Brownies that count as a vegetable?! Yes!

These black bean brownies make it into so many of my Meal Plans, firstly because they’re delicious, but secondly, because they provide:

✔️ fibre (important for your child’s gut health, stable blood sugars, mood & keeps them feeling FULL)

✔️ protein (supports your child’s growth, immune health, feeling full)

✔️ legumes (which count as a serve of veggies 😱 & are amazing for your child’s gut!)

✔️ wholefood (just real, nourishing food)

✔️ iron (lacking in so many kids’ diets & so critical for brain health, immune health & behaviour)

And they are SO EASY. Just throw everything into a food processor, stir through the choc chips & bake 😊

Ingredients

1 tin black beans, rinsed & drained

1/2 cup rolled oats, blitzed to a flour

1/2 cup butter (around 40g), softened (could sub for avocado oil for dairy free)

2 heaped tablespoons raw cacao powder

3/4 cup honey (can sub for maple syrup, or even a sweetener like allulose)

1/2 cup chocolate chips, plus extra 1/4 cup for sprinkling on top

Big pinch of sea salt

1/2 teaspoon bi-carb soda

1/4 cup walnuts, roughly chopped (omit for nut free)

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg

Directions:

Grease & line a loaf tin & preheat oven to 180deg.

Blitz oats to a flour in a food processor, & add beans, butter & egg & blitz until smooth.

Add remaining ingredients except for choc chips & blitz until combined.

Stir through the choc chips, setting aside some for the top.

Pour the mix into the baking tin & sprinkle with remaining choc chips.

Cook for around 20 minutes & leave to cool in the pan. They should be fudgy in the middle.