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2-Ingredient Strawberry Protein Pre-Workout Bites

2-Ingredient Strawberry Protein Pre-Workout Bites

2-Ingredient Strawberry Protein Pre-Workout Bites
I notice I put so much more energy into my workouts when I have a snack beforehand, especially one with a bit of fruit and protein, yet not heavy. These pink snacks are perfect, oil-free, just strawberries and white beans. Yes, white beans again! Isn’t that amazing? These white beans are sneaking themselves into everything in my kitchen!
But with good reason, this tiny white packages are full of protein, fiber and a slew of other nutritional benefits, including potassium and iron, good for shiny hair among other effects; thiamine for a boost to your cognitive abilities; heart-supporting folate and magnesium, and copper to fight inflammation and antioxidants galore!
And just as I found with my white bean chocolate chip cookie dough, this bean, normally found in savory dishes such as chili, is the perfect partner in a 2-ingredient snack paired with strawberry, allowing the strawberry to carry the sweetness and flavor!
I chose to use organic canned beans though I’m sure freshly cooked beans would work as well. If you use canned, be sure to use organic, to be sure the beans don’t have additional ingredients. And I chose unsalted so I could control the sodium.

 

INGREDIENTS

makes 2 cups

  • 1 can (15oz/425gms) of white beans, organic & precooked (navy beans;I have used Eden and Whole Foods 365 brand)
  • 1 cup strawberries (or a bit more if you want a stronger fruit flavor)

METHOD

1. Rinse the white beans, trim and wash the strawberries, and pop them both in the blender.
2. Blend up until creamy.
3. Pour into molds or mini cupcakes papers, freeze an hour (or longer depending on your freezer temperature) and then eat! Keep frozen until ready to eat, and ours lasted at least 3 days. And the possibilities are endless with this recipe, right? We can try other fruits or coat these in healthy chocolate! I intend to do just that in the near future.

Like working with white beans? Here are two other recipes that use them:

Enjoy your workout!

 

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Comments

  1. How many of these are considered a portion?
    Really interested in trying the 2-ingredient strawberry protein bites as well as the blueberry ones for my pre-workout snacks.

    • Hi Kim! I typically eat 5 to 8 before a workout, and it feels very energizing. I have them in the morning with a smoothie. Of course, you might need more or less. Hope that helps, Dee xx

  2. Thank you for this!! I tweaked it a little bit. Hope you don’t mind. I used my vitamix and the beans still had a gritty and powdery taste after blended up. I used bananas as well. I also put some agave and DASH of almond milk. They came out great!!

    • Amie, I love that you tweaked it! That’s what recipes are for, inspiration. Everyone’s machines and ingredients are a bit different so it makes sense. I’m so happy you made it work, they do sound delicious the way you added bananas. I bet mango would help too! Dee xx

  3. What type of appliance did you use to blend? I just got a Blendtec but apparently using the maple syrup didn’t give it much liquid as maybe the date paste. I can’t get it to blend totally. Ughhhh

    • Hi there, there is no maple syrup or date paste in this recipe. Did you mean to comment on the chocolate recipe? I suggest just adding a touch of water if your mixture isn’t blending. Hope that helps! Dee xx

  4. I made this today. I found it too “beany.” I will make it again though, because I love the idea! 🙂 Next time I’m going to double the amount of strawberries, leaving the amount of beans the same. Also, it took about 2 hours for mine to freeze, and the recipe says 1 hour.

    Thank you so much for this recipe, I would never have come up with this idea!!!

    • Deena! Thank you for your feedback. I used could not taste the beans using Eden and other organic brands, so it might be brand variation. Still it’s a great idea to increase the berries, you are still getting the protein! And I think I’ll add that as a note in the recipe that freezing times may vary depending on how cold your freezer is!
      So glad you found the idea useful! Dee xx

    • I do not know the answer, I have never tried black beans, though I do know people who make brownies out of black beans. Let me know if you try it! Dee xx

  7. Love the recipe but allergic to strawberries . Can I change this so it has a different fruit and taste like vanilla or chocolate and still be healthy? If so, how?

  8. Heya. Could you mention what brand of white beans you use. I’m from India and can’t seem to put my finger on which beans to use exactly.

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