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Life Tip: Do not watch Trisha Yearwood's Southern Kitchen at 8:00 am because you will be thinking of these brownies ALL day long and then have to make them ASAP.
While I do love country music, I am not particularly a Trisha Yearwood fan, but I did enjoy her show. Plus, her Brownies with Coconut Frosting were divine. Its an old fashioned recipe with a cooked frosting - reminds me of something my Nanie would make.
Milos and I are on a coconut kick lately, so I thought these would be fun to try. They are NOT healthy for you - but I made a few substitutions to rationalize making them :)
The recipe from Food Network is here , but I.....
1)Used Earthbalance soy-free vegan spread instead of butter in the frosting and brownies
2)Used whole wheat pastry flour in the brownies
Substitutions didn't seem to affect the recipe/taste!
Since I was at Whole Foods getting yet another tub of Earthbalance :) I got the ingredients to make Angela's Salt and Vinegar Chickpeas! I have been dying to make these for ages and they were better than I imagined :) Recipe here.
I had quite the smell combination in my house this afternoon between chocolate and vinegar!
While I was in the kitchen, I hardboiled some eggs to color tonight with Milos for Orthodox Easter :)
The good thing about Othodox Easter is that all Easter related products are discounted 70% off at Target since it was the week after this year.
I did all of this while I sipped my fav flavor of kombucha (Guava!) and listened to the "Mandy Moore" station on Pandora. Look what popped up!
I miss the old Jesssica Simpson - I wanted to be just like her - married to Nick Lachey and everthing!
Life Tip: Do not watch Trisha Yearwood's Southern Kitchen at 8:00 am because you will be thinking of these brownies ALL day long and then have to make them ASAP.
While I do love country music, I am not particularly a Trisha Yearwood fan, but I did enjoy her show. Plus, her Brownies with Coconut Frosting were divine. Its an old fashioned recipe with a cooked frosting - reminds me of something my Nanie would make.
Milos and I are on a coconut kick lately, so I thought these would be fun to try. They are NOT healthy for you - but I made a few substitutions to rationalize making them :)
The recipe from Food Network is here , but I.....
1)Used Earthbalance soy-free vegan spread instead of butter in the frosting and brownies
2)Used whole wheat pastry flour in the brownies
Substitutions didn't seem to affect the recipe/taste!
Since I was at Whole Foods getting yet another tub of Earthbalance :) I got the ingredients to make Angela's Salt and Vinegar Chickpeas! I have been dying to make these for ages and they were better than I imagined :) Recipe here.
I had quite the smell combination in my house this afternoon between chocolate and vinegar!
While I was in the kitchen, I hardboiled some eggs to color tonight with Milos for Orthodox Easter :)
The good thing about Othodox Easter is that all Easter related products are discounted 70% off at Target since it was the week after this year.
I did all of this while I sipped my fav flavor of kombucha (Guava!) and listened to the "Mandy Moore" station on Pandora. Look what popped up!
I miss the old Jesssica Simpson - I wanted to be just like her - married to Nick Lachey and everthing!
What the hey??? Can you save me a chickpea to try?!? I'm proud of your substitutions! :)
ReplyDeleteI've never made cooked frosting. How fun and different! I will definitely be trying those chickpeas, amazing idea.
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