This weekend didn’t feel like a weekend. Probably because I was stuck inside for most of it. It snowed like 3 feet. Not really, probably like 16 inches, but I’m pretty sure my car only comes 5 inches off the ground, no it’s not a ghetto low rider, well maybe, but I seriously couldn’t even pull onto the street. I spent 30 minutes cleaning off my car to only make it 2 feet into the street. Ok, that was an exaggeration. I made it like 4 inches into the street. So my friend Sergio had to take me under his wing and drive me everywhere. I love feeling 15 again. Relying on others to grocery shop, work, and workout is really fulfilling.
But the weekend still turned out pretty fun. Laura, Sergio and I played the 3 best friends card and did everything together. We went to breakfast together, went grocery shopping together, then helped each other pick out outfits. Well Sergio sat there and rolled his eyes as I took 12 shirts out of my closet. I hate dressing up. My PaleOMG shirts are way easier to sport. And my boobs are way more comfortable in sports bras. You just can’t always wear a sports bra with real people clothes. Dumb.
So I wore my big girl bra to a show we went to see downtown. We saw Passion Pit or Passion Pit’s DJ or a person from Passion Pit. I don’t really know. I think I’ve heard like 2 Passion Pit songs so I didn’t really know what to expect. But I was pleasantly surprised by feeling like an old fart. The venue was bumping with teenagers who were excited to get out of their parents house and be able to dry hump while on hallucinogenic drugs. What better way to spend your Saturday night eh?!?! Drugs are weird. Teenagers making out while trying to dance to some kind of beat is weirder.
Guess what else I did this weekend?! Sweated my ass off while shoveling our sidewalk. Maybe we shouldn’t have waited until it was complete ice slush. And when I say we, I mean me. Laura sat and watched. And took pictures. I did an overhead squat with a shovel just to be really creative and original. I should send that pic into the main site. I’M SURE they would totally use it. Wanna see it?! Sh*t yeah you do.
I’m watching Dirty Dancing. I love watching movies that I’ve seen a hundred times. They get more corny every time I watch them. This guy just walked up to Baby and said ‘This danish is pure protein”….like what? Missing some of those lines in movies makes me really develop of disappointment in myself. A line like THAT and all I remember is ‘Nobody puts Baby in the corner’?? That’s stupid. You disappoint me JB.
OH!!! And I did handstands in my house. No big deal.
Sweet Potato Brownies
- Yield: 5-8 1x
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/3 cup raw honey
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Time to bake that sweet potato. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees, use a fork to puncture holes all around it, then throw in the oven for 25-30 minutes. (I’m sure you could microwave it, but I like the ole fashioned way. I’m just so ole fashioned)
- Once your sweet potato is soft and cooked through, peel off the skin and mash it up in a bowl. And turn your oven down to 350 degrees.
- Now add your wet ingredients: eggs, coconut oil, honey, and vanilla to the bowl and mix together.
- Then add your dry ingredients: coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and chocolate chips.
- Mix well to incorporate all that goodness.
- Pour into an 8×8 glass baking dish
- Bake for 30-35 minutes.
- Let rest to cool a bit.
- Eat those b*tches. Try not to eat them all in one sitting. Like what may have happened in my kitchen….oops.
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These are SO outstanding. For the record, I’ve made them twice: once with orange and then once with white sweet potatoes. I like the orange ones better. Slightly different consistency (orange creates a moister texture – ends up being kinda a bit like a mousse cake. Whatevs. I eat them anyway.)
I can’t get over how delish these are. I’m a little bit in love with you.
I made these last night and love them. However I am nervous to eat them anymore as the ingridients on the enjoy life chocolate chips say “evaporated cane juice” I’m only in to my second week of eating paleo, but from my understanding evaporated cane juice is a no-no. Am I missing something or do I have the wrong chips? So confused but so wanting a brownie. Lmao.
That’s the kind of stuff in paleo that you have to decide on your own. Some people like those better than dark chocolate chips, but some don’t. Sugar in general (other than fruit and a very small amount of honey is a no no) but that’s not how I lead my paleo life 🙂
Thanks Juli. I really enjoy your site. You have a great attitude about how you eat. I’m trying to maintain a healthy weight and eat better since having gastric bypass in 2007. One of my gym class instructors told me about paleo recently while struggling on a low carb diet with my fiance. I love paleo so I much I don’t even want to call it a diet. I want to eat paleo for life. I feel so much better. Anyway, for now I think I’ll keep my brownies and enjoy in moderation. Thanks again for your input. Can’t wait to try more recipes. 🙂
Thinking about making these for my birthday this Saturday. Hopefully DH will like them, too, so I won’t eat the whole batch by myself in one sitting. Love your blog.
These are goooood! I added some walnuts to mine:)! Delish.
Tried this last night Juli – WOW. You’re a genius! Very Very TASTY. Thanks! Steve
made these this morning as my Mother’s Day present to myself, and for those who are commenting that these don’t quite taste like they thought they would, perhaps it’s because your palate has not adjusted to not having sugar daily.
i haven’t had any sugar except what’s in real fruit for the past 30 days, and i endorse these brownies as GREAT! i doubled the amount of cocoa–i like DARK chocolate–and found these to be oh so good!
thanks for ALL you share here, juli. don’t know what made you think to use a sweet potato, but i’m glad you did! you rock!
these are fantastic! i didn’t even use a sweetener, and used crushed unsweetened chocolate and they are fantastic. (though i did put a dab of almond butter on top for “icing”). thanks so much! love the blog and great recipes
can I boil the sweet potatoes instead of putting then in the oven
Absolutely, i’m sure that would work!
Question…when you measure your coconut oil, do you do it before or after you melt it? LOVE your recipes, they are what is keeping us paleo! 🙂 That and your sense of humor.
I put a bunch in the measuring cut then melt it, then add anymore if I need to to melt again 🙂