Baked Apple Bombs

Fall has arrived! Which means pumpkin everything! Not exactly. Let's not forget the other delicious things thoughts of fall conjure; apples, cinnamon, cider, honey. I  bring you: baked apple bombs! 

WHAT? Yes. This idea literally came to me on the fly today. I was meal prepping my steel cut oats and quinoa when I started thinking I really wanted to try breakfast quinoa. So I mixed the quinoa and oats! Then I added some honey and cinnamon. "This would be delicious with apples" and then BAM! It would be delicious in the apple! So I scooped out the middle of some apples. 

I took the innards and mixed that into my oat/ quinoa mixture and then put it all into the apple. I loaded it with a 1/3 c of mixture. 

Bake them around 20 minutes; the apples will be warm and soft! It's like apple pie, for breakfast. 

Macros: 1 apple filled bomb 

Calories: 259 

Fat: 2.5 g

Carbs: 56 g

Protein: 5.5 g 

These are carb heavy, full of healthy carbs! Great way to start your day!! 

Black Bean Brownies

So first I brought you the "blondies" made with chick peas and now I bring you "brownies"!! ... Are they yummy? I ate four before writing this. And I despise beans of all kinds. But they're good for you. And I LOVE dessert. So of course I had to try these! 

They're brownies, that I baked in tiny muffin cups... They are like brownie cupcakes! 

Ingredients: 

-1 can of black beans, rinsed and drained 

-2 eggs 

-1 tbsp canola oil 

-6 tbsp cocoa 

-2 tsp baking powder 

-1/2 tsp baking soda 

-3 tbsp sugar free syrup 

-1 tbsp vanilla extract 

-Pinch of salt 

-1/2 c walnuts 

-1/4 c mini chocolate morsels 

Directions: 

-preheat oven to 350 degrees 

-use a food processor to mix everything EXCEPT the walnuts and chocolate chips 

-make sure to scrape the sides so all is mixed uniformly! 

-fold in walnuts (or any nuts) and chocolate chips 

-you can bake in muffin tins, or as typical brownies! Bake 15-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. (15 minutes for tiny muffins!) 

Macros: (per tiny muffin size) 

Calories: 72

Fat: 4 g

Carbs: 7 g

Protein: 3 g

Keep in mind, beans are a healthy fat! And if this is the only way I'm going to eat them... Game on! 

Variation ideas: use hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, almonds, etc or even no nuts. Try different flavored morsels; white chocolate, mint, peanut butter, butterscotch, etc! 

These are quick to make and I had everything right in my pantry! Easy, delicious, and nutritious! 

I food processed the beans first to make sure they weren't whole anymore and then added everything else!