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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I cut honey to 1/4 cup and doubled the cocoa. I measured my sweet potato and a half-pound potato made 3/4 cup mashed. No idea if that’s the amount you used but it turned out fine. These won’t last through tomorrow – especially w/ 3 little munchkins begging for them. So glad I picked your recipe for my first paleo brownie experience! Btw, love the snow shovel squat!
Thank you Kristina for measuring the sweet potato. I get sweet potatoes from a farmer and they are all different sizes.
Hey I am fairly new to the whole Paleo way of things..you have some great reciepes!..I made these brownies and they are fantastic!…so good..I look forward to making more of your reciepes
That’s awesome Tim!! Welcome to the lifestyle!
Can’t wait to make these badboys. As soon as I can keep a package of Enjoy Life Choc. Chips in my house long enough to bake something with them, this is what I’m making. (They usually get inhaled raw on the drive back from the store.) Pathetic addiction I know.
Story of my life Megan. If you’re pathetic, I am
I am on my third pan of these brownies in three days. Should I mention I live alone and I didn’t share any of them? Pure gluttony! They are so dense and fudgy and decadent you’d never guess how healthy they are. Of course, eating three pans in three days probably cancels out any health benefits. I found that a 1 cup to 1 1/4 cups of sweet potato worked perfectly and I also used 8 tsps of cocoa.
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I love your blog. Of course, now I have to add sweet potatoes to the list of things I can’t keep in the house because I have no control.
Lol yeah its really hard to keep those lil b*tches in my house too
That should say 8 TBSP. of cocoa.
Haha dually noted Colleen
Made these tonight and they were awesome! The challenge now is policing the kitchen so husband does not gobble them up all in one night. Thanks, your recipes have made paleo enjoyable.
Hahaha thats awesome Amber. Glad you liked it!
Wow! Loved these!!! Made them tonight for my kids to have at school for the valentine’s party this week. It is so hard to have kids in school and find good paleo recipes they will be happy with, but your have been great!
I taught my son how to make the apple pie nachos…we had them four times last week!!!!!
Thank you ~ keep the recipes coming!
I am absolultey in LOVE with apple pie nachos lol I stopped buying apples just so i wouldn’t make them every day! Glad you liked them!
Here’s the deal. Your blog is AWESOME. I’ve made a few recipes so far and they were Awesome. The fact that you made me have the will power to go Paleo completely is Awesome. And now, my husband who is at sea in the Coast Guard can have a box of brownies to enjoy that are Paleo and delicious. Thank you! You are (guess……) Awesome!! (And my husband will say the same I’m sure!)
I’m glad I could help you in some way Jacque. I never post anything I don’t think tastes great so hopefully you like it all!
Hi Juli~ I have been Paleo for over a year now and this brownie recipe is by far the BEST treat recipe I have found. Wow! I made them thinking they would be desert for my family’s Valentine dinner tomorrow…wrong…they are gone already! Made your red pepper dip for the superbowl and yummmyyy too! Love your blog :):)
Thats awesome to hear Shawn!! Have you ever checked out George at the civilized caveman?? He has fantastic recipes!!
I frequently visit his site as well. Making more of your brownies by popular request right now 🙂 My husband asks “what makes them taste like chocolate”…hahaha…I can’t help but laugh at him. He assumes all of my paleo creations are going to be made with some odd ingredient 🙂 He just rolls with the yumminess!!
lol that’s all that matters Shawn!
i feel obligated to go watch DD for the millioneth time now because ‘danish is a protein’,,,– whhhaaat? i clearly have been missing the true grit of the movie! 😉 your blog might just be the best one i read…and that is for multiple reaons. keep it up — i love it!