So the UK is set to avoid the recession this year despite Brexit
All thanks to my many failed attempts at making – pretty much – sugar free chocolate brownies
Where I learnt that when all else fails, you dip it in (more) chocolate.
So, perhaps – unlike these brownies – the Brexit crash is just hype?
You see…
We had a joint family birthday this weekend for my two younger cousins (12 and 3 or 4…should remember that one)
So I thought I’d make some ‘low-sugar’ brownies that were filling, tasty and – well – CHOCOLATEY
Which – by the response I got – few can complain with.
And this is a big win, for me.
You see, the Fruci family are a funny lot.
Quite stubborn, in actual fact (I know where I get it from)
No sugar in brownies would be like mornings without coffee and evenings without prosecco
and I get it.
But just like my Nonna used to say to me after I’d say I didn’t like brussel sprouts:
“you don’t know if you don’t try”
After the 1011th time, I decided that I liked brussel sprouts.
ANYHOOO
Back to the brownies
There were a few grunts and moans (not going to lie)
BUT
There were many more:
‘What’s the recipe?’
‘How did you make them?’
‘You didn’t put any sugar in them ?!?!?’
But, I’m not going to sit here and say they were a success
Instead, I’m going to let YOU be the judge.
So, here’s the recipe.
Get baking and let me know what you think:
Ingredients (serves 16)
* 40 g of coconut oil
* 60 g of salted butter
* 70 g of 85% dark chocolate
* 100 g ground almonds
* 1 scoop of cookies and cream whey protein (chocolate would work well, too)
* 3 eggs
* 1/4 tsp of bicarbonate soda
* 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
* 2 tablespoons of stevia
*OPTIONAL: Dash of cinnamon and ginger
Method:
1) Pre-heat oven to 170C
2) Gently melt the coconut oil and butter in a pan
3) Add the melted coconut oil, butter and all other ingredients to a blender
4) BLEND!!! BRRRRR (sound of a blender)
5) Pour into a loaf tin (I used 1 kcal fry spray on the tin)
6) Cook for 20 – 25 minutes
7) Leave to cool, sprinkle some more stevia and cinnamon on top, cut into 16, and enjoy
^^^ I love how all recipes finish with ‘enjoy’. Surely this makes your opinion biased as you’re told to ‘enjoy’ it? I might start using that one in my coaching sessions with members on my Fit For Life Body Transformation Programme.
Nutritional info per serving:
Fat: 12 g
Carbs: 1.2 g
Protein: 4.3 g
Let me know how you get on!
Best wishes,
Matt
PS. I’m off to lecture the second years at Oxford Brookes University today. Brownie points if they stay awake…
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