Hi Friends! Guess what it’s already June 22nd which means it’s Recipe ReDux time! This month’s theme is especially fun, check it out!
June Theme: Celebrate a ReDuxer!
For ReDux’s birthday month, let’s celebrate each other! Pick a fellow ReDuxer, go to their blog and either make one of their recipes or create one of your own inspired by theirs. In your post, give your readers a little intro to this blogger, what you like about this blogger/their blog and either link to their recipe you made or share your brand new “inspired” creation.
So I’m pretty much obsessed with all Recipe Redux bloggers, just one totally overwhelmed me. So instead of picking a blogger, I decided to head to the Recipe Redux pinterest board and pick a recipe. When I landed on these bad boys I knew it was the one!
When I clicked over to the blog I was thrilled to see it was from Deanna and Serena at Teaspoon of Spice. Not only do they co-write an awesome blog but they are also founders of the Recipe Redux and Blog Brûlée. I’ve always loved how they make healthy recipes so simple and share easy nutrition tips that don’t feel super overwhelming. They also run this great series on their blog called Healthy Kitchen Hacks which I highly recommend. I swear every time they have a new post I learn something I didn’t know to make my life easier!
I’ve been following Teaspoon of Spice since I joined the Redux challenge originally two years ago. When Hungry Hobby was in its infant stages with less than 5 readers, Deanna and Serena would regularly comment and offer encouragement. Despite my photos being abysmal and the writing being even worse than it is today, they made me feel apart of the blogging world. I always appreciated that because Hungry Hobby wouldn’t be what it is today without a little love and encouragement from my blogging dietitian friends!
Peanut Butter Swirl Breakfast Brownies (<—click for original recipe)
I love the focus these brownies have on promoting good gut health as that has been the focus of the 52 Weeks to 52 Healthy Habits series the last few weeks. All the ingredients in these brownies are intended to promote great gut health so they are delicious enough to eat for dessert but healthy enough for breakfast. My favorite kind of breakfast!
I did make a few adjustments to this recipe, mostly because turns out I didn’t actually have all the ingredients but they came out absolutely delicious! For starters I only had cannelloni beans so I used those instead of Great Northern. (Loved that these didn’t taste like beans AT ALL.) I subbed coconut oil for canola oil and a SUPER ripe banana for the prunes. I read some of the comments and decided to up the instant coffee to 1/2T. I subbed 1.25 cup oat flour for the whole wheat flour which made them gluten free for Mr. Hungry. For the topping I used real peanut butter and if I’m being honest I didn’t measure that, I just let it drizzle all over the top then ran my fork through it as the directions said. I used a 9 x 13 pan and I baked mine at 350 for 25 minutes, they came out PERFECT, I’m telling you guys you have got to try these! Here are the updated nutrition facts (for 12 servings):
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These sound incredible! I can’t wait to try them out myself. There’s no better combo than peanut butter and chocolate!
My thoughts exactly!!!!
I love what you said about the support you received from your dietitian blogging friends, so true how much it helps!! These look amazing!
Absolutely! We make quite the healthy eating force of delicious recipes!
I want to bathe in these!
No shame I totally did 😉
Oh my goodness these look sooooo amazing! I love the “love that they didn’t taste like beans” part! I will for sure be giving these a try 🙂
Ha ha I’ve never tried baking with beans before!
These sound like a heavenly breakfast!
I know I can’t decide if it’s breakfast or dessert it’s so good!
So true Kelli! Your blog has come a long way and looks amazing! And your writing is very good. I really appreciate that you take on a topic and tackle it thoroughly – but in a way that’s easily understandable. Plus your recipes are GREAT! Thanks so much for your kind words. (: And your brownie photos look amazing (much better than mine!)
Thank you Serena I’ve been working hard trying to get the photography thing down ! Ha ha
OMG These look amazing, and I love those ladies too 🙂
Thanks Anne! Hope your doing well!
These look SO DELICIOUS. Definitely a healthy treat for any time of day 🙂
I totally had one for dinner plus a protein shake after I worked out! Ha ha
I don’t know if it’s my phone or what but I don’t see your recipe anywhere… just the link to the original. 🙁
Hi Tara, at the bottom of the post there is a paragraph sharing my modifications to the recipe. If you print the original recipe and then make notes of my modifications hat should work. I didn’t want to repost the recipe since the original one was not my creation! Hope that helps!
Omg Kelli these look AMAZING!! Like, breakfast of my dreams kind-of amazing. On my list to make this weekend 🙂
Definitely give them a try!
A brownie for breakfast?!?! Yes please! These are going on the meal plan to try ASAP.
Can you substitute the coffee for something else?
Just leave it out! 🙂