{"id":6888,"date":"2014-12-26T18:47:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T08:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=6888"},"modified":"2021-01-13T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T23:45:47","slug":"healthy-protein-balls-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/healthy-protein-balls-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Are protein balls good for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"comment-rating-field-pro-plugin\"><div class=\"rating-container crfp-group-1\"><span class=\"label\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/healthy-protein-balls-recipe\/#comments\">Rate it  <\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t       \t\t<span class=\"rating-always-on\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"crfp-rating crfp-rating-5\" style=\"width:80px\"><a href=\"#comments\">5<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div align=center>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"are protein balls bad for you?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4673-550x412.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You feel as stuffed as the Christmas turkey! The scales register an increase and you decide to start your new year&#8217;s health kick early. \u00a0Should you make some home-made healthy protein balls or bars? \u00a0Let&#8217;s make some and check out how they stack up when compared with other snacks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzZX3wKbBr4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fn\">Healthy Protein Balls Recipe or you can make them into bars<\/h4>\n<p><em>Makes 14 Protein balls<\/em><br \/>\n3\/4 cup or 115g (4.06 ounces) blanched almonds or nut butter<br \/>\n1 cup or 160g (5.64 ounces) raisins or other dried fruit<br \/>\n2 Tablespoons or 20g (0.71 ounces) cocoa nibs<br \/>\n1 Tablespoon or 15g (0.53 ounces) protein powder<br \/>\n1\/2 cup or 85g (3 ounces) seed mix or trail mix<br \/>\nOptional goji berries, coconut, cocoa powder, chopped nuts for rolling the outside of the protein balls.<\/p>\n<p>Two protein balls contain 8.8g (0.31 ounces) protein<\/p>\n<p>Add all ingredients into a food processor and process until it forms a sticky ball. Portion into 14 balls and roll in coconut, chopped nuts, goji berries or cocoa powder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6901\" alt=\"protein balls recipe are they good for you\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4664-550x412.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4664-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4664-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4664-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4664-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4664-1200x900-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<h7 class=\"updated\">2015<\/h7>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \n  \"@type\": \"Recipe\", \n  \"name\": \"actually healthy protein balls\",\n  \"image\": \"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4673-550x412.jpg\",\n  \"description\": \"You feel as stuffed as the Christmas turkey! 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The scales register an increase and you decide to start your new year\u2019s health kick early.  Should you make some home-made healthy protein balls or bars?  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The scales register an increase and you decide to start your new year&#8217;s health kick early. \u00a0Should you make some home-made healthy protein balls or bars? \u00a0Let&#8217;s make some and check out how they stack up when compared with other snacks. &nbsp; Healthy Protein Balls Recipe or you can make them into bars Makes 14 Protein balls 3\/4 cup or 115g (4.06 ounces) blanched almonds or nut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,152,156],"tags":[31,972,1992,1991,1196,1004,952,163,1988,1990,1989,1994,174,1993],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6888"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116568,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6888\/revisions\/116568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}