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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Wow these were great! I have been for a long while wanting to make brownies from sweet potatoes and now that I have gone paleo it is finally time! I made some modifications to make it more paleo and it turned out great 🙂 yum It was hard not to just eat the batter…. I have a vitamix so I just place the whole sweet potato with the skin and all, I used a 1/4 cup whole seedless dates instead of honey, grain-free baking pwd (1 part aluminum free baking soda, 1 part arrowroot starch, 2 parts cream of tartar), and no chocolate chips :S even though that would probably be delish as well but the were brownies still
A-mazing!!!! yum…so good…thank you!
Just baked a batch! First time using coconut flour so I wasn’t really sure of its texture but not too bad compared to regular flour! 🙂 Mine came out a bit too “moist” inside so I let it sit in the oven for a longer time. I baked mine in a muffin cooking tray. Yum!
I modified the coconut flour (didn’t have it). Used 2 TBS shredded coconut after I threw it in the coffee grinder. Then added 1 TBS oat flour so it wouldn’t be too moist. Couldn’t finish baking on the first day after I had already cooked the sw potato, so threw the chunks back in the oven @350 for 20ish minutes a few days later for a version of twice baked sweet potato. Used 4 TBS raw cacao and regular chocolate chips. I don’t know what paleo is, or what you guys don’t normally eat, but I never bake or have brownies, so I’m not comparing based on recent memory of wheat laden junk food, but THIS WAS REALLY GOOD. Thanks for the recipe!!!!
Ohhhhhh my lanta. I made these for Bible study. Women that pretend not to eat a lot. Except for me and one other crossfitter of course. Ha! Anywho. Whole pan. Gone. Super uber yum. The end.
Made these tonight and they are epic! I was out of honey so I used maple syrup(which I’ve seen in other paleo recipes) plus I added chopped pecans and shredded coconut.
My hubby(who has a serious sweet tooth) told me that you could make these for anyone and they wouldn’t know that they weren’t eating a traditionally made wheat filled brownie.
I was having a serious chocolate craving when I came across this recipe- I didn’t have dark chocolate chips- only semi-sweet so that is what I used. My only suggestion would be to mix with an electric mixer- I didn’t and there are orange chunks in it. Tastes fine, but it would look more appealing if it was mixed better. Oh well, keeps everyone else from eating them 😉 ! I will definatly be making these monthly for my chocolate cravings!
Hi! AWESOME RECIPE – my kids and hubby love them and never realize they’re not getting junk… 🙂 My elderly mother broke her shoulder and hip recently. She hasn’t been so interested in the hospital food. I made these, only I used 2TBSP cinnamon instead of cocoa and 1/2 cup cinnamon chips (she loves cinnamon more than chocolate). Her Physical Therapists were in and we shared with them. Everyone loved… I shared your web address with them… then it occurred to me that I didn’t tell them this STARTED OUT AS A CHOCOLATE RECIPE! LOL So, if you get emails wanting to know about the cinnamon brownie recipe… this is why…
Theses are truly amazing! I was skeptical at first, thinking I would be disappointed but they are very tasty. We made them with both sweet potatoes and then again last night with butternut squash and they were equally amazing! I would even serve these to non-paleo eating guests.
Thank you Julie for This and all your other tasty recipes on this blog!
Can’t wait for the cookbook!
Ohhh, those were good! I used twice the amount of coconut flour and cocoa, and Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate chips, just because they were on sale and don’t have as much sugar. My only surprise was at how light-colored these came out, especially given that I had doubled the cocoa. I used Fry’s cocoa powder…how can I make them darker and more chocolatey-looking?
hi, how many brownies does this recipe make for? servings?
it makes about 12 brownies!