Chocolate, gooey, melt-in-your mouth pleasure, as well as low-carb, and gluten-free. All the while, packed with healthy nutrients that help us live healthy lives,without feeling the guilt of the junk we normally think of as cheat-food.
If you’ve never thought of doing a healthy brownie recipe,do yourself a favor, and try it just once. This following amount can make up to 8 people very happy:
4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
4 Tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cup chocolate whey protein powder
2 Teaspoons stevia
1 Teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup milled flax seed + 2/3 cup boiling water to gel
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Egg
Preheat your oven to 275 degrees F. Melt butter and chocolate on low heat in a small pan & stir
until smooth. Combine milled flax seed gel, coconut oil, walnuts, baking soda, and baking powder. Add the above to the mixture of butter/chocolate & Mix.
Pour into 8X8 baking pan, and bake for 7-9 minutes, or until brownies barely begin to pull away from the pan*.
*Brownies continue to bake, even out of the oven. To prevent dryness, remove from oven while slightly ‘underdone’.
Cutting out the processed, sugary flours leaves room to make things like ultra-healthy chocolate chip cookies, macaroons, and even mint chip ice cream! For more great guilt-free dessert suggestions, click here.
Enjoy!
March 3, 2012 at 11:36 am
do you have the nutritional info for this recipe?
March 4, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Thanks for the question, Jeannine–I actually don’t have it right in front of me, but it wouldn’t be difficult to look up. Generally speaking, it’s fairly calorie dense, low in carbs, and high in protein. Let me know if you’d like more specifics.