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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Just turned these bad boys into muffins. Out of the park!
And by out of the park, I mean into my mouth. They were insane.
Love when Caleb comments on my blog 🙂 I feel so cool
I just made them for the second time in the past four days. They are INCREDIBLE! I added some cayenne pepper and some ground ginger for a little nip and WOW!!
I have made these twice and they were delicious each time. I made them according to the recipe the first time but found them to be a little too squishy so on the next try I doubled the cocoa powder to dry them out a little and more chocolate is never wrong. When next I make these I will omit the cinnamon because I just don’t care for cinnamon with chocolate personally. These would be delicious even if you cared nothing about paleo, well done!
These are incredible!!!!!!!!! I just substituted pumpkin purée for sweet potatoes and they are in the oven now! We will see how they turn out. The batter was delish.
Please update how that turned out… I had been wanting to try it with pumpkin!!!
So I figured I’d update as I tried this out with pumpkin and didn’t love the results. Although, I might have used too much pumpkin. I used one can of organic pumpkin from trader joe’s in place of the sweet potato. These had to be in the oven for almost AN HOUR to set. And even then, they were incredibly soft. It came out more like a bland pumpkin pie with a hint of chocolate. After being in the fridge for 24 hours, however, it firmed up a bit and tasted better. Just a heads up to anyone thinking of trying this way, i’d add more sweetener and put way less pumpkin than you think you need!!! Making it the original way is awesome though!!
I always measure the mashed sweet potatoes when I make this recipe and have found that 1 rounded cup is just about right, so a full can of pumpkin is probably a bit too much.
Holy Shit. These are fab.
Old news to you, but good work! Found your blog a few weeks ago and can’t get enough…asked for both of your books for xmas 🙂
Thanks girl!
These are ridiculously amazing. Question: Can I use pumpkin in place of sweet potato?
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Excellent recipe! I’ve made these bad boys several times using sweet potatoes and it worked great! This time, I had extra organic pumpkin purée (from trader joes) and tried that instead. I used 1.25 cups pumpkin, added 1 tbs extra of coconut flour & cocoa powder, and eliminated the maple syrup. Came out on the moister side, so recommend cutting down on the oil or adding more coconut flour. Anyway, this was a huge hit with the (non-paleo) family! The batch was gone in one sitting. Well done, Juli 🙂
Happy new year!
I came here in search for a decent sweet potato brownies recipe. Read the whole post, which is sort of a unicum. Think I’ll be back and read some more. 🙂
*jealous* of your handstands! Your but looks fab, don’t sweat it! 😉
Tim
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