Rowing, sailing, cooking and eating. What's on your plate?

Good dear-Lord-it's-too-early, morning!  Even the stupid rooster was still sleeping when we got up. It's going to be a loooooooooooong day!  I see extra coffee in my future, for sure.

Today's recipe is for a rather strange desert. Brownies made with black beans!  I have not made these, but I have had them and they are surprisingly good!  Dont' tell anyone the secret ingredient until after they've tried them.....let it be a surprise.
 
http://www.recipezaar.com/421296

Yesterday's menu was pretty good. I won't post the various lattes and protein coffee, you all know I have them every day, so why repeat that?

bkfst burrito

crustless calzone

Greek yogurt w/ special K LF granola

baked egg roll, Asian noodle salad (made with Udon noodles)

SF pudding snack

cals: 1251  fat: 28  carbs: 153  fiber: 21  protein: 98

Hope you all are smoothly sailing along!

Susan
I have the BEST recipe for the blackbean Brownies and will post later.  I have tried many of them and this one IS WONDERFUL...

Shirley

Ohhhh, let's compare!  I know it sounds crazy, but I've had these and they really are good.

Susan ,
Black Bean brownie

1 1/2 cups rinsed black beans
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tablesppon instant coffee or expresso powder
3/4 cup egg substitute
2 tablesppons sugar free chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 tablspoon butter melted
24 pks Splenda or sweetner of choice
1 tsp vanilla
spray a  8 x 8 pan   Combine beans ,cocoa,egg sub, instant coffee,in a food processor for about 2 min
add choco syrup, sour cream,butter and sweetner   Blend 1 min more
pour into dish
bake for 28 min
cool completely before cutting

LET ME KNOW HOW YOUY LIKE 
Shirley

Hi Susan and everyone!

The blackbean brownies sound great.  Will have to try them for sure.

Yesterday started out good....but.....

Coffee

B- Protein drink/ half of  a banana
S- Some cashews
L-  My daughter brought home the new tortado from Taco Bell.  The salsa one is great.  I thought it wouldn't be too bad.  Veggies and chicken and beans wrapped in a tortilla.

I could only eat half

S- nothing
D- the other half of the totado

S- food bar

I hope the tortado wasn't too bad.  Have to look on the web for info on it

Peace

Hi Mary,

Did you have a chance to look at the nutritional values for that thing? It really isn't that bad since you ate the whole thing over the course of two meals. Cals:  480  fat: 14  carb: 60  Protein: 30.  The bad news?  A whopping 1860 mg of sodium!!  Yikes!  
I like the Fresco Crunchy taco @ 150 cals. The crunch is nice now and then!

Hi Susan,

I know it had a lot of sodium.  I usually am way low on the sodium daily.   I thought the 30 protein was good.  I mean I wouldn't eat one everyday.  BUT...I could..lol

I guess taco bell is not really that bad of a food choice.

Haven't tried the Fresco, maybe next time...

Peace

Actually, TB isn't too bad at all, especially since they introduced their Drive-through Diet menu. I don't do fast food often, but sometimes I just get caught out unprepared.

Hey Captain and fellow rowers...It's Friday and I want you all to know I did NOT eat one cinnamon bun!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel the power and it's great to have that control. Wwhhooooo!!!

B: Atkins shake
S: Apple
S: Atkins Almond Crunch bar
L: Salisbury steak or chili...depends on how the steak looks in the cafe
S: banana
D: Don't know yet
S: celery and peanut butter

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO proud of you!  How empowered it must make you feel.