Recipes — birthday

Black beans in brownies? You bet your plant-based bottom! Turns out, they’re actually what’s been missing from your vegan brownie recipe all along. Black beans make the ideal fudgy brownie dough. And this recipe is gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and high in fiber, protein, and potassium. All good reasons to have another brownie. Cook Time: 25-30 minutes Prep Time: 10 minutes Servings: 9 Recipe Category: dessert Ingredients: 2 cups cooked sweet potato1 cup cooked black beans (1 can)8 dates, soaked and pitted6 Tablespoons cocoa powder6 Tablespoons natural peanut butter¼ cup of maple or date syrup ¼ cup of coconut flakes or...

Well, they’re not called sweet potatoes for nothin’. These peanut butter cream sweet potato brownies will have your even your omnivore friends asking for seconds (and the recipe). The sweet potato brownie mix is good on its own, but once you add the whipped peanut butter cream? Forget about it! One of the biggest misconceptions about a WFPB diet is that you can’t have anything sweet, and that is just not true! My advice: try to fill your sugar craving with whole foods that are naturally sweet like dates, raisins, ripe bananas, and peaches, all of which are packed with dietary...