These energy bites are packed with dried strawberries and collagen, making them a quick, raw, bite-sized, naturally sweetened snack! There is no baking necessary, and it is gluten free, dairy free, and refined sugar free.Next, try my coconut lemon poppy seed nibbles.

I’ve been attempting to master a specific dish recently, but I’ve been failing miserably, so I’m going to put that one on hold for a time.

Have you ever tried anything so many times that it no longer seems worthwhile? But you know it’s entirely doable, so you feel horrible for giving up? But did you know that if you try again and fail, you’ll most likely toss your mixer out the window?

Yeah, thats where Im at with that one right now.

So, as I was waiting for it to finish, I decided to work on some more energy bite recipes. They’re so simple to produce and modify that I felt like it was a no-brainer to break me out of this rut. Guess what? I was correct! As a result, the strawberry cashew energy bites were created.

To be fully honest with myself, I didn’t create them because they were simple. I prepared these since I needed healthy snacks around the home and I’ve had a serious strawberry desire lately.

To be honest, I’m the biggest I’ve ever been, as well as the most bloated, and I’m not pleased about it. It has made me quite unhappy. I’ve been trying to figure out why, and here are a few things I’ve been thinking about:

• I no longer commute to work. Since I’ve been working from home since last Thanksgiving, I’ve lost around 2 miles of walking time getting from house to boat to office and back.
• The wedding tension had worn off. Having said that, I believe I had a very simple experience arranging our wedding in comparison to the horror tales I’ve heard from others, but preparing a wedding is an emotional investment (as well as a money one, woof), and that type of stress causes me to lose weight.
• I’ve been drinking kombucha on a regular basis. This one has been refuted by me. The first assumption was that the calories and sugar levels were throwing me off, but I’ve been drinking the same amount as before. A bottle of what I typically drink contains 35 calories and 5g of sugar, and I seldom consume any extra sugar until I treat myself to a few tastes of ice cream in the evening.
  I, too, barely drink half a bottle per day, and this is not an everyday occurrence. As a consequence, this is very unlikely to be the cause of the weight gain. Furthermore, I’ve learned that it helps my gut health and keeps me regular, so I’d hate to lose it only for that reason.

• I was in a cardio rut throughout the winter. To be honest, I didn’t do a lot of insane workout in the weeks leading up to the wedding. I performed a few extra kettle bell workouts than normal, but no more yoga or jogging.
  I suppose the stress of the buildup to the big day made up for my lack of extra effort at the gym. So, now that the stress has gone but I haven’t upped my activity, my slowed metabolism has caught up with me. Running around my neighborhood in the winter is proving more challenging than I anticipated.
  Because we live on the ocean, the snow plows have nowhere to dump it, so it ends up on the sidewalks and then, bam. There are no walkways. I’m not comfortable running on the street where vehicles may not be able to see me because of snowdrifts, so my fitness routine has been confined to yoga, which is clearly inadequate.
• PCOS is a jerk. I’ve mentioned it before, but if you’re unfamiliar with my medical history, I have endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Acne, sadness, hair loss (and hair growth in inconvenient places) and weight gain are all possible side effects.
  I’ve been experiencing all of these symptoms lately, so it’s conceivable that I’m experiencing hormonal fluctuations that are throwing my body out of sync.
• While I’m sleeping, someone has been injecting me with Marshmallow Fluff. This is a remote possibility, but I’m not ruling it out.

Now that the weather has finally improved, I’m going for more runs. I’m also cutting down on my meals by around 25%. I already have a habit of just eating half of my supper and saving the remainder for lunch the following day, but I eat a lot at breakfast and snack. I’m planning to cut down on breakfast and merely need better snacks.

The snacks I’ve been eating aren’t necessarily harmful, but the most of them are high in calories or carbs. I really miss my 20-something metabolism. RIP.

So, say goodbye to hefty snacks because these strawberry cashew energy bites are here to rescue the day.

They’re fantastic, guys. I’m so delighted I thought of them. They’re wet yet not soggy. They’re filling but not too so. They’re delicious, but not in a bad manner.

And I don’t feel awful about it since it’s made with natural sugars from medjool dates and freeze dried strawberries. However, due of the inherent sugars in fruits, you should limit your fruit intake, so don’t sit down and eat the whole batch, k? K.

It’s the ideal snack for satisfying a sweet need without jeopardizing my diet. I informed my husband that I was photographing them and that they were fair game, and he responded casually. Thank you from the living room.

I see him next to the fridge half an hour later, and he exclaims, “I really like these!” Oh, excellent! I thought. So, you got one?

three, and this is my fourth. [scurries away]

How many balls does this recipe make?

The recipe below yields 15-20 balls, depending on their size. I portion mine with a tiny cookie scoop (affiliate link) and get 18-19 each time. So, doubling up so you have enough for a bigger family is simple enough.

You could roll them in desiccated coconut, crushed pistachios, or even freeze dried strawberry powder if you wished! Simply place whatever you’re using in your food processor and grind it into tiny crumbs or powder before rolling.

Or even some raw chocolate powder. Alternatively, drizzled with chocolate! Okay, maybe not the last one since it would undermine the point of me preparing a healthy snack.

Don’t those strawberries like a rose petal path leading to deliciousness? If you’re anything like me, your concept of romance is food.

They do resemble little meatballs, to be sure. They are not, however, meatballs. And, no, you should not put them on spaghetti with sauce.

I’m all for experimenting in the kitchen, but that’s just wrong.