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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p.s. no sweet pot in my house as i eat it obsessively these days but really want these brownies, oh, five minutes ago and dont think it can wait for a store run…. think i’ll sub pumpkin in. and yes, i probably have an (un) healthy obsession (addiction?) with Good Life chips, but a girl with no vices is utterly boring, so i have rationalized it well….
Utterly boring is a great term
ugh. last comment from me. i am boring myself. by good life i meant enjoy life chips. but you already knew that because you’re probably as cool as me. 🙂
Made these for Valentine’s Day and they were so, so good. Even my somewhat picky 6-year-old scarfed them down. I threw in a handful of chopped pecans cuz we like nutty, and baked them in a greased & cocoa powder-dusted 24-cup muffin pan to make them less crumbly for school lunches. Thanks for this delicious recipe.
Oops, meant 12-cup muffin pan. I’m not that stingy in my brownie portion sizes!
Glad you and ur 6 year old liked them!!!
So yeah, OMG. I made these 2 nights ago and they wre freakin’ amazing. It was really hard to not eat all of it by myself in one sitting. I had a friend try them last night and she said they were so good that they tasted like “real” brownies. You bet I’ll be making these again. Thank you for making my paleo transition less painful! I wasn’t sure if raw honey was paleo, but I don’t really care either way anymore… 🙂
Glad you liked them Emily!!
So I just found this blog, which is awesome! I made these brownies last night…(didn’t follow step #9 because they are almost gone and totally worth it). Let’s be honest. I didn’t really follow step #8 either because they were still steaming when I was trying to eat them.
Let’s be honest…I didn’t either Tracie.
These are so awesome! My first batch looked ugly but tastes awesome. I think I know what I’m going to do with the baked sweet potato I have hanging around.
Hahaha the looks are never important!
Juli, I love your site! Your sense of humor is awesome! Thanks for the awesome recipes! I am making these brownies as we speak!
Thanks Kim!! I hope you like them!
OMG… well, a few days later, but I made the brownies and I … as always, was not disappointed. DELICIOSO…. ty ty ty <3 I have always been a chocolate lover and this is awesome.. ROCK STAR!!!!! that's what you are 🙂
lol thanks Danielle! Glad you liked them!
I love your site! This will be my first paleo recipe to try this weekend, plus one of the crockpot recipes. I begin my paleo journey on Sunday!
Kick that paleo’s ass!! Glad you found my site!!
Just made a batch and they smelled too yummy to wait to cool, just ate one square out of 16, I think my kids will love them too, which will be awesome….if there are any left by the time they get home from school!!
Love your sense of humour too!!
Thanks Anna!! Hope the kids like them!