Salud

Brownies
Ingredients
2 cups cooked black beans or canned no-salt-added or low-sodium black beans, drained 
10 Medjool dates
2 tbsp raw almond butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup natural, non-alkalizedcocoa powder
1 tbsp ground chia seed
Raspberries or other berries for topping
 Banana Treat
Ingredients 
2 frozen bananas
Handful of blueberries
A few walnuts

Directions
Preheat oven to200° F.

Blend the black beans, dates, almond butter and vanilla in a food processor or high powered blender until smooth.

Add the remaining ingredients and blend again. Pour into a very lightlyoiled 8 x 8 inch baking pan and bake for 1 1/2 hours.

Cool completely before cutting into small squares. Top with raspberries or other berries.
 Blend bananas, blueberries, and walnuts in a highspeed blender.
 Pair the banana treat with the warm brownies and enjoy!
Barras
IngredientsMakes 20 bars
Butter-flavored cooking spray
1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
1/2 cup raw unsaltedsunflower seeds
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup raw almonds
1 small, ripe banana
1 cup non-fat vanilla yogurt or 8 oz of soft,silken tofu
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/3 cup pure maple syrup or agave syrup
1 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs
 Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Coat a 9x13-inch baking pan withcooking spray or line with wax paper.
 Place the oats, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, flour, apricots, almonds and raisins in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is coarsely chopped. Add thebanana, yogurt or soft tofu, cinnamon, nutmeg, syrup, eggs and vanilla, and pulse 6 or 8 times until the mixture is well combined. The mixture will be sticky.
 Transfer the mixture to the baking pan andspread it out evenly using the back of a spatula sprayed with cooking oil spray, or by running your hands under cold water and using them to press the mixture evenly into the pan.
 Bake until just...