Paleo celebration brownies!

My parents are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary on Tuesday, so I thought I would use the weekend to cook them a lovely 6 course meal whilst they enjoyed a surprise spa day to celebrate!
I cooked crispy prawn & sweet potato cakes, Vietnamese spring rolls, Goji berry and scallop soup, Australian beef fillet with cauliflower puree and pork crackling, paleo brownie slice with ginger flavoured poached pear and orange flavoured shortbreads with herbal tea to finish!

The brownie recipe was from Elana's pantry, really great recipe for a fudgy brownie. I halved the recipe (it is quite rich, you really don't need much!), added a tiny bit of grated ginger et voila!

PALEO BROWNIES

• 5 pitted dates
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 tsp of baking powder
• 1/4 tsp of baking soda
• 60 g dark chocolate
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1.5 egg ( or just use 1 egg + 2 tsp yogurt)
• 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 75 g almond meal
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of freshly grated ginger

1. In a food processor, pulse together the almond flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda
2. Pulse in the squares of dark chocolate until you reach the texture of coarse sand (Don't over process)
3. Pulse in the dates until smooth, then add in the eggs
4. Pulse in coconut oil ,honey and vanilla until the batter is smooth, it will be quite thick.
5. Fold in your grated ginger if using (You could add in nuts too)
6. Spoon the batter into a well greased and floured baking tin, I used a mini loaf pan.
   
7. Bake at 170°C for about 20 minutes, Cool before serving.

 

Obi is being such a lazy bum recently! Had to carry him around for half of our usual walk around the fields!

And here is the boys packed lunch food prep for the next couple of days:)

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