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Monday, March 5, 2012

Long Run Cake Bites


I have been inspired by the use of black beans all over the Internet in use in recipes- a little blown away that I could actually create a tasty treat using black beans seems pretty Great to me. Black Beans are both carb loading fuel and protein Fuel. I love that combination of nutrient diversity in a food group! Certainly Beans are becoming a favorite of mine! Black Beans pack a phytonutrient punch with the skin of the black bean being loaded with flavenoids!

The Fiber in Black Beans keeps your Digestive Tract Healthy & Happy! Don't worry so much about the fiber affects of this food- remember in fact this healthy fiber will steady and control your bowel movements (Hey Us Runners Need to think about this stuff- especially if you want to use this to fuel a long run- certainly don't want to take a big potty break 15 miles into a 20 mile run- Although truth be told you just may anyways no matter what you eat! ha! The joys of distance running is clearing the guts!)

I can go on all day about Black beans and the cardiovascular health benefits and the antioxidant and ant-inflammatory benefits to Black beans that all People need (especially athletes!) but lets' move onto this delicious recipe.

Here is a Great "Clean Eating" Long Run Cake Bite!

Ingredients

1.5 cups of wheat flour

tbsp baking powder

tsp salt

1 can rinsed 15.5 oz black beans

1 cup Agave (you could use simple sugar *1.25 c.* - but I would highly suggest you aim for the Agave- it has a low glycemic index which means while you run it will enter your blood stream gradually and make it easier on your body controlling blood sugar!)

2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla

1 cup of Unsweetened Applesauce

1 cup of cocoa

1/4 cup of coffee

1/2 cup of all natural peanut butter (optional- I could not resist!)
Optional:
Toddler Sneeze *If you don't have one- let me know- I'll send my son over - he is sure to always sneeze in my baked goods - Every Time ;-p *
Runner Chia or Truvia- Optional
Directions:
1) Preheat Oven to 350'
2) prepare muffin pan with a spritz of cooking spray for non stick
3) Mix Flour/cocoa/baking powder in large bowl
4) blend beans and applesauce
5) blend eggs/agave/vanilla
6) blend the beans/applesauce with the eggs/agave/vanilla
7) add the wet mix to the dry mix
8) add your peanut butter and stir
9) place about 3-4 tbsp of mix into a muffin pan and top with dark chocolate (optional)
Bake for about 15-20min until it a toothpick comes out dry-
Makes about 24 cake bites
Nutritional Facts:
125 calories as
20 carbs
3.5 protein
3.5 Healthy fats
Eat two Just before a Long Run and get 250 calories = 40 carbs 7 protein 7 fats

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