Lamington Protein Balls

ingredients

• 1 cup instant oats
• ½ cup desiccated coconut
• 2 Tbsp cacao
• 1/3 cup vanilla flavoured protein powder
• 2 Tbsp coconut oil
• 2 Tbsp rice malt syrup
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 Tbsp strawberry jam (if you can get a low sugar option..get it!)
• ¼ cup extra desiccated coconut for rolling

method

1. Combine the oats, coconut, cacao and protein powder in a bowl.
2. Heat the coconut oil and rice malt syrup together in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir and add to the dry ingredients with the water.
3. Roll a heaped teaspoon of the mixture into a ball. Create a deep hole in the centre with your thumb and drop a little jam inside. Press the edges together to seal, roll to reshape into a ball then coat in coconut. Repeat with remaining mixture. Store in the fridge.