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Very Low Fat Brownies

February 17th, 2010

The FLHC

Whoever said that if you are on a strict diet, you can never have dessert? Especially chocolate brownies. Well, I absolutely LOVE love love brownies. So, now that I am trying to lose a few kgs (ok, ok, I have about 10kg to shed, not only a few!), having to cut out dessert and sweet stuffs will be especially torturous.

Imagine my delight when I found a low fat brownie recipe. OMG. I can be on a diet and still eat brownies. It is a life saver, I tell you. Now, this recipe may be low fat, it is not exactly healthy either. It still has sugar and flour and calories. So, do enjoy it but don’t sit right down and eat the whole pan of brownies no matter how tempting it is and no matter how long you’ve been on a diet. Trust me. It is damn tempting but will-power, please. If you finish it in one go, then there won’t be any left tomorrow, right? So, here it is. Just salivate over it.

low fat chocolate brownies

The low fat chocolate brownies are low fat but the topping is not. It is very simple to make. Really.

flour and cocoa powder

Just sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder into the mixing bowl.

two eggs

We need two eggs.

Use brown sugar

I used brown sugar instead of white sugar.

Add yogurt, egg, vegetable oil and vanilla essence to the dry mixture

Then, add the yogurt, vegetable oil, vanilla and eggs (lightly beaten) to the flour and sugar mixture. Stir till very well mixed.

pour the mixture into the prelined pan to bake

Pour the mixture into a prepared pan for baking. After about 20 minutes….

very low fat chocolate brownies

You get this!

Here’s the recipe proper:

Very Low Fat Brownies Recipe

low fat brownies

Ingredients

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

4 tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup plain yogurt (I used blueberry yogurt)

2 eggs, beaten

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line the baking pan with baking paper.

2. Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into the mixing bowl. Add in the sugar.

3. Then mix in the yogurt, eggs, vanilla and vegetable oil. Combine well.

4. Pour the mixture into the baking pan and bake for about 20 minutes.

5. Leave in the pan to cool.

Now, for the icing / topping. It is NOT low fat but damn good. If you are really on a diet, don’t use this!

Rich Peanut Butter Chocolate Icing

Ingredients

6 tbsp dark chocolate, broken into small pieces

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp low fat milk

3 tbsp peanut butter

3 tbsp icing sugar

Instructions

1. Melt the dark chocolate and butter in the microwave for about a minute.

2. Stir and mix the dark chocolate and butter. Add the peanut butter, milk and sugar.

3. Combine well and you will get a smooth, chocolate paste.

4. Scoop onto the brownies and serve.

low fat brownies with rich chocolate peanut butter icing

Sweet Cashew Hempseed Treats

February 17th, 2010

The FLHC

Raw food recipes have a reputation of taking forever to make (and honestly some do take a lot of prep time, forethought and dehydration, soaking, etc). My goal for these blog recipes is to make them suuuuper easy for you throw together. There will be a few that take some time but here is one that is very easy, delicious, healthy and kids love it! Enjoy…

Sweet Cashew Hempseed Treats

1 1/2 cups cashews
10 dried figs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla or 1/2 vanilla bean seeded
1 tablespoon raw honey (or agave)
1/4 cup hemp seeds
1 tablespoon raw cacao powder or cocoa powder(optional)
Pinch of sea salt

Pulse Cashews in a food processor until finely ground. Add the figs one at a time until the mixture holds together when you squeeze it between your fingers. Next pulse in the vanilla, honey and last the hemp seeds, salt, and cacao until all is combined well. I like to roll mine into little balls or you could press the mixture flat in a small pan and make bars out of it.

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Truffles mmmmm….

November 5th, 2009

Tommy Grobmyer

Every year in our neighborhood families get together and create a Halloween celebration without the added corn syrup, hydrogenated oils and FD&C reds, blues, etc. We make home made treats or crafts and our kids go from house to house gathering their treats. This year I had a request for these chocolate truffles. You can make them in a food processor or a high speed blender. They are easy, I promise! I added cacao/cocoa powder to make chocolate truffles but you could omit the chocolate, add more coconut, dried fruit, nuts, cinnamon, anything you might like. Its hard to mess it up with this base of ingredients here. Enjoy!
P.S. I notice a number of my posts are on chocolate (must be getting towards the holiday season). Don’t get me wrong, I love it and there are numerous health benefits. I do however limit my consumption of it and try not to feast on it everyday!

Raw Truffles

1/4 cup coconut butter softened (I put mine in my dehydrator at 115 for 30 minutes or so, you could do it on the stove or rest the jar in a bowl of hot water)
1/2 cup agave or to taste
2-3 tsp maple sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 vanilla bean seeded
pinch of sea salt

Combine all ingredients in a vitamix, blendtec, or food processor. Once combined and as smooth as you can get it transfer to a bowl and add:
1 cup of cocoa/cacao powder
and/or
Any chopped dried fruits, nuts, spices you might like.
Place bowl in refrigerator for about 30 minutes until the mixture has set and can be easily formed in to balls. Using a 1/2 teaspoon measure out and roll into small truffles. I like to roll mine in extra cocoa/cacao powder or coconut. Yum.