2 Amazing Healthy Sugar-Free Vegan Snacks for Weight Loss Diet Plan

 2 Amazing Healthy Sugar-Free Vegan Snacks for Weight Loss Diet Plan| Oil-Free Energy Balls

Healthy Vegan Recipes for Weight Loss 

Being vegan has become a craze for the past several years. People are opting for veganism in the footsteps of many celebrities.  Naturally, the demand for vegan food has grown in the market. You can see exclusive vegan dishes in restaurants and vegan products in grocery stores.

The obvious question is - What is mean by 'being vegan' or 'veganism'?

As per healthline.com,

Veganism is a lifestyle that excludes all animal products and attempts to limit the exploitation of animals as much as possible. 

Now the focus has been shifted from vegetarianism to veganism. The demand for vegan snacks is increasing over the years. The people who are on the weight-loss program look for vegan snacks which are healthy and effective.  

The Healthy snacks that can be made instantly are required for keeping our stomachs full. Such snacks are necessary for our weight loss diet plan.

So the obvious question is-> What are the healthy vegan snacks for weight loss? 

Here we are discussing two such excellent snacks which are helpful in losing weight and are a good fit as part of your vegan meal preparation.

Easy Vegan Recipes for Weight Loss

Oil-Free and Sugar-Free Peanut Dates Balls

These energy balls are, 

• Sugar-free and oil-free
• Easy to make and healthy vegan snack
• A quick way to boost energy
• Suitable for all age groups male and female
• A good way to consume for breakfast or evening snacks as part of a diet plan   

Ingredients: 

1. Roasted Peanuts - One cup (or 150 gms)  
2. Soft Medjool Dates - One cup  (or 200 gms) 
3. Raw Cacao Powder - One and a half tablespoons (Tbsp) 
4. Cardamoms - Six

Procedure : 

• Add six Cardamoms into the stone grinder. Crush the Cardamoms so that you can peel off their skin and remove the seeds easily. 

Grounded Cardamoms give awesome flavor to the energy balls.

• Add one cup ( 150 grams) of roasted peanuts into the grinding jar. Add peeled cardamoms seeds to it. 
• Coarsely grind the roasted peanuts and cardamoms seeds into the grinder. 

While pulsing the grinder, open the grinder lid after 2 pulsing rounds to check the coarseness of peanuts. After this, the final grinder pulsing would give the required quality.

• After pulsing the peanuts three times in the grinder, put them in a separate bowl. 
• Take one cup ( 200 grams) of Medjool dates. Take out the seed of each Medjool date and cut them into two parts. In this way place all the dates into a cup. 

The softness of Medjool dates enables easy blending. Except for Medjool dates, no other sweetener is used in these energy balls. All other alternatives such as cane sugar, coconut sugar, jaggery, or maple syrup are avoided. 

• Add these sliced dates into the grinder. Add one and a half tablespoons of raw Cacao powder. If you do not have Cacao powder then you can opt for Cocoa powder in unsweetened form. 

You can read if Cacao and Cocoa are the same or different here ->

Cacao & Cocoa - Differentiation

• Add about two tablespoons of coarsely ground peanuts to the same grinder. 
• Blend all of this mixture into the thin paste by pulsing the grinder for 1 to 2 minutes. You can check that the dates are well blended in the mixture by opening the grinder lid.
• Now add this blended date mixture into the bowl where you have kept coarsely ground peanuts earlier. Mix this date and peanut mixture well with your hand to get good mixture consistency.
• Mix this mixture well enough for about 3 to 4 minutes until you can combine it like a dough.

As the date mixture is blended in a high-speed grinder so you have to blend the date and peanut mixture with less effort by your hands. Also, you have to remember that we are not adding oil in any form in this mixture.

• Take lemon size dough from the big mixture. Roll and press it with your hands till it forms the round shape of the ball. 

Your sugar-free and oil-free energy ball is ready. You can make several such balls out of the mixture dough. This is a healthy and instant snack ready for consumption( ideally 2 balls are sufficient for a single person on the diet plan). This snack can also be included as part of a weight loss meal plan for a vegan.

Vegan Protein-Rich Dry Fruits Energy Balls

The main features of this snack are,

• No sugar, no oil, and no jaggery
• Delicious in taste and easy to make
• Healthy vegan snack giving a quick energy
• Good fit for breakfast or evening snacks in diet plan to lose weight

Ingredients: 

1. Grated Coconut - Half cup
2. Cashew Nuts - One fourth cup
3. Almonds - One fourth cup
4. Cinnamon Powder - One teaspoon
5. Medjool Dates (seed removed) - One cup

Procedure :

• Take half a cup of fresh Grated Coconut into the frying pan and lightly roast it. When coconut becomes light brown in color, take it out into a plate. 
• Clean off the coconut residue with tissue paper from the frying pan. 
• Add about one-fourth cup of Cashew nuts into the frying pan and lightly roast them. Take out once they are roasted lightly into the plate.
• Then add about one-fourth cup of Almonds into the frying pan and lightly roast them. Take out when they are about to crack into the plate.
• Add all these roasted dry fruits and coconut mixture into the blending jar. Also, add one teaspoon(TSP) Cinnamon powder. Then pulse the grinder 2 to 3 times. 
• Now add one cup of seed removed soft Medjool Dates in a coarsely ground mixture.

We have not added any other sweetener except Medjool dates in this. 

• Pulse this mixture 2 to 3 times and stop the grinder to shake the jar in between with hands. Repeat this whole process of pulsing and shaking in-between 2 to 3 times till the mixture is coarsely ground. You can feel the same by touching it with your hands.
• Transfer the whole mixture to the plate. Roll the mixture in lemon size smooth and softball with your hand. You can make 15 to 16 balls out of the whole mixture. 

So protein-rich dry fruit energy balls are now ready for consumption. These energy balls are an ideal fit for a vegan diet meal plan ( A single person should eat 2 balls during his daily diet schedule in the breakfast or evening snacks )

Disclaimer :

Please check the disclaimer at the bottom of the ' Seven Day Diet Plan - Day 1 ' Page before trying out anything mentioned above. The Link is here->

7 Day Weight Loss Diet Plan - Day 1

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