Superfood Brownies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup plain natural yogurt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1 heaped tsp cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp olive or sunflower oil
• 1 1/4 cup Vitarium gluten free plain flour
• 3 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup LSA mix (or almond meal)
• 450g can baby beetroot
• 2 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• icing sugar, to dust (optional)

• step one

  Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and grease and line a 13 x 9 inch pan with baking paper.

• step two

  Drain the beetroot and grate into a bowl. In the same bowl, combine the beetroot with the yogurt, milk, honey, egg, oil, sugar and vanilla and mix well.

• step three

  In another bowl, sift the flour in and mix with the LSA mix, chia seeds, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.

• step four

  Gently fold the dry ingredients in with the wet ingredients and then stir in the walnuts and chocolate.

• step five

  Spoon the mixture into the pan and bake in the pre-heated oven for 40 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean in the center. Allow to cool in the pan and then dust with icing sugar and serve with ice cream and berries.