Most days are not anything special. It’s ordinary food whether you are plant eating or not. But I do like to learn new ways of cooking with plants. I learn a little bit at a time and this week’s new recipe was BROWNIES!
Breakfast was grape-nuts and Soymilk and blueberries with an orange for added calcium.
A snack of apple and pecans for energy as I had a busy day seeing patients and needed energy!
Lunch was greens topped with some noodles (made from chickpeas for a protein boost) with soybeans and tofu snd some garden cherry tomatoes. I made the same sauce for the noodles and for marinating the tofu. The sauce was some peanut butter melted in microwave, soy sauce, white wine vinegar and hot pepper flakes. Yum! Lots of great protein in this lunch! Especially since the brownie for dessert is added sugar free and made from black beans. More info below.
For dinner I met a favorite church group out at a local diner and got the veggie wrap and some sweet potato fries. I asked them to hold the sugar on the fries as I am trying to cut down on added sugar and they were happy to oblige.
Now about the brownies…
First you soak 2.5c of Medjool dates in hot water for 2-4 hours. Then you blend them up with 1c water to make a date paste.
You then take 1.5c of this date paste and blend in a can of rinsed and drained black beans and 3/4c plant milk.
Then mix in 1/2c cocoa, 1tsp of baking powder and vanilla, 1/2 tsp of baking soda, and 3/4c oats.
Mix it all up and then spread in brownie pan with some chips and nuts on top of you like and bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. They need to cool to stay cut in a square and I like mine after some time in the fridge. Very fudgey…These are husband and teenager approved!
Happy plant eating!
