Fruit and Nut Energy Bites

Ingredients

1 cup dried apricots

1 cup dried cranberries

1 cup walnuts

1 cup roasted salted almonds

2 TBSP chia seeds

5 TBSP honey

Directions 

Put all ingredients in food processor and pulse until mixture is able to form a ball in your hands.

Make rounded TBSP sized balls. Makes approximately 37 bite sized balls. Refrigerate.

*Chef's note: I used a heavy duty food processor made by Breville.  If you have a "regular" food processor you might want to pulse the nuts first, mix the honey and chia seeds together first and add slowly, and then slowly add the dried fruit.  You also might want to cut the recipe in half.  I've burnt out several less durable food processors by asking them to do too "much". 
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Chia Pudding and Fruit Cocktail Parfait

Ingredients

• 14-oz. almond milk
• 6 tbsp chia seeds
• 5 tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut
• 5 tbsp maple syrup 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 15 oz. can of fruit cocktail or 4 serving sized cups

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine the almond milk, chia seeds, shredded coconut, maple syrup and vanilla extract. Whisk until well combined.
2. Let the mixture sit for about 30 minutes at room temperature.
3. Mix once more, cover, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 
4. Using 4 serving glasses, alternate layers of chia pudding and fruit cocktail until glasses are filled to the top, ending with fruit cocktail.
5. Top with some shredded coconut and serve immediately or keep in the fridge until ready to serve.

Serves 4.

My inspiration came from http://vegetariangastronomy.com/2014/08/fresh-mango-coconut-chia-seed-parfait/