Done.
This cold weather has got me craving all things comfort food. It has literally dropped over 40 degrees in the last 4 days. Last weekend (see that sunshine?), it was sunny and mid eighties. As of Tuesday, it is cold, rainy and dreary. It no longer gets light out before I get to work – which not only leaves me wanting more coffee, but wanting something yummy to go with it.
I was pretty good about holding off on my cravings until I got home and set in on making dinner. While I was heating up our meals (hey leftovers!) I set into whipping up some brownies with the Mack man. I was in a hurry and lazy so I grabbed the box mix and got to work. After Mackenzie had poured the mix into the bowl, I realized we only had ONE EGG. The recipe definitely calls for 3.
There was no turning back. The brownies had to be made – substitutions were made – and I don’t think I’m ever going back to the standard method again!
I subbed in 1 cup of Chobani plain yogurt to replace the missing two eggs. Using Chobani’s listed nutrition facts - that means roughly 24 grams of protein in the whole pan of brownies.
If you eat the whole pan, does that count as a nutritious meal? Nope??…okay, moving on.
They were delicious! The perfect amount of moist and yet solid and no funky flavor from the yogurt I can guarantee you (I know some of you turned up your nose at the thought of yogurt baking)
So, why no pictures? Well, Nick a certain somebody starting scooping brownies out of the pan before they even finished baking and Mackenzie a certain somebody else couldn’t wait to get his hands on one after they got out of the oven. Now, I’m left with only a sad collection of crumbles.
I think next time I make brownies, I’ll make them from scratch – subbing in protein powder for flour and Chobani for the eggs again. Can I then consider it breakfast?!
Tonight we’re going to our first hockey game at University of Utah. I bought season tickets on livingsocial. So, we’ll be heading up to the campus later this evening, only this time we’ll be cheering for the Utes 
Wait, we're not supposed to wear purple? 
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Good on your for the quick thinking and substitution! Yogurt is great in lots of dishes, but people get hung up on the taste/smell of it by itself. Same with fish sauce – smells like death but really gives your dish that extra kick.