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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OMG! I just served these to company and we played “guess what’s in the brownie?” Haha. They never guessed it but everyone LOVED them! I’m obsessed now with coming up with new variations of this – banana with almond butter, avocado, pumpkin, raisins… You are a freaking genius how on earth do you come up with these things?!
You should know that I was verbally abused at the gym over your sweet potato brownies….Husband’s training partner accused me of throwing hubs under the dietary bus after hubs had spent the first 3 minutes of his gym time moaning that he ate most of the brownies I made….obviously never heard the slogan “Shut up and squat”….oh and both kids had time outs after fighting over the last brownie and my 5 year old called his sister a “stupid poo fart head”. In summary, AWESOME recipe. 😉
I prefer these brownies over nonpaleo brownies. SOOOO GOOD
Let me just mention that I love if you go to print out only the page with the actual recipe on it (and not the 40 pages of comments that also come up) the only picture on that page is you doing a handstand 😀 So now you are doing a handstand in my recipe book!
I LOVE THIS RECIPE! you really outdone yourself it is so good and the sweet potato makes it really yummy!
I was reading some of the comments of people saying that these are not Whole 30, but they are still paleo. I’m new to this, can someone tell me what ingredients make the brownies not Whole 30? I’m not asking to complain, if they aren’t Whole 30, I will just make them in September, I’m just asking to learn. Thanks!
The chocolate chips and the honey make it not paleo Lindsey. They want u to stay away from those kinds of sugar while on the whole30
Thank you. I will save them for a few weeks then. 🙂
I just made these tonight after listening to my husband whine because I “took all his snacks” away. After he and the kids got their hands on them, there was exactly ONE left for me. Next time, DOUBLE RECIPE! Oh, btw, I use a lot of your recipes and my FB friends are always asking me for them. I just started a blog and I want you to know I am linking all the recipes to your blog. Hope that’s okay!!
Making these right now…my first paleo baking experience! They smell so delicious in the oven!
WOW!! These brownies are AWESOME!! I am new to Paleo and my family is adjusting well but my 16 yr. old daughter is seriously craving sweets and my husband is getting bored with his food. So I’m extremely happy that I was given the link to your blog. This is the best blog ever!! I’ve made a few of your recipes and they are all a hit. Thank you so much for such wonderful recipes and a very entertaining blog! You ROCK!! BTW, I fed these brownies to my daughter’s friends and they gobbled them up!!
These are the only brownies I will make ever again! I love them! My boyfriend’s sons are very picky eaters and I got them to try them….1 out of 2 ain’t bad! lol But the big question is….what’s the orange stuff? Reply…does it taste good? Answer….yeah. Reply…then it doesn’t matter, does it!?! End of conversation!!!