Did you know that you can grow brownies? I never tried it personally; however, I was able to use some leftover ingredients to create what I consider to be a very delicious plant-based brownie.
Clean eating is not as hard as you think; it can actually be pretty manageable sometimes. Well, for me anyway, because I adopted a nasty habit of reading what's on the back of the boxes of some of my favorite, classic, old-school snacks. Oreos, Cheetos, and Taki's all contain ingredients I cannot identify, like Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, and Riboflavin. This scares me because I'm not a dietitian and shouldn't have to be a scientist to understand what I put inside my body. Don't get me wrong; I indulge in my favorite toxic desserts occasionally, but mostly in desperate situations — like when I'm stuck in the airport at 4:00 AM and have no other options.
At home, I have options.
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Before I understood how to use my options properly, I used to dibble and dabble with my childhood favorite, Duncan Hines. Duncan Hines was the GOAT of brownies from the 80s until I started reading labels, which means we had about a 25-year-run which started when I was elementary school.
I whipped up my first batch in '89. Students in Baltimore City public schools used to get out half-day every Wednesday. That means we were released into the streets before most of our parents got home from work. We were latchkey kids with the responsibilities of letting ourselves in the house, feeding ourselves and not destroying the furniture before mom, dad, or both (if you had........