This weeks food highlights - Week 4

Adding to my cookbook collection is very exciting! I see it as an investment to my health and my culinary journey! Here are the two latest additions to my collection

1) Joyous Health - Eat and Live Well Without Dieting. 

'Joy McCarthy is a Holistic Nutritionist, author of JOYOUS HEALTH: Eat & Live Well without Dieting, professional speaker, nutrition expert on Global’s Morning Show, Faculty Member at Institute of Holistic Nutrition and co-creator of Eat Well Feel Well.'

2) Joy of Cooking - 75th Anniversary Edition. In my opinion this is a culinary bible that every person interested in cooking should invest in!

I'm so excited to dive into these books and try out new recipes to share with you. Oh and it's a complete coincidence they both have Joy in the title!

Top Left: Thai Coconut Curry Soup - Pure heaven in a bowl and my favorite go to soup
Top Right: Homemade Hummus (I recommend doubling the roasted garlic) & Veggies
Bottom Left: Toasted Sesame Ginger Salmon, Oven Baked Onion Rings & Roasted Sweet Potato Rounds with Goat Cheese & Balsamic Glaze
Bottom Right: Lemony Lentil Soup with Dill and Feta & Spinach Salad with Shredded Yellow Beets, Avocado, Toasted Sesame Seeds & Glory Bowl Dressing

Glory Bowl Dressing from Whitewater Cooks

1/2 cup nutritional yeast flakes
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup tamari or soy sauce
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 tbsp tahini paste

*Mix well in blender or processor and keep in a mason jar ready to drizzle when ever you need a good kick of yum.

This dressing is unbelievable! Super creamy and tastes like there is cheese in it because of the nutritional yeast!

Danielle

Energy Balls

I am a self proclaimed snacker. I like to snack and I LOVE sweet things!! These energy balls make the perfect snack and will satisfy those sweet cravings. Chocolatey goodness, peanut butter, crunchy seeds, chewy raisins...yes please! I try to have a stock of these in my freezer at all times!

You can adapt this recipe to include whatever your heart desires! This batch I did half peanut butter and half almond butter, added some chopped dried figs and substituted the cranberries for raisins because that's what I happened to have in my pantry.  There is no right or wrong ingredient to add to an energy ball as long as it is something your into!

White Water Energy Balls

Ingredients

• 1 cup sunflower seeds, toasted
• 1 cup sesame seeds, toasted
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• ½ cup cocoa
• 2 cups peanut butter (or favorite nut butter)
• ½ cup honey
• 1 ½ cups toasted coconut (for coating) – optional
  
  

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Directions 

1. Put everything except coconut in a large bowl
2. Mix all ingredients together well with your hands.  You may need a bit more honey to hold it together
3. Roll ¼ cup scoops of dough into balls and then roll them in the toasted coconut
4. Store in Freezer

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Nutritional Analysis

Recipe makes 40 balls = 200calories each

Recipe from "Whitewater Cooks At Home" or find it online here
http://aliveandwellforlife.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52:whitewater-energy-balls&catid=11:snacks&Itemid=19