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No Bake Energy Bites

1 cup ORGANIC oatmeal - finely ground in a little food processor

1/2 cup Artisana Organics Raw Pecan Butter with Cashews - I'm going to make my own pecan butter when this runs out because it will be even healthier

1/3 cup local honey

1 cup organic unsweetened coconut flakes - ground in the food processor

1/2 cup chia seeds

1/2 cup chocolate chips (I didn't use healthy here - I used Ghirardelli Bittersweet Chips)

1/4 cup organic dried strawberries - ground in food processor - I was wondering if this would work and taste good and it worked!  You could even mix 1/2 cup in.

1 t. vanilla

Mix everything above into a medium bowl - let chill in fridge for about a half hour and then roll into balls.  Store in airtight container and keep refrigerated up to one week.

There is so much flavor in this little recipe.  The way that the chutney caramelizes and browns as you fry the chicken patties.  That really brings out the extra flavor.  So good in my opinion.  I made this recipe up many years ago - I never measured any ingredients before so you can eyeball everything to your liking - or use the recipe below.  I measured everything out today, and they were as delicious as I remembered. 

Major Grey's Chicken Patties

1 pound ground chicken

1/2 cup diced red onion

1/2 cup Major Grey's Chutney (I did not use the raisins that are in the jar)

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon fine pink sea salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

(arugula and Naan bread if you want to make a little sandwich)

Combine the first 6 ingredients in a bowl.  Form the mixture into patties.  Heat your nonstick frying pan on medium to medium high heat.  Cook each side until browned and caramelized.  In a separate pan warm each side of your Naan bread.  Then simply place your cooked patties on the warmed Naan and top with some arugula.  I sprinkled mine with a little parmesan as well.  These patties are also really good to serve alongside a vegetable like green beans and some mashed potatoes.