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Sleep Snacks

This is from my FREE Sleep Fitness Package. CLICK HERE to get the package now.

You know better than to eat close to your bedtime, but you’re hungry now!  These two bedtime snacks are your best choices IF you must eat something. They will also  help you fall to sleep quickly

Do try your hardest to practice out eating anything before bed. I believe in you, you can do this. Now until we master that use these beautiful snacks

  • (CLICK on product names for Amazon links/ product info)  Also please remember: Healthy fats satiate our cravings & make our human brains relax.
  • Do not fear fats, it’s the carbs & sugar that will add the inches.

#1  Bre’s Cacao Balls CLICK HERE for recipe & info

#2  Herbal Tea + Full Fat Coconut Cream  

Simply put 2 teaspoons coconut cream in one cup of tea. Stir it around and enjoy. Get to bed immediately 🙂

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Cacao Balls

This is my favorite  snack!  I use these often to get through a long workday or right before a workout. Cool thing is they are great as a bedtime snack (when you are too hungry to get to sleep)

Healthy Cacao Balls.

Not only do they taste amazing, they are super great right before a workout when you need some quick fuel.Here’s a quick list of their nutritional benefits:

  1. High in Arginine- Amino acid that helps your body produce more Nitric Oxide for cardio endurance  (CLICK HERE for vid and info on this)
  2. High in healthy fats that help your body BURN more fat
  3.  Chock full of omega 3’s, magnesium, calcium, iron, protein, potassium and B vitamins – Perfect before a workout
  4. Help you sleep and decrease snack cravings

 Decadent  (easy/no bake) Cacao Balls 
*makes about 25 balls

•1/4 cup hempseed
•1 cup cacao powder
•4 tbsp Spirulina OR 4 tbsp powdered peanut butter PB2
•4 tbsp coconut oil
•6 tbsp raw honey
•2 pinch pink himalayan salt
•1/4cup unsweetened flaked coconut, small flakes

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. You can roll these right away, but it’s pretty messy on the hands. I like using this process:

Put in the fridge for at least one hour ( up to 4 days) Then take out and let stand for an hour.  With your clean hands roll into small balls.

I tear up sheets of foil into small sheets and wrap each ball in foil!

Refrigerate enough for 1-2 weeks + Freeze  the rest and save up to 5 months

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Bre’s 2020 Holiday Treats!

 Decadent  (easy/no bake) Spirulina/Cacao Balls + Golden Milk 

  I’m a nightime nosher. When it’s cold and dark outside the cravings hit hard. But I hate undoing my workouts and healthy eating with desserts I crave. That’s why I keep these decadent cacao balls stocked and ready in my fridge. I grab one when I crave something sweet. They also hit the spot and help me sleep better.  That’s due to their nutrients: High in Magnesium, protein, Omega 3, B vitamins and anti-oxidants. Directions below makes about 25 two inch balls

•1/4 cup hempseed
•1 cup cacao powder (not cocoa! look for only 100% cacao ALSO rainforest alliance certified)
•4 tbsp “hawaiin spirulina”
•4 tbsp coconut oil
•6 tbsp raw honey
•2 pinch pink himalayan salt
•1/4 cup unsweetened flaked coconut, small flakes

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix throughly with clean hands and form into small balls. I roll them up into 2 inch diameter balls, wrapped individually in foil and keep them in the fridge. Perfect for anytime- with afternoon coffee to hold you over, pre-workout snack, before bed when you’re looking for something to nosh on.

These will keep your immune system up, boost your energy, calm your nervous system and keep you lean and fit. Happy Holidays!

CLICK HERE for my Golden milk easy set up (great way to keep from that glass o vino, eggnog or other drink that will pack on the belly roll.

stay healthy, get stronger

Love Bre