easy to make / no bake pocket rockets to carry in your jersey and help prevent bonking on testing rides.  homemade – so you know exactly what goes into them and a great mix of both fast and slow release energy sources.

to make around 12 x power balls – you need –

• 100 g of rolled porridge oats
• 250 g of de stoned dates
• 60 g of chia seeds
• 50 g of agave necture or maple syrup

to make –

• tip oats, dates and seeds into a food blender ( i whizz half the ingredients at a time – to get an even mix )
•  blend for around 1 x minute
• add agave nectar or maple syrup and blend again for around 30 x seconds
• spoon mix out of blender and roll into balls – about 10 / 12 x golf ball sized
• place balls onto a grease proof paper lined tray
• put tray into fridge for about 1 x hour to firm up

these are great to have just before starting your ride or rolled in foil / grease proof paper in your jersey pocket to take with you.  the dates provide instant energy – being at the very top of the glycemic index table, while the oats provide long term, slow release energy – being in mid table.