Brownies for Breakfast

This morning I woke up to a pan full of Happy Herbivore’s Black Bean Brownies and decided why not have one as part of my breakfast!

Not only are these babies low fat and vegan, they are fudgey and delicious and taste nothing like beans. I tried one warm last night and it tasted okay, but I wasn’t overly impressed because the bottom was really soft. Isaac said the flavor was good but jokingly called them soggy bottom boys.

So, I heeded Lindsay’s advice and put them in the fridge overnight. Worked like a charm! They’re now a bit firmer, but still moist and chocolaty.

I didn’t add the extra sugar and mine are just the right sweetness for me. Although, I will note that I used REALLY ripe bananas!

After having a brownie and bowl of cereal for breakfast, Olive and I headed to the farmer’s market to pick up some CSA goodies. I found out that I have over $170.00 left to spend and there are only 5 more weeks. Sadly, I think the half share that I purchased for Isaac and I was just too much. With the supply of veggies from Isaac’s parents’ garden we ended up not needing a ton from the CSA each week. I loved the quality of produce I received and the weekly visits to the markets, however i could have easily visited the markets as a non-member and bought what I wanted for the same price.

Hopefully I can find a way to use up the rest of my funds or else I’m pretty sure it will be forfeited. Speaking of which, if any Richmonder’s want to pair up and buy some veggies off my account and pay me, please email me (eatingbirdfood at gmail dot com). I really don’t want the money to go to waste.

Today’s packed agenda:

• walk with Isaac’s mom and taste her first batch of homemade kombucha
• meet with my nanny, sister and nieces for lunch to celebrate my nanny’s b-day
• hang out with my daddy-o
• drive home
• go to a girls only football pool draft party
• get ready for the work week

whew… I better get going! But before I go I want to share a few things I am loving right now (besides black bean brownies):

1.) The new Arcade Fire Album – The whole CD is awesome, but here’s one of my faves:

2.) Groupon’s Deal of the Day – Sends you a daily deal with 50 to 90 percent off at restaurants, stores, and salons in your city.

Edited to add: If you want to sign up for Groupon and make me $10 please click this link <–I didn’t even know that the referral code was possible when I wrote this post. I just wanted to tell you guys about Groupon, but thanks to Kat’s comment I realized I could add the referral code so I figured why not.

3.) Living Social – Same principle as groupon with a different deal each day.

4.) Sundance – Beautiful jewelry that I like to look at and dream of buying everything. I’ve told Isaac before that he could buy me anything from their jewelry catalog and I would like it.

5.) The fact that I was able to go to the gym for the first time in over a week!?! My leg was feeling better so I did 30 minutes of walking on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the bike and overhead presses. It felt wonderful!!

And, one thing I am not liking so much – the little creature that Isaac bought at ikea last weekend:

It actually scared me the first time I walked into the house and saw it on the couch because I thought it was another animal. As you can see, Olive has taken it as her own and Isaac thinks it’s just so funny. It’s two against one right now so it looks like the creature (Black Cat?) might be staying. I mean no big deal, It fits right in with all our other decor….

Enjoy your Sunday!!

Tagged as: Black Bean Brownies, Olive