Zucchini Brownies...Yum!

Kennedy and I made these yesterday to take to a party, and they were AWESOME, very moist and chocolatey, and the best part is, they are healthy...they have zucchini, they have to be.

RIGHT?

...we added chocolate chips and baked them in a 9 x 13 pan for about 3o mins. They were delish!

Recipe below...

We had FHE with all of the nieghbors that live around us last night. We were the youngest family by, oh, minimum of 20 years, but it was fun! We have some great people living around us, and of course, Dustin being the old-at-heart guy that he is, fit right in. The only bad part was that Hudson, being the TWO-YEAR-OLD that he is, stuffed so many Oreos in his mouth at the same time, he puked...luckily I caught it, (only partly in a napkin, don't you love motherhood??? and why do old people always have white carpet???) We were supposed to take a 5 minute lesson/story, and, being the spiritual giants that we are, here was our spiritual message:

Bran Muffins

The couple were 85 years old, and had been married for sixty years. Though they were far from rich, they managed to get by because they watched their pennies.

Though not young, they were both in very good health, largely due to the wife's insistence on healthy foods and exercise for the last decade. One day, their good health didn't help when they went on a rare vacation and their plane crashed, sending them off to Heaven.

They reached the pearly gates, and St. Peter escorted them inside. He took them to a beautiful mansion, furnished in gold and fine silks, with a fully stocked kitchen and a waterfall in the master bath. A maid could be seen hanging their favorite clothes in the closet. They gasped in astonishment when he said, 'Welcome to Heaven. This will be your home now.'

The old man asked Peter how much all this was going to cost. 'Why, nothing,' Peter replied, 'remember, this is your reward in Heaven. '

The old man looked out the window and right there he saw a championship golf course, finer and more beautiful than any ever built on Earth.'What are the greens fees?,' grumbled the old man.'This is heaven,' St. Peter replied. 'You can play for free, every day.'

Next they went to the clubhouse and saw the lavish buffet lunch, with every imaginable cuisine laid out before them, from seafood to steaks to exotic deserts, free flowing beverages.'Don't even ask,' said St. Peter to the man. This is Heaven, it is all free for you to enjoy.'

The old man looked around and glanced nervously at his wife. 'Well, where are the low fat and low cholesterol foods, and the decaffeinated tea?,' he asked. 'That's the best part,' St. Peter replied. 'You can eat and drink as much as you like of whatever you like, and you will never get fat or sick.This is Heaven!'

The old man pushed, 'No gym to work out at?''Not unless you want to,' was the answer.'No testing my sugar or blood pressure or...''Never again. All you do here is enjoy yourself.'

The old man glared at his wife and said, 'You and your bran muffins. We could have been here ten years ago!'

Zucchini Brownies

INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 cups grated zucchini
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan.
In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, salt, soda, cocoa, and sugar. Combine eggs, zucchini, oil, and vanilla; blend into dry ingredients.
Bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven. Cool in the pan, and then cut into bars.