit. Lately, it has been an orange. However, I also enjoy a green smoothie 🙂
Karenna
my favorite quick snack is an apple! So easy and sweet! It also helps me focus with school and gives me energy! That's a bonus!
Marlene @ Jade and Fern
Apple slices with peanut butter! But I'm really looking forward to trying these, they look delicious! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
jessica z
I love making a chocolate peanut butter mug cake - just mix together 6 quick ingredients and microwave for two minutes!
Bianca @ Sweet Dreaming
energy balls/homemade larabars!
Rebecca
My favorite healthy snack is corn chips and guacamole. Maybe not the healthiest but definitely my favorite!
Danielle
I love homemade super food bars & energy bliss balls/truffles! Would love to win a copy of the book so I can whip some new ones to enjoy on the go!
Paula
avocado toast
Sue
Peanut Butter, Oats, Chocolate Chips and Shredded Coconut rolled into balls or just eaten by the spoonful !
Julia
Fruit!!! So hydrating!
Yoojin
my favorite quick snack is a date filled with nut butter, topped with cacao nibs 🙂
Brenna
Green smoothies are my number one go to
Thalia @ butter and brioche
I am SO making these little green earth orbs! I always have little raw snacks like these available for when I get a sugar craving but need a healthy fix instead.
Chloe
hm...i'm usually snacking on nuts or trail mix of some sort. when i don't have that around, then either an avocado or peanut butter on anything! 🙂
Heather
My favorite quick snap is banana with pb, coconut shreds, and melted chocolate 🙂
Jillian
I always go with fruit and some kind of bar!
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan
I love little energy balls and truffles! I also love that you and Chris have a snack and tea each afternoon, I need to implement that!
Megan
I love avocado on toast. So easy and satisfying!
Sara
Definitely an apple with peanut butter is one of my go-to snacks! Or a banana in place of the apple if I'm in a banana mood.
Marina
My favorite quick and easy snack is a banana with peanut butter or some dried edamame!!
Cynthia
Almond butter on a banana
Coco
My go-to is a green juice or smoothie -- it's fun to play around with different ingredient combos!
Frances Church
Why do publishers think that potential vegan customers only live in the US? There is a huge market across the pond that are being alienated by these giveaways. It would be very simple to offer a digital version of the book if money was too tight to pay for overseas postage. I am afraid that here are two more books that I won't be buying 🙁
keepinitkind
Hi Frances, I understand your disappointment. I don't think it's because they don't think vegan customers live in other countries. Unfortunately, I think that the cost of shipping a book to another country (multiple times as there are usually a lot of blogs doing the same giveaway) is not cost-effective for the publisher as the fees can sometimes come to more than the cost of the book itself. It's not the blogger's choice- they are given the giveaway rules by the publisher. I'm sorry if this offends you. Also, I'm not sure what 2 books you are referring to as I'm only giving away one book here. THank you for your feedback, though. Take care.
Frances Church
Hi, thank you for your reply. The giveaway could offer a digital version of the book of the winner lived overseas. That would be even cheaper for the publisher. And sorry I did misread your post about it being one book. I do enjoy your blog, thank you.
Natalia M
I like to make a large batch of healthy breakfast cookies (usually experimental depending on what ingredients I have), and put them in the freezer. When I have a craving or want a snack, I pop one or two in a toaster oven and it's good to go!
Lorena
I love to eat apples with vegan cheese (recently discovered Miyoko's Kitchen, Ash Nut Cheese, so freaking good!) Or what ever fruit I have on hand. Fresh Figs are my favorite!
Katie Barthel
My favorite snacks are salted sunflower seeds in the shell (I like having to work for my food!) or any sweet cookie (some recent favorites are Mexican Wedding Cookies or Monster cookies).
jane
pickles,cinnamon toast,edamame,popcorn,figs,peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Truc
Ha snacks are my specialty! One of my favorites is a roasted sweet potato (the white sweet potatoes, not yams).
Jeff_W
I'd have to say chips whether they be kale or potato, are my go to quick snack.
Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking
Love making energy balls and granola bars to have on hand for snacking. So full of awesome things like oats, nuts seeds, and dried fruit.
MaryLou
I love snaking on Orbs! I cut the recipe in half and substituted 1/2c. pecans for the pumpkin seeds. I make similar "orbs" but call them BONOBO'S named after a raw restaurant in New York. Sadly the place is no there or no longer in business which is a shame; their menu items including the BONOBO's were very good.
MaryLou
*no longer there
Correction on the "no there", I was taking a bite of my orb and forgot to type the rest of my thought. 🙂
Claire Tucker
fruit, nuts, or veggies+hummus or nut butter
Jennifer
Probably the only snack I consistently eat would be apples. I always cut one up and eat it at work.
Lindsay B
Apples and almond butter or popcorn!
Grace
Celery sticks with almond butter and dried cranberries! (a new twist to ants on a log!)
Holly
My fav snacks are home made granola bars.
Crystal
My current favourite is raw cashew butter on apple chips! So good!
Laura
I normally have nuts or trail mix, and I always have hummus in the fridge! I like roasted chickpeas too, with a little bit of chili powder and garlic powder.
sally p.
I love me some avocado-chocolate pudding (with a wee scoop of protein powder) for a quick reboot!
Elisa
I love trail mix! I'll put together an assortment of dried fruits (cherries, raisins, apricots, goji berries, cranberries, etc) and raw, unsalted nuts and seeds (pepitas, sunflower seeds, walnuts, cashews, almonds, etc). It's my favorite, super convenient snack!
Katrina
These look delicious! Right now my favorite is a mix of dates, toasted coconut, and cocoa powder.
Caroline
I love snacking on curry cashew nuts or nori! Yum:)
Sarah
I've been enjoying raw bites from my new job lately. They're great for breakfast or a snack.