Dark chocolate, cocoa powder, cinnamon, olive oil, eggs are good for you. Sneak in a bit of veggies and you’ve got health food!
Double Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
2 cups zucchini, grated (Grate very fine so your brain doesn’t recognize anything healthy
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup honey or agave nectar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cup flour (white, spelt, whole wheat – different flours = different textures)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chi[ps
Add Walnuts, flax seed or chia seeds (optional health foods)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease an 8 x 8 inch baking pan.
- Grate zucchini. Press with a paper towel to remove excess moisture. Fluff with a fork.
- In a large bowl, beat together oil, eggs, agave or honey and vanilla. Add zucchini.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Stir to combine.
- Add dry mixture to the wet/zucchini mixture. Stir to combine. Add chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cook it Up Kitty eating healthy
Well, you say it is healthy so I choose to believe you. I love all the ingredients, cinnamon and walnuts, olive oils, eggs….just need the dark chocolate. 😊
miriam
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Miriam,
The dark chocolate is my favorite ingredient. And good for the brain. Plus it has some of the “love chemical” in it to keep us happy.
Peggy
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Happy Easter, Happy Spring. Love the drawing and the photo. Your cookie recipe is definitely healthy. We can have a cookie with every meal!
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Linda,
Good plan. Having some chocolate and some nuts every day is very healthy!
Peggy
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Great recipe. Love the addition of the zuchini…keeps the brisnie moist no dpubt. Yum. Thanks for sharing. I shared it with some friends too.
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Ugh auto correct. Sorry for the typos.
*brownie
*doubt
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Peta,
So glad you liked the recipe. Thats for the correction–auto correct gets me often!
Peggy
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All that measuring and mixing, I’m exhausted already just reading this recipe. Please invite me over when the next batch is ready.
And I do adore all the wonderful comics on this site.
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Sharon,
You are exhausted? Judy made me cook all day until we got it right! And Freddie was begging the whole time and I had to tell him NO (Dogs can’t have chocolate. Or cats.). Whew was I tired. I was hoping you would invite US over when you made a batch. We could even come without Freddie, so you wouldn’t have to look at his cute face and say no.
Thanks about the comics 🙂
Peggy
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