Boot Rear

It's summer, that means its root beer float season.

Enjoy :D


You're probably wondering about the pun in the title... In middle school my friends and I used to read this book series that was far more mature then our little minds knew at the time (man the innuendos that went over my head!) anyway in the books they had this stuff called Boot Rear... tasted like, you guessed it, root beer. The twist was you'd get the sensation of a kick to the rear every time you took a sip... And now you all know I'm a gigantic dork... I just felt like sharing... anyone else ever read the Xanth series?

*crickets*

yeah that's what I figured :D

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Vegan Brownies

This brownie recipe was suggested to me by the Special K Treatment the other day. A very interesting brownie if you check out the ingredient list... chick peas... maple syrup... a banana... cashew butter?? Really?? In brownies???

Not to be easily scared off by interesting ingredients I went to the cupboard to discover I had everything I needed to make them. A short time later I had everything all set in the mixing bowl ready to go.


I must say they looked a bit more inviting in the mixing bowl then when they were done cooking. Since there is nothing to leaven these they are flat as can be. I'd suggest baking them in a smaller pan instead of an 8x8 to give them some more height... there is something about a wicked thin brownie... I want a thick one!


I unfortunately only had peanut butter on hand and was out of cashew butter, I really think the cashew would have upped the flavor on these (as she says). The banana seemed to overwhelm things a little too much for my tastes. I'm curious about using prune puree instead of the banana... All in all a fun experiment... but I want to switch a few things up and give it another go! Thanks Special K for the recipe recommendation!!

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