Stir the shredded carrots, defrosted cauliflower rice and maple syrup together and cook in a microwave safe glass bowl for 90-120 seconds until the carrots and cauliflower are hot and appear cooked. Wait until cool enough to handle.
In another clean bowl, mix the dry ingredients: protein powder, oat flour and cinnnamon
Next, mix in the cooked carrots (along with the maple syrup in the bowl), as well as the cashew butter --and use your hands to knead and get the dough to come together.Add more oat flour ½ Tablespoon at a time if the dough is too soft, add a teaspoon or more of water, maple syrup or liquid sweetener of choice if the dough is too thick
Add some chopped nuts or raisins into the dough for additional texture, if desired.
Roll the batter into tablespoon sized balls, refrigerate for 15 minutes to set
Top with frosting if desired. The protein balls can be enjoyed with or without additional frosting, which I added for decoration purposes.
Notes
*I used Orgain Vanilla Protein Powder. I used a standard measuring cup to measure out the protein powder.
Keyword carrot, energy bites, oatmeal, protein, protein powder
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