Showing posts with label Avocado. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avocado. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

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!


Saturday, June 29, 2013

Chocolate Avocado Muffin






Chocolate Avocado Muffin
23 Sugar Calories
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

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!