{"id":2444,"date":"2017-01-17T03:17:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T03:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2017-02-22T15:22:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:22:54","slug":"recipe-healthy-chocolate-almond-brownies-gluten-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/recipe-healthy-chocolate-almond-brownies-gluten-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Healthy Chocolate Almond Brownies (Gluten Free)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note:\u00a0 This recipe is part of a series on making your good eating resolutions come true<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A few months ago, I resolved to make my own almond milk so I didn\u2019t have to drink the additives in store-bought almond milk.\u00a0 While you can learn a lot about how to make almond milk from this series, that\u2019s only a small part of the story.<\/p>\n

The bigger part\u2013the \u201cmoral of the story\u201d you might say\u2013is to show how much territory lies between making a resolution and seeing it happen, day after day.\u00a0 If you feel frustrated by resolutions that never come true, find out what barriers might be hanging you up<\/a> without your knowing it\u2013and then how to get around them.<\/p>\n

A barrier I discovered is that milk making produces a sizeable pile of leftover almond meal.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t like to waste food, so after a couple batches, the almond meal piling up in the frig became a barrier for me.\u00a0 My solution was to experiment with recipes to use it up, like this recipe for Healthy Chocolate Almond Brownies.\u00a0 Of course if you don’t have leftover almond meal, packaged almond flour can be substituted.\u00a0 See the Notes for directions.<\/p>\n

\"ChocAlmondBrownies--GF<\/p>\n

Meghan Telpner’s Butternut Squash Ooo-eee Goo-eee Brownie<\/a> recipe was the inspiration for this almond meal creation.\u00a0 Meghan is a nutritionist<\/a> who was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, a supposedly incurable disease that she cured in a month!\u00a0 She has gone on to create a small empire around healthy eating, but still finds time to share recipes, like this one that was a desperate last ditch effort to use up the butternut squash in her pantry.\u00a0 My almond meal substituted well for most of the rice flour called for–and I was able to reduce the sugar by using stevia and a bit less cocoa.\u00a0 In case you think “Healthy” ruins the appeal of “Brownies,” withhold judgment until you’ve tried this recipe.<\/p>\n

Healthy Chocolate Almond Brownies<\/span><\/h3>\n

Preheat oven to 350 (F).\u00a0 Coat bottom and sides of a 8\u201d round cake pan with coconut oil and sprinkle all surfaces with brown rice flour.<\/p>\n