Energy Truffles

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Hi, I'm Frances Largeman-Roth.

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I'm a Registered Dietician Nutritionist
and author of Eating in Color.

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And today I'm making my energy truffles
and these are one of my favorite,

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favorite recipes of all times.

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I'm gonna take some puffed rice.

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I'm taking puffed millet, have some sesame
seeds here, as well as some carob chips.

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Some people with IBS are fine with
chocolate.

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Others are not.

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You pick and choose whatever you want to
use, carob or chocolate chips.

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I'm gonna mix up the dry ingredients.

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Then I'm gonna put the wet ingredients
together and

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what I have here is sunflower butter and
sunflower butter is awesome because

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it is completely nut free and so you can
make these energy truffles for your kids,

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your kids' school, anyplace that you
cannot take peanut butter in or

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tree nut butter in you can use this and
it's delicious.

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Okay, so what happens here is I'm
combining this with pure maple syrup.

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And that's gonna add some really nice
sweetness to these.

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And it also gets the whole thing very nice
and sticky.

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So after we put the whole thing together,

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then we're going to let it chill in the
refrigerator for about thirty minutes.

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That allows you to then actually scoop it

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without it becoming this horrible sticky
mess.

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With IBS, any kind of sugar alcohol is
really a, a problem.

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So be aware of products that say that
they're reduced sugar or no sugar,

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because they often have sugar alcohols in
them to make them sweet.

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So maple syrup tends to be a really nice
sweetener that you can use,

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it's very gentle on the stomach.

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I will try to mix this up with my hands
and

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really make sure that it's all
incorporated.

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And the great thing about these truffles
is that they're only about 80 calories so

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they're perfect for in the morning, before
you go for a run or

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in the morning just before you're heading
out the door.

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Great for kids when they come home from
school.

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When you have IBS, it's better to have
small more frequent meals so

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popping a couple of these in the morning
is not gonna fill you up, and then later

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on when you have time to have a proper
breakfast you can sit down and do that.

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Okay, so now I'm gonna take this.

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And put in the fridge for 30 minutes.

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Okay we are back with our energy truffles.

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I've got the mixture here which we had in
the fridge setting up for 30 minutes and

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now we are going to get cracking.

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Okay so take a scoop or a tablespoon
whichever you have,

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scoop out about that much, maybe a one
inch portion.

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Put it in your hands.

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Give it a roll and then we are going into
our unsweetened,

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grated coconut, and then just put them on
a baking sheet.

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Another great thing about these truffles
is that they are dairy free and

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they are gluten free.

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So for people with IBS, for anyone with
Celiac disease for

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anyone with any kind of allergies issues,
these are really quite safe.

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Okay.

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Let's give these a try.

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Mm.

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So good.
You get the crutch of the coconut on

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the outside, the nuttiness of the sesame
seeds, the sweetness of the maple syrup.

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And the carob, kind of addictive, I have
to say.

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I'm Frances Largeman-Roth with Healthy
Nation.

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Thanks so much for joining me.