New Twist on an old Fave

About a week ago I saw a recipie for a grilled cheese sandwich made in a waffle iron. I thought this would be so cute and fun to make for the kids so we tried it out yesterday. I, for the life of me, can not remember where I saw this idea. I have searched through my blogs I read, through my Kraft food magazines, and even google and can't come up with anything. So sorry, I can't give credit where credit is due!

*This happens to be my son's lunch plate. It is such an argument to get him to eat his veggies. We compromise with him eating 4 at each meal.

The recipie stated that you can use whole wheat bread and probably sneak it past the kids since they will be grilled. You also don't need to use any butter on the bread which is another health bonus.

I also made this once for the fam a few days earlier before making it for the daycare. When I made this for our dinner, we threw in some ham and had hot ham and cheese done this way.

Delish and Oh So Easy!

Brownies and Black Beans?

The lone ingredients!

Last night at my MOPS group, we were having a speaker on Healthy Eating. I had recently heard of a recipie for brownies made with only a can of black beans. Now seriously, who thinks of this stuff? Who even thinks that would sound good? But oh yes, it is.

I can not for the life of me remember who told me about this. I also remember hearing that it was a Weight Watchers recipie. I was telling this to my friends on our MOPS steering team last Sunday when they said I should bring it to our meeting. Since our topic was Healthy Eating, this might be the only way I would get the nerve to try something like this. And I do love black beans. Just don't quite know about them in my brownies. But oh yes, they are good.

Here is the low down:

One can of black beans, rinsed and drained

Put the beans back into the can and fill can with water.

Puree the beans/ water until smooth. You do not want any chunks of beans.


Pour the pureed beans/ water into a brownie mix.

Stir together with mix until moistened. You do not add any other ingredients.

Pour batter into greased pan and bake as directed.

Ready to bake!

They are super fudgy, thick, and moist. Enjoy!

Now, I know this is really not like me to give anyone food tips, or health tips for that matter, but it is so wierd, I just had to share!