Beans in the Brownies (pinterest challenge day 13)

  First off if your following me on Instagram you should have already seen my video if not jump over there for a short interrogation by my child.  She knew we were going to have brownies today but was not too sure about the use of beans.  I tried to tell her we had them before and all was well but she didn't remember probably because I didn't tell her about them.

  My challenge today was bean brownies!  Why not!  Do you think the more I actually let them know what's in their food the more likely they are to actually try it outside of what I cook it in?  Hmm, your probably right, probably not.  So until then I will randomly feed them goodies with veggies.  I look forward to the day one of them wakes up and says hey mom I'm feeling really healthy today what happened.

  There are so many options you can choose on Pinterest.  You can search just brownies but I selected bean brownies.  That was the easy part after that you have to scroll through dozens of option until your content with one.  Sometimes this is easy based on ingredients I have on hand, 3 ingredient recipes, no bake, or quick preps.  So many choices.  Lucky for you, you can always add them to a board or just like it so that it's saved for another day.

  Todays recipe was brownies with beans.
 

I added the batter to the pan and let the kids smell it before I put it in the oven.  I asked what it smelled like.  They could identify chocolate as they searched to see the beans.  Everything was run through the food processor so there was very little proof of them in the batter.

Brownies done and cooling.  They spent 18 minutes cooking and making the air smell delicious so when they were done, you couldn't help but want one.

Brownies are served better with a glass of milk

Supper easy recipe.  Everything goes in the food processor then poured in the pan.  The texture was the same as a traditional brownie.  The flavor was high in chocolate and no bean flavor at all.  The kids saw the whole process and still couldn't be stopped or slowed down with the beans. Chocolate trumps beans.  10 minutes of resting and I served up a piece to everyone.  The chocolate was still gooey and melted on your fingers.  2 kids loved these brownies and wanted more so you know what that means? #Pinterestwin!

  All my pinterest challenges can be found on my pinterest challenge board.

Meatless Monday

  I do not specifically declare Monday as meatless days but I do try to have one weekly.  We have minimal problems with that here as everyone likes beans, fish or vegetables.

  I bought some fresh vegetables with some specific meals in mind and I am bound and determined to eat the veggies up before the spoil and I have to throw them out.  I will post our menu plan for the next few days.

  As you know by now I am not a chef.  I use other people's recipes and share them with you guys.  I think that's just as good as you see a regular person making an easy recipe.  

  Today's recipe I have shared before as a few more I may be sharing with you this week but you know you always have a few go to recipes or your monthly favorites.

  Tonight's recipe was quick and easy!  I will be using one ingredient for two meals so I'm getting more for my money too!  I will be doing that a few times this week.  Keep in mind we are a family of 6 so I try to stretch as much as I can.

Recipe credit myrecipes.