Here we are, Week 5 of Sally Russick’s Focus on Life photo challenge. This week’s prompt is “Capture our hearts”. I am a big fan of heart motifs, sentimental as I am. I thought I’d easily find a heart to capture – maybe in a pattern or the kid’s artwork. Instead, I ended up making a heart!
Recently my friend Jeanette shared a link with me for a brownie recipe. Jeanette is a great inspiration for healthy eating, so these were no ordinary brownies. The recipe called for all natural ingredients – and is vegan and gluten free. Now as you may know, my oldest son loves to bake so he was really intrigued to make these brownies on his day off from school the other day. He mixed quinoa, dates and coconut butter in the blender. In to the oven it went and he was ready to frost it with a glaze when it came out. Corinne Goff’s Mocha Quinoa Brownies
Yes, I cut them in to hearts because they are healthier-for-you brownies. Oh, I wanted to note that I omitted the coffee extract, doubled the recipe, and used a 9×9″ pan. The boys each wanted seconds….and when it came to the last one, I had to split it 4 ways between them! 🙂
– Cindy xoxo
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Those look way too delicious to be healthy! Perfect hearts!
break a heart so no one’s heart is broken, perfect! Those sound – and look – quite delicious. I have negative ability in the kitchen but I am tempted to find an excuse to try these – thank you Cindy!
Awwww! Gotta love a man (or boy as the case may be) who loves to bake. Seems fitting that these brownies be heart-shaped. They look delicious! And your photo is stunning.
Oh, my, Cindy – this is a perfect post on so many levels! I was on the look for gluten free recipes for a friend: your sure looks delicious 🙂 Thanks for sharing – and your idea of shaping them as hearts is splendid.
Oh Cindy! Heart shaped healthy brownies! It’s the heart shape that makes me want to try them. That and the fact that if the kids loved them, they must be good! Good job!!
So delicious looking.. will be definitely giving these a go! how wonderful you have a son who loves his cooking!
I wish I had one of the brownies to nush on with my morning coffee – and a scratch n’sniff monitor, too! They look yummy! I have said this before, but it bears repeating: you are such a devoted mom! That is a quality about you that does not go unnoticed! Enjoy your weekend!
Those brownies look too good to be healthy. Great that they are. So cool that your son is a such a good baker. My grown up sons both like to cook which makes it fun to eat together.
yum, yum!! a friend makes beetroot brownies which are amazing – i’ll have to send her this recipe 🙂
a great post!
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Amazing! A healthy brownie. I gotta try this.
I agree, they look WAY too good to be so healthy! They say the kitchen is the “heart” of the home and I am a firm believer in that! You are making so many precious memories with your boys Cindy, they are very lucky to have you!
Oh , wow! Those brownies look fabulous. You photo is stunning.
Oh my, do those look tasty! Mmmm! I will have to try the recipe as I too try to bake as healthy as possible. I absolutely love your photo too!
Delicious hearts! I’ll have to take a look at that recipe!
Cindy, I loved the brownies. I loved the peanut butter frosting too. I was going to make them again and cut them out in heart shapes and I see you did just that. Though, because they are so yummy, I don’t want to make another batch, too yummy, and even though they are made with wholesome ingredients, they are still fattening!
YUM! those look amazingly delicious! and how fun that your son bakes with you 🙂 my youngest loves to bake with me … she’s always following me into the kitchen to help. I love that. Wonderful post
Wow Cindy! They look so delicious with the gooey frosting. That is so neat that he likes to bake. You may be beating the girls away from your door in a few years. Renaissance man!
Yummy looking brownies!
I had to click on the brownies, couldn’t resist! These look fabulous! And I love that they are vegan, too 🙂
Ooooh, those look way good! Fun hearts!
Ooooh, yummy! A heart healthy heart!
I LOVE BROWNIES!!! Those look fantastic and I love how you cut them out!
I must have this recipe!! My new strict diet is Vegan and GF! And I just discovered quinoa and love it! Thanks so much for the link! 🙂
Vegan and Gluten Free? O be still my heart…lol…those look amazing and I LOVE the food shot..really beautiful, and now I am upset that it is snowing outside, and I don’ t have all the ingredients needed to make these lovelies right now…glad you all enjoyed them!!
All gone already? OK now that you teased us, you have to make a batch for each of us!
They look like fudge!…and I want one lol XO
If your son wants to bake and does, then you are doing something right as a mother. They look delicious and even more so when they are itty bitty hearts!
As far as I’m concerned if your son wants to bake and does, then you are doing something right as a Mom. Keep it up. They look delicious and I must say even more so when shaped like itty bitty hearts!
Oops sorry for the double comment….Ack!
Hi Cindy,
Love healthier types of food, I think I will be trying these brownies out. I like that you cut them into heart shapes and that your boyes loved them down to the last bite.
Therese
Mmmmmm what an interesting recipe, they look delicious
They look so decadent, I can’t believe they were made with such healthy ingredients. YUM! Thanks for sharing the recipe and the mother-watering photo.
Cindy, your photo should be on the cover of a food magazine and the way that glaze in glistening I want to bite the computer screen! They look sooooo YUMMY!!
Cindy, they look fantastic and yummy, I will have to try them out, perfect hearts.