Hi Friends,
Well I had a fun day today because of two things: (1.) for the very first time ever, I used our food processor that we've had for about 6 years!
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Go figure. My adult DS has used it LOTS 'cause he's a genuine "foodie." But even when he was out of the country for 13 months until Aug. '09, the processor just sat in the cabinet, alone and unused!
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(Guess I thought it was just too newfangled for me to figure out how to use it.
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WRONG! After (finally) watching the video and reading the book that came with the appliance
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(imagine that!) I had a blast (2.) making the Gingerbread Brownies from Savannah's recipe. But here's where a problem occurred: instead of 3/4 cup of kidney beans, I rinsed, drained and added to the work bowl - the whole 15 oz. can by mistake. So then I started individually removing the kidney beans by hand and filled a 3/4 cup measuring cup, noticed there were about an equal amount still in the bowl...then for some reason decided I'd just use 'em all anyway. Not cool! The resultant brownies came out dark and beautiful, with a great consistency and texture and smelled great because of the cinnamon....BUT! I think using that much more kidney beans than I was 'spozed to, I should have added 2 or 3 times the amount of Stevia sweetener. My brownies are just NOT sweet - by themselves. I have eaten three of them today ( I'm no
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you see) with strawberry Polaner no-sugar fruit spread, and that made them palatable enough for me to enjoy. However, I did hear through the family grapevine (adult DS!) that DH tried one of the brownies and immediately spit it out.
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Hey, DH: did you not see the printed recipe on the kitchen counter the past 2 days with NO CHOCOLATE, NUTS, or SUGAR in the recipe???? And did you not hear me today, saying that those baked gingerbread "brownies" are NOT sweet enough BY THEMSELVES for my taste buds????
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Well, too bad, how sad....and nanny-nanny-boo-boo to DH (the love of my life!
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) 'cause I intend to enjoy the rest of MY dessert that I made
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with MY OWN remedy (Polaner Spread) anyways. [Folks, my DH doesn't have a weight problem or on-going health problems, the brat
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...and he eats chocolate, REAL CHOCOLATE almost everyday.
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] But you know what?? Since I've been following LDL, not only does chocolate NOT call out to me anymore, it doesn't even know MY NAME!!!!
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And next time I make this (very easy and delicious) recipe, I plan to actually follow the recipe.
I hope you all had a good day too!
Best wishes,
southernyankee