Black bean brownies

Hold on to your hats!  This recipe is a little strange.

I heard about this at my weight watcher's meeting in Randleman, NC.  A bunch of old southern ladies in a Methodist church basement trying to lose weight in the land of fried foods.  The leader said these were good so I made them and was pleasantly surprised.

You'll need:

package of regular brownie mix
Can of black beans
food processor
9 by 13 pan
cooking spray
adventurous attitude

First step: drain the beans and rinse them really well.

Put beans back in can and fill with water.  (Not a whole can of just water, but water + beans to fill the can.

Pour the beans and water into food processor or blender and give it a good whirl.

Add brownie mix.

Pour into greased 9 by 13 pan (or a smaller one if you want thicker brownies).

Bake according to package.  Mine baked at 350 for 25 minutes.

The end result: dense, chocolatey, a little flat, but worth the 5 points for a 12th of the pan (which is a pretty big square!)

Like my pretty plates from Mom & Dad Spence?

And I promise, they don't taste like beans!

Easy Chicken n Biscuits

FINALLY a new post!

Between trying to recover from awful jobs and an awful cold, I haven't posted any thing new in weeks!

I decided to start up again and made it my goal yesterday to cook dinner.  This was so easy, even my sorry been-glued-to-the-couch-butt could do it.

Weight Watchers Points: 6 points when the recipe is made into 8 servings

Here's the ingredient list:

chicken (about 2 pounds)
can of cream of mushroom soup
bag of frozen vegetables
tablespoon of milk
2 tablespoons of ranch dressing
dash of Parmesan cheese
tube of reduced fat refrigerated biscuits
salt, pepper, oregano, basil

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and get a cookie sheet and casserole dish ready.

2. Cook the chicken in a skillet with salt, pepper, oregano, basil and a little bit of oil until browned.

3. Cut chicken into bite size pieces.

4.  Mix together in a big bowl: chicken, can of soup, bag of vegetables, milk, ranch, and cheese.

5. Pour into greased dishes.  I did one small casserole and two cute individual ones.

6. Cover with foil and cook for 15 minutes.

7. Reduce heat to temperature on biscuit package.  (Mine were supposed to cook at 350).  Cook biscuits.  Leave the casseroles in there too!

8. When biscuits are cooked, remove everything from oven.

9. Place biscuits on top of casserole and sprinkle with some cheese if you please.

Don't know why the picture came out so yellow!

Single serve comfort food!

Wash it down with some yummy tree water.

ENJOY!

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