Spinach/Carrot/Chocolate Brownies and Surgery

First...thanks for the comments and emails regarding my last post. Glad to see most of you think it's humorous that my kid doesn't love me.

Secondly...maybe I never did say what the the surgery is for. Most of you know, but for those that only see our lives through this blog, I'll give you a quick summary. Basically I've had foot pain for well over a year (maybe two??). After trying a ton of different things, they've decided I have a neuroma in my foot. Basically it's an inflamed nerve, making it like a little tumor on the nerve. Of course that's going to hurt when I walk and get worse the more I walk (i.e. why it's hard walk after a long night at work). So...they are going to take a good chunk (for lack of a better word) of my nerve out. If you want to see pics of what the procedure is like, you can click here. WARNING: It's a little gross. I'll be completely off my feet through Wednesday, then starting limited activity. I'm DYING that I took Black Friday off from work this year and won't get to shop like I love to do on that day. Thanks to my friends at work for suggesting a Hoveround.

Thirdly...I've owned Jessica Seinfeld's book "Deceptively Delicious" for a couple of weeks now, but I haven't had a chance to use it until tonight. I steamed and pureed carrots and spinach, then roasted and pureed squash. I then made brownies. They have 1/2 cup of spinach puree (which is half a bag of spinach!) and 1/2 cup of carrot puree among other things. They are low-cal too (for a brownie). I just tried one (sprinkled with powdered sugar) and they aren't bad. I'm not like oohing and ahhing over them, but pretty dang good. They'd be really good with ice cream and hot fudge on them! :) Not on my list are "Blueberry Oatmeal Bars (with spinach)" and "Lemon Blueberry Muffins (with squash)." Is my Dietician friend, RAK proud of me?? :)

Have a great weekend!