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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Hi Juli, I made this recipe and the brownies were not firm at all and fell apart. Did I do something incorrectly? Admittedly, it did not stop me from eating them 🙂
probably, but since i wasn’t there with you, i’m not sure! they definitely should be firm!
Can I use a 13 by 9 baking dish? In addition, how large of a sweet potato do you use?
you could, but they will come out extra thin. and just a medium sized sweet potato. i never measure it out any time i make it and I’ve never had an issue!
I have made these luscious brownies for 2 notes in a row. Since I am on the AIP I use ingredients allowed. I would very much like to have a nutritional breakdown as my allotment of daily food is very specific.
Thanks, kate
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This is the best brownie I ever had, great recipe will give it to grandma too lol
OMG! I was hesitant to make brownies with a vegetable, but I’m SO glad I did! These are so delicious and fudgy and chocolaty and soooo good! Every time I walk by them I catch myself taking “one more” little bite. I’m taking them to work to share with the masses before I devour it all! Thanks Juli!
glad you liked them, cass!!
These are GREAT. I had a bad experience with making avocado brownies so was skeptical about using sweet potato. I made a couple of substitutions – applesauce for coconut oil and almond flour for coconut as my fiancé is allergic. I also didn’t have quite a 1/2 cup of chocolate chips so I chopped up some peanut m&m’s. I was worried about the substitutions, but it turned out great! I also love that when I added this to my fitness pal, it told me ‘this food is high in vitamin a’ – you definitely don’t expect that from a brownie!!!
Thanks Juli!
It states one sweet potato! Sweet potatoes grow in all sorts of sizes. How much is this measured out?
i never weigh or measure my sweet potato out (and it comes out perfectly every time) but it probably comes out to 1 or a little over 1 cup
I feel bad, that I didn’t drop you a note sooner. We went primal years ago and this brownie recipe was one of first recipes that we added to our new way of eating. Over the years me and the kids have eaten metric ton of your sweet potato brownies. Thank you for a great recipe that really helped me walk away from the SAD diet. This recipe is an integral part of our journey to a better life.
Stacey
glad you liked the brownies, stacey!
Mine were mushy and not cake-y like the pic. Baked for 36min on 350 middle rack in 8×8 glass dish. Disappointed ????
weird! sorry they didn’t work out. maybe they just needed a little more flour