Strange, but Delicious

In London, I found an entire section of a magazine devoted to stuffing in veggies in foods you wouldn't normally expect. I sneakily ripped out the pages and stashed them in my purse.  Tonight, I tried out one of the recipes: Brownies made with spinach and carrot puree.

Having an achilles heel for chocolate, I figured I'd give it a shot, hoping for a little support on eating a little better.  The concoction is beyond strange, but the end product tastes beyond delicious. I wanted to share - give it a shot and let me know what you think:

Ingredients:

3oz. semi-sweet chocolate

4oz carrots, pureed (steam for eight minutes, then run through a food processor or blender) 

4oz spinach, pureed (steam for 30 seconds, then run through a food processor or blender)

4oz brown sugar

1oz cocoa powder

2 tbsp margarine (fat free if you can swing it)

2 tsp vanilla

2 egg whites

3.5 oz flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray baking pan with cooking spray.

2. Melt chocolate in a double boiler over low flame.

3. In a large bowl, combine melted chocolate, vegetable purees, sugar, cocoa powder, margarine and vanilla. Whisk until smooth.

4. Mix in egg whites.  Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt with a wooden spoon.

5. Pour the batter into a pan and bake 35-40 minutes.  Cool completely in the pan before cutting the bars.*

*Make sure to eat cool... the spinach taste is less potent :)

Makes 12 Brownies

Nutrition:

80 calories

2.4g fat

13.5 carbs

1.1g fiber

7.6g sugar

1.7 protein

awesome!