Late Night Snack

It is amazing how dinner time changes when kids are involved. In that other life, before children, we regularly ate at irregular times. Over the years, 6pm has become the time I aim to get the evening meal on the table, even now the kiddoes are in double figures. The only problem I find with this is that a few hours later, I have a hankering for a 'wee snackette'. This generally results in a quick trip to the late night supermarket for some 'milk' (code word for chocolate or chips) by one of us.

Looking into the pantry and finding a great selection of nuts, seeds and dried fruit inspired the making of a quick little snack. I ground some almonds, chia, sunflower seeds, oatbran, cocao powder and sesame seeds into a powder and then added some dates, that I have soaked in hot water, and a handful of raisin. In the food processor these all came together really well. Normally I would roll small spoonfuls into balls and coat with coconut but I wasn't feeling that inspired. A quick sprinkle of coconut over the base of a tray, before pressing the mixture out and sprinkling some more coconut, turned the fruit balls into a fruit slice. A perfect accompaniment for re-watching Gavin and Stacey.

One of favourite ingredients is usually sulphite free apricots but these are so good that all I found in the pantry was an empty packet. I think this would even work well with the grittiness of dried figs.

What do you have as a late night snack? 

Take care