Chocolate Almond Flaxseed Bars

Makes 8 square bars - 15 Sugar Calories per square

• 1 Ghirardelli Intense Dark 86 Cacao Midnight Reverie Bar
• 1/4 Cup - Bobs Red Mill Almond Meal/Flour
• 1/2 Cup - Flaxseed (grind up)
• 1 - 1.5 quart loaf dish
• plastic wrap

Directions: 

Break up bar and place in a microwaveable safe bowl. Place in microwave for 3 intervals of 60 seconds each. Making sure to stir the chocolate each time. Once completely melted stir in almond flour and flaxseed. Line loaf dish with plastic wrap. Using a spatula, scoop chocolate mixture into loaf dish. Make sure chocolate is even. Place in refrigerator until hardened. Once hardened, remove chocolate by pulling up on plastic. Remove plastic and on a cutting board, cut up chocolate into 8 square pieces. I used a pizza cutter.

Enjoy!

Double Chocolate Brownies

Serves 16
Approximately 36 Sugar Calories

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup - Coconut Oil
• 1 Stick of Butter
• 1 Avocado Pureed
• 3 Eggs - 1 Egg and 2 Egg Whites
• 2 Tbs - Flaxseed (pureed)
• 1/2 Cup - Coconut Sugar (384 Sugar Calories)
• 1 1/2 Cups - Almond Flour
• 2 Tsp - Pure Vanilla Extract
• 3/4 Cup - Cocoa
• 1/2 Cup - Walnuts Chopped (optional)
• 4 Squares - Lindt Chocolate 90% Cacao (broken into little pieces) (48 Sugar Calories)

Other:

• Coconut Oil Spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together almond flour, coconut sugar, cocoa powder, and *pureed flaxseed. In same bowl add, butter, eggs, vanilla, and *pureed avocado. Fold in nuts and chocolate pieces. 

Bake in greased 8 x 8 pan for 30 minutes. Let cool then cut into 12 square pieces. Place in refrigerator overnight and enjoy them the next day. 

*Puree the flaxseeds in a magic bullet for a few minutes. Add to flour mixture. Then puree the avocado and coconut oil in the magic bullet till texture is smooth.

NOTES: While the brownies are cooking there will be a layer of oil on top that's bubbly. That oil will disappear once out of the oven for a few minutes. 

Enjoy!

Chocolate Avocado Muffin

Chocolate Avocado Muffin

23 Sugar Calories

Bake at 400 for 15 minutes

Dry Ingredients

·         ¼ Cup – Coconut Sugar

·         ½ Cup – Coconut Flour

·         1 Scoop – Vanilla Whey

·         ¼ Cup  – Cocoa Powder

·         2 Tsp – Baking Powder

·         1 Tsp – Baking Soda

·         ½ Tsp – Salt

Wet Ingredients

·         ½ Cup – Coconut Oil, Will harden in cold milk

·         2/3 Cup – Coconut Milk, warmed up a little in microwave around 40 seconds depending on Microwave

·         1/3 Cup – Total Fage Greek Yogurt, Warmed up in microwave like milk

·         1 Tbs – Flaxseed (soaked in 3 Tbs of water for 10 minutes)

·         4 Egg Whites – Room Temp

·         1 Cage Free Egg – Room Temp

·         1 Ripe Avocado Smashed

Other Ingredients

·         1 Tbs – Mini Chocolate Chips or Chop up an 86% Cocoa Bar

Directions

Mix together Flaxseed and water then set aside. Then whisk together dry ingredients, then the wet ingredients.  Whisk together the dry and wet ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips or bar.

Bake for 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy!