Work from Home Recipes: Toffee Black Bean Brownies by Chef Richard Ingraham

Working from home or staying indoors makes it challenge to stay healthy. Chef Richard Ingraham has a brownie recipe using black beans that is both tasty and good for your wellness.

Author of the cookbook Eating Well to Win, Chef Ingraham is well known among celebrities and athletes. He is Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s personal cook, and his celebrity clientele of entertainers and top athletes in the NBA, MLB and NFL are part of his Chef RLI network of private chefs who help athletes reach their peak performance through nutrition.

Says Chef Ingraham, “One thing that I’ve tried to do with my clients was to give them foods that they were used to but make them a little healthier. I had a client that challenged me all the time to see if I could make a healthier version of the items he’d pick. One day he called me up and really wanted me to make him a dessert that he wouldn’t feel guilty about eating and it just so happens that he loved chocolate. So, I made him these brownies (without the toffee of course) and they were a hit! With or without the toffee I’m sure you will enjoy!”

 

Toffee Black Bean Brownies

For the brownies

  • Non-stick cooking spray
  • 1 cup can black beans
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup Hershey’s special dark unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2/3 cup maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon instant espresso
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup bitter sweet chocolate bar pieces
  • 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 toffee pieces

Method for brownies

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees .
2. Grease a 9 by 9-inch square baking pan.
3. Using a blender or food processor , puree the beans with the canola oil.
4.Next add the eggs,special dark cocoa, maple syrup, espresso , and vanilla.
5.Melt the chocolate chips and add to the blender or food processor.
6. Blend on medium-high until smooth.
7.In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
8.Add the flour mixture to the blender/food processor and pulse until just incorporated.
9. Stir in the chocolate pieces and pour the brownie mixture into your prepared pan.
10.Heres the best part! Top the brownie mixture with the toffee.You can take a tooth pick and swirl the toffee into the brownies if you like.
11. Bake until the surface looks dull around the edges and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with just a few crumbs.
12. Let brownies cool at least before cutting and removing from the pan. I know it’ going to be hard to wait but trust me it’s worth the wait.

 

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Apple releases the greatly anticipated new iPhone SE

After years of rampant rumors and pleas from fans, Apple finally releases the greatly anticipated second generation of the iPhone SE, with a starting price of $399.

In addition to a lower, more affordable price range, the main reason that the original iPhone SE was so popular was that it allowed users to hold and use it in one hand, as well as place it comfortably in a front pants pocket. It also retained the front Home button that many found useful, versus the swipe that many of Apple’s later iPhones require.

After Apple began to empty it’s inventory of the original iPhone SE with sales and sold out promotions, there was general hope that this product would launch in April 2019, then Fall of 2019. This did not happen, and many holders of the original refused to upgrade to the larger, more expensive iPhones in Apples lineup.

There were long-running rumors that the new iPhone SE would sport the name, iPhone 9, or Iphone SE 2, but in the end, Apple stuck with the brand name of this unique mobile.

The iPhone SE now uses the of the general body shape of the iPhone 8, along with a 4.7 inch display. It also has an Apple A13 Bionic chip, similar to the iPhone 11 and Iphone 11 Pro. The camera has also been upgraded to a 12MP sensor with 4K video capability. PLUS, you can finally use an SE for Portrait Mode.

According to Apple, “The first iPhone SE was a hit with many customers who loved its unique combination of small size, high-end performance and affordable price; the new second-generation iPhone SE builds on that great idea and improves on it in every way — including our best-ever single-camera system for great photos and videos — while still being very affordable,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iPhone SE features the industry-leading performance of A13 Bionic that enables great battery life, takes stunning Portrait mode and Smart HDR photos, shoots amazing videos with stereo audio, is great for games and super fast web surfing, and is built with the same industry-leading security features our customers expect. We can’t wait to get iPhone SE into customers’ hands.”

Other new features:

Augmented reality

Run the latest AR apps that let you measure real‑world objects, map constellations over the stars, and more.

Faster Wi‑Fi and cellular data

Wi‑Fi 6 and Gigabit‑class LTE can deliver much faster download speeds, whether you’re on Wi‑Fi or cellular networks.

Dual SIM, dual numbers

Dual SIM with eSIM lets you have both a business number and a personal number on the same iPhone.7

Water Resistance

iPhone SE is water resistant to 1 meter for 30 minutes.2 It’s not afraid of a little coffee, tea, or soda either.

See more about the iPhone SE 2020 HERE.

Phone SE is available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB models in black, white and red starting at $399 (US). Customers can also get iPhone SE for $9.54 a month or $229 with trade-in from apple.com, in the Apple Store app and Apple Stores.  iPhone SE is available through Apple Authorized Resellers and select carriers (prices may vary).

Manplacement: Who Did It Better, Beyonce or Taylor?

Women have often felt they would have things better, easier and faster if they were men instead of women. Two singers have expressed this predicament in their songs. Beyonce in her legendary hit, IF I WERE A BOY, and Taylor Swift most recently in THE MAN

Which do you think did a better job? Or really, are they both just awesome?

Two Bored Artists Create a Mini Art Museum for Their Gerbils

From the gerbil art museum, courtesy of Filippo Lorenzin

If we all could make such productive and creative use of our available time as London-based museum curator Filippo Lorenzin and artist Marianna Benetti.

After over two weeks of being at home and isolated, they decided to recreate famous artworks in miniature as a tiny gerbil art museum, in gerbil themes and gerbil-safe materials (mostly cardboard). The recreations included Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss, Edvard Munch’s The Scream,  Johannes Vermeer’s The Girl With the Pearl Earring, and Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

The gerbils, named Pandoro and Tiramisu (apparently their foodies), have taken to their new space.

We’re guessing it will last for about 2 weeks before they chew their way through it. Ah, art is so ephemeral!

As promised, this is the full video of our gerbils visiting the museum. No gerbils or gallery assistants were harmed in the making of this. from r/aww

 

New TASTEABLE Magazine released, Volume 2

We are pleased to release this new special TASTE AWARDS edition of TASTEABLE Journal.

TASTEABLE is a curated bi-annual journal. This experimental, limited edition, lifestyle publication covers the best of Culture, Cuisine, Commerce, and Concepts as reported by TasteTV and TCB-Cafe Publishing and Media.

Interviews, recipes, tech, fashion, celebrities, entrepreneurs, wine picks and the year’s best chocolate.

On the cover is celebrity Andrea Feczko of Vacation Creation among other programs. Also includes Joanne Weir, Wine Oh TV, Ornella Fado, the Taste Hall of Fame Inductees, Taste Award winners, Tonewood Maple, Lotus Cars US, fragrance, Vessel, as well as the Photography Award winners

Get your copy on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2SWR1m0

Paris Men’s Fashion Week: The Enfants Riches Deprimes

Los Angeles–based fashion brand Enfants Riches Deprimes mesmerized the audience for its runway at their show at Paris Men’s Fashion Week. Fortunately, we have some footage so you can see this great collection.

Designer: Henri Alexander Levy

Season: Automne/Hiver 2020/21

Front Row Celebrities: Courtney Love Cobain, Michele Lamy, Dr. Woo

Runway Stylist: Oscar Nominated, Arianne Phillips

Enfants Riches Deprimes is a Los Angeles–based luxury fashion brand that designs unisex pieces for the forward and avant-garde consumer. The DIY label is inspired by abstract expressionism, and fuses a French punk streetwear aesthetic with premium high-end fabrics. The brand has a loyal following including Kanye West, Jared Leto, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian West, Courtney Love Cobain, Pusha T, Kendall Jenner, Beyoncé, Michael B. Jordan, Future, Rihanna, Rita Ora, Halsey, Migos, and more. The label is also distributed worldwide in luxury boutiques including Maxfield, Barneys New York, Patron of the New, Luisa Via Roma, The Webster, Selfridges, Hirshleifers, Antonia Excelsior and more, as well as the brands own first brick-and-mortar store in Paris on the Rue Charlot, and at www.enfantsrichesdeprimes.com.