Kim's wonderful brownies

Wow these are good! We made them yesterday and they were gone so fast! The boys kept saying 'oh these are so good' as they enjoyed.

1 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 c agave syrup
1/2 c flour
1/2 c egg whites (about 4)
1/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder

Mix all above ingredients in food processor (I used my blender, and had to just stir a little with a fork at the end) til smooth.

Then add
6 TB mini semisweet chocolate chips--stir them in

Spray an 8 x 8 baking dish and preheat oven to 350. Bake about 20 - 25 minutes til toothpick comes out clean. Cool for about 1 hour til room temperature so the frosting won't melt away. (I put ours in the freezer for a little while)

Frosting
6 oz fat free cream cheese
1/4 c agave syrup
2 TB vanilla
Stir these together and spread on cooled brownies. The orig recipe says cut into 12. I cut them into 20 squares and 25 would have been a fine size too.

Melt 2 TB Mini Choc chips and drizzle them on top. Or--we tried grated orange zest on part of it. Both were so good!

These are definitely good enough to take somewhere to share. The cream cheese topping is soft and kind of pudding consistency so you can't stack them on a plate cause they will goo on each other. They are so yummy!

And they are lots different nutritionally than the ones we have all made and loved for years.
Have fun!

The whole pan of brownies has 29 points (including the frosting). 1-2 points for each brownie depending on how they are cut.

Pomegranate Apple Salad

To help keep the squirting of the seeds down, put the halves of pomegranates in a bowl full of water. It helps immensely to keep the mess down (and the white parts float).













Pomegranate Apple Salad

1 cup skim milk
1 small package sugar free vanilla pudding
1/4 cup powdered sugar
8 oz cool whip free
1 pomegranate
4 or 5 apples chopped

Mix milk, pudding, and powdered sugar until thick. Fold in cool whip. Add apples and the pomegranate seeds.

The sauce part makes an excellent dip for any fruit. Yummy!!

21 points total for the whole salad. I didn't measure exactly how much it makes, but I am guessing that would make about 10 3/4 cup servings.

2 points for 3/4 cup.

Eggs with Spinach

Spinach Eggs
2.5 points or 4 points (depending on the eggs)

1 tsp oil
1/2 onion chopped
1 cup (or more) fresh spinach chopped
3 egg whites slightly beaten (or two egg whites and a whole egg)
1/8 cup fat free shredded cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Saute' chopped onion in oil. Add chopped spinach and cook until it starts to wilt. Add eggs. You can either scramble them or make an omelet. Add cheese at end.

YUMMY breakfast with an easy serving of veggies added!

Pumpkin Brownies

Okay let's start with a disclaimer it's hard to get a good picture of brownies. I didn't create this recipe we heard about it in our WW meeting and it can be found on the WW site. Enough said now on to the good part, the recipe.

PUMPKIN BROWNIES
1 box devil's food cake mix
1 can 100% pure pumpkin (I think it was 15 oz) not pumpkin pie filling.

Mix together, it will be thick, just keep at it. Spread in a 9 X 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cut into 20 pieces. My kids had no idea there was pumpkin in them.

2 points per brownie