Prepare your tastebuds

Tonight I made bliss. Serious chocolate lovers bliss. I needed this. I'm about to show you a very innocent version and a not so innocent version, that will leave you all hot and bothered wanting to stick your spoon in as soon a possible. Please don't hold me to blame if you go to the store tonight to get the ingredients. Heck, you probably have them!


Here the first variation. This simply decadent "brownie" will only cost you 3 points. Totally worth it, and guilt free but to quote Anthony Bourdain "Everything tastes better when you feel guilty".


This version cost me 6. And OH MY GOSH... It was worth it. Double dark chocolate yogurt with a fudge brownie with a strawberry puree; 6 points for a decadent dessert? Oh yeah, this will be a regular at my house. Ive already been thinking that the brownie could be used as a crust for a possible mousse style tart or maybe some whipped creation. There will be more posts, I promise.


The deets and what you will need:
1 c cereal (I used what I had on hand, I had Kellogg's flakes and Kashi Honey Sunshine) They are the same value point wise, but you will get more protein with the kashi.
1oz soaked dates
2T unsweet cocoa

Blend the dry ingredients, set aside, puree the dates, combine to two. It should have a crumbly, granola appearance. You may want to test for sweetness here and adjust to your liking. I like the sweetness of the dates, but if you'd like it to be more you could always add your fave sweetener. Press the mixture into a 1/4 measuring cup or mold of choice. It will make two brownies.
I pureed some strawberries with a dash of cocoa for the sauce. Arrange as you wish! If you wanted you could probably make a pretty awesome ice yogurt sandwich. Just saying, lol.

That's all I have for today. Ive been evaluating my pantry. I may not have a lot of new ideas this week. I'm trying to eat from my frozen stash, which means soup and sandwiches. Lots of repeats. But Ill try to post one or two new recipes. But really after this, I doubt you're interested in anything else.

This week I'll move up to 2 miles. I wasnt as sore as I thought I'd be after the stairs tried to kill me. Im really wanting to try to go to yoga class this week. I need to get past my fear of being the newbie and not knowing what Im doing and just go for it. I mean after all everyone had a first time as well, didnt they? Ive been tossing this around for about 3 weeks. This may be my week.

Have a Happy Monday!!!

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