Brownies & the blues

It's the end of a grey day and the beginning of a gloomy week. You don't need me to tell you it's time to scour the kitchen cupboards for baking ingredients.

I make these brownies often. The banana and chocolate are the dominant flavours. Unless you happen to notice the green flecks, you might never guess they contain zucchini. Your roommate's 7-year old will not suspect you slipped icky vegetables into her yummy dessert.

Zucchini Banana Brownies
~ from a Dr. Dean Ornish cookbook ~

Bigger bowl:
-4 cups grated zucchini
-2 cups mashed ripe banana
-4 tsp vanilla
-2 tbsp water

Smaller bowl:
-4 cups flour
-1 cup sugar
-2/3 cup dutch cocoa
-2 tsp baking soda
-2 tsp salt

Mix dry ingredients into wet. The dough will become gooey and insolent, and not want to cooperate. Use your (clean) hands to really get in there and massage it all together really well. It's a squishy and messy undertaking, you'll feel like a little kid, and it works. Pour mixture into a rectangular glass pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Let cool before cutting into squares.