Delicious & Healthy! Black Bean Brownies (Easy)

It's finally here!  After a flood of comments on the healthy desserts and snacks video I posted about a month ago, I've got the photo instructional for the famous skinny black bean brownies!  They're ridiculously amazing, sweet, chewy, and best of all, a way healthier option to the regular full fat machine that is the standard brownie!  

Oh... and did I mention... these are gluten free and packed with fat burning protein and fiber?!   And you'd never know it by the taste!

So here's what you'll need:

1 can unsalted black beans (rinsed)

1/4 cup cocoa powder

2/3 cup sugar of your choice (you can use half stevia/half sugar mix, or coconut palm sugar)

1/4 tablespoon instant coffee

3 eggs or 4 egg whites

2 tablespoons cooking oil (olive works great)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup dark chocolate chips 

Can also add natural peanut butter, nuts, vanilla chips, whateva you like!

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Combine all ingredients, except your chocolate chips or mixer toppings, into a food processor or blender.  Either one works great.  

Blend the ingredients until all bits and chunks are out.

Pour mix into cooking pan of your choice.  I used cupcake trays to make them more individual bites for friends.  Then add your toppings or chocolate chips to your liking.

Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes uncovered.  And voila!  Enjoy your skinny, healthier, yummy brownies!  And watch the video below for more yummy recipes!

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Rope Twisted Ponytail Hair Tutorial

I'm in the mood for a fun spring hair tutorial! Ready?!

I like to call this the rope twisted ponytail hairstyle.  I'll show you how to do this hairstyle in six easy steps. If you want to see a video of how I did this hairstyle, I've included that at the end of this tutorial.

Step 1: take your hair and loosely part it down the center and back. The part does not have to be perfect, so don't worry about that.  Gather one of the sections of hair off to the side to keep it out-of-the-way, I'm going to work with the right side to create the twists, but you can work with the left if you like.

Step 2: taking the right side section of my hair, I parted that in half one more time. Then taking the back section of the half, start twisting it upwards towards my face all the way down the length of hair.

Step 3: taking that twisted section of hair I'm going to pull it across the back nape of my neck and bring it over the top of the first parted section of hair that I had off to the side.

Step 4: gathering that loose section of hair into a ponytail, take the twisted rope that you've created, and wrap it around the base of your ponytail, until you run out of rope.

Step 5: with the remainder section of hair that I had on the right side, twisted upwards the way you did the first section, creating another rope. Then take that second row, and bring it along the back of your head, to the left, and begin wrapping it around the ponytail.

Step 6: wrap the entire length of your second rope around the ponytail. Secure in place with an elastic, or bobby pins, and you're finished!

So what do you think of this hairstyle!? Are you excited to try it?! Look below to see the video hair tutorial of this look.

And if you try this creation, I would love to see your photos! Make sure you tag me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter below:

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