Sprout & Pea

Last year, I was thrilled to find out that I had won first place in Healthline’s healthy hol­i­day dessert con­test. I was dou­bly excited when I found out that I would be receiv­ing a big ama­zon gift card. Of course, along with this excite­ment came a bit of a baf­fled feel­ing as I was faced with the big deci­sion of what to use this card for in the big world of Ama­zon. It took me many months, but I finally decided to pur­chase some­thing I’ve been want­ing for quite a while — an ice cream maker! I knew I wanted to use this fancy machine to make, not just ice cream, but a health­ier take on tra­di­tional ice cream.

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I’m a big fan of one of Michael Pollan’s food rules — eat as much junk food as you want, as long as you cook it your­self. I had a bit of a sweet tooth yes­ter­day after­noon, so instead of div­ing for the Ben and Jerry’s at the bodega, I decided to make myself some brown­ies — gluten-​​free, healthy style. Enter this recipe that I found on Elana’s Pantry. It’s flour­less, sug­ar­less and made with two of my favorite things — almond but­ter and agave.

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