I wore my hair in a ponytail yesterday.
I have not done that since the 5th grade when my boyfriend broke up with me because he said my hair did not look good in a pony & I dressed like I was in the 50’s. I do not blame him for this. It was the most honest thing anyone has ever said to me.
I also don’t wear ponies because have y’all SEEN this nose of mine?! It needs to be under a dark veil of mop-like hair at all times.
I was in a photo shoot yesterday (I am a model, autograph signings TBA) and they ponied my hair. I found it freeing, really. By nature, I am a nervous hair player. By nervous, I mean that I touch & twirl my hair around my fingers literally all the livelong day. Like, if there is a split end, I will find & destroy him. You could say it is my nervous tick. That, and the word vomiting I still haven’t gotten under control. I’m a work in progress.
The point of the above in its entirety was to reveal that I had pictures of myself taken yesterday without sounding too conceited yet I think failure has found me.
Time: 1 hour (prep + baking) | Serves: 1 dozen
Ingredients:
- 1 can of black beans, rinsed + drained
- 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 eggs
- 3 tbsp. of olive oil
- 1 tsp. of vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup of baking cocoa powder
- 2/3 cup of sugar
- 1/2 tsp. of baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. of coffee grounds
- Pinch of salt
How to:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- In a food processor, process black beans until formed into a paste
- Mix black beans with eggs + oil + vanilla
- In another bowl, combine cocoa powder + sugar + baking powder + coffee grounds + salt
- Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients bowl + combine well
- Add in chocolate chips
- Grease a brownie pan with cooking spray
- Pour brownie batter in pan
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the pan
- Serve warm with a glass of milk
- Go ahead + unbutton pants so more beanies can fit inside your belly
Used ideas from several places for these bad boys, but this one specifically!
Emerging Adult Eats 
They look fabulous – am I’m sure your hair in a pony looked fab too. I’ve attempted black bean brownies before but they didn’t work – looking forward to trying yours!
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You are too sweet! I was skeptical, too, but am convinced these will turn out perfect for you 😉
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These brownies look FAB! So moist and fluffy.
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I surprised myself with my killer baking skills on these lil guys.
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Ponytails, ah, in fact my hair is in one now, as it always is … wait til you hit menopause and you can not tolerate hair on your neck `cuz it makes you even hotter 😉 oh and those brownies look dang good!
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Hahahaha when I’m home I always have my hair in a top knot! I just don’t do it often in public 😉 Thank you, friend!!
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I am SO making these! They look delicious! I’ll bet your hair looked adorable!
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Yay please do & let me know how they turn out!!
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I’m sure you looked adorable Rachel! And these brownies look so rich and creamy – hard to believe they’re made with black beans!! 🙂
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Right?!?! I fooled a couple of folks with these bad boys 😉
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Love it! 🙂 🙂
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I was given the recipe to black bean brownies almost a year ago and I still haven’t tried it. Kind of forgotten about it. Thanks for reminding me to put it back on my list!
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You must! I was so pleasantly surprised. My new go-to.
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I will have to try it one day!!
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I can’t even… black beans in a brownie? Mind blown….
Girl, have a brownie and relax!
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Hahahahaha is it more acceptable if I ate an entire pan of these myself…???
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You are hilarious and these look amazing! I can’t wait to try them – and see if I can get my picky 3-yr-old to eat them too!
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