Who wouldn’t want delicious brownies that are made of relatively healthy ingredients.

I’m particular when it comes to the texture of brownies.

This is made not in the oven but in the microwave oven, which creates a unique texture.

The good thing is that I happened to like it.

I adopted the recipe from https://www.instagram.com/p/COKv-WjhXY2/ .

The main ingredient I used is bran flakes.

I’ve just started buying bran flakes, and I really like them.

I enjoy eating them for breakfast and snack.

My husband is a huge lemon lover.

He loves any sweets made with lemon.

So I made this mostly for him, and he loved it.

The problem was that not only he but also I overeat them.

We cannot stop.

A good thing about being the one who cooks/bakes things is that you know exactly what is in it.

The bad thing is that you know how much each ingredient is in it.

I was shocked when I found out how much sugar was going into these lovely bars, but I went ahead with it because I knew the tartness of the lemon had to be balanced with some sweetness.

I understand the logical part of it, but the image of the mountain of sugar never left me.

Even with that image in my head, I ate them, lots of them.

At that point it really didn’t matter how much sugar I was consuming.

They made me happy.

They are so lovely, aren’t they even before dressed with powdered sugar (don’t say “more sugar?!”)?

Perfection!!

(If I can say so myself.)

I did have plans to prevent overeating them though because I had the feeling this could happen.

One of the plans was to take some to my mother-in-law.

Another was freezing them after we each ate a few.

(Out of sight, out of mind, right?)

Well, my husband would not listen to me, saying they would be gone soon.

And they stayed in the fridge.

Every time I opened the fridge, they were staring at me.

It has a fair amount of coconut cream in it, and you can certainly taste it.

So it may not be for those who are not a coconut milk fan, but I should mention that my husband, who avoids coconuts as much as he can, loved these bars.

The brilliant vegan lemon bar recipe is Ms. Alison’s. https://lovingitvegan.com/vegan-lemon-bars/ .

These guilt-free donuts are amazing!

The recipe calls for only a few ingredients, and the main ones are tofu and rice flour.

Of course, they have to taste good, and they do taste great!

I made two different flavors.

This is lavender lemon.

The sweet x tart plus lavender combination was fantastic.

These are cardamom chocolate.

Cardamom makes everything special and sophisticated.

Adopted from Ms. AYA’s recipe https://www.instagram.com/mmm_diet_160/ (in Japanese).