My little nut pots
I’ve been working very hard to add more protein to my diet - I aim for a minimum of 20 grams per meal. When my protein intake is high, I have noticeably more energy and focus. Plus, I have fewer sugar cravings! Which is so important for me because once the sugar cravings start, it’s a downward spiral to iced rosé and salty chips for dinner.
This is an easy hack for adding 20 grams of protein to your breakfast. I add it to my yogurt and it keeps me full (and without cravings) until lunchtime. I just hosted a girls weekend at the lake house and these were a big hit.
My little nut pots:
Notes:
This recipe makes 8 pots. Each pot contains about 18-20 grams of protein, depending on which nuts you use. I like to use a mix of almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts.
Ingredients for a batch of 8
Hemp seeds — 1 cup (160g)
Chia seeds — ½ cup (95g)
Pumpkin seeds — ½ cup (70g), toasted
Sunflower seeds — ½ cup (70g), toasted
Chopped nuts — 1 heaping cup (120g), toasted (almond/walnut/hazelnut mix)
Instructions
Toast your nuts and seeds on the stovetop in batches. (optional, but dramatically improves flavour)
Then make a little conveyor belt system and load your pots…
Each individual serving gets:
2 TBL hemp seeds
1 TBL chia seeds
1 TBL pumpkin seeds (toasted)
1 TBL sunflower seeds (toasted)
3 TBL chopped nuts (toasted)
