Zucchini Brownies

  Today is my husband's birthday so I wanted to make him something sweet for it.  Brian loves loves brownies so I thought I would give this recipe a go. Now in the past I've made healthy brownies and they were not so good. I remember I made beet brownies once back home and needless to say nobody ate them. These brownies though my friend are bomb! You can't taste the zucchini and it's amazing how there's no flour in it and you can't even tell. This is a must keep recipe and if you're skeptical you have to try it! I promise you won't be disappointed. I'm a sweets kind of girl and I don't feel like I'm missing out at all on these.

 

 

Zucchini Brownies

(adapted from http://fastpaleo.com/zucchini-brownies/)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup grated zucchini

1/2 cup almond butter

1/2 cup dark chocolate almond butter

1/3 cup honey

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp almond extract

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp allspice

1 cup dark chocolate chunks

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Mix all ingredients in bowl except chocolate chunks

Grease a 9x9 pan

Put bowl ingredients in pan then sprinkle the chunks on top

Cook for approximately 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean

 

*Side note: The original recipe called for 1 cup of almond butter, I ran out so used the dark chocolate almond butter. I also just love almond extract so decided to half it. Either recipe you use I'm sure you'll love these moist brownies that don't taste healthy!

 



DIY Dry Erase Calender

  I stumbled upon this idea (on pinterest of course) and thought it was so genius. In the past I've made my own calenders but it was for each month and it was time consuming! This calender literally took me about 30 minutes to do. The good thing about this is that you can change how it looks monthly if you wanted to go with the seasons or leave it how it is. Now you aren't wasting paper you use the same glass month after month!



I bought this picture frame at wal-mart for $14.98 and it's frame is 11x14. You can go smaller or bigger depending on how much you plan to write. I wanted a menu side so I bought mine a little bigger. 

 

I the calender strips itself is the paint samples at wal-mart. So while you are purchasing the frame go grab six paint samples you'd like to use. The circles are just punch outs of paper I had as well as my menu paper.

 

Finished product! Now I have my menu and to do's in the same spot. Dry erase is such a genius idea, I suppose if you have toddlers you want to make sure it's out of reach :)!