Thoughts From a Shower

I honestly have no idea why blog ideas come to me in the shower. But they do. Frequently. I think it’s the Murphy’s Law of blogging that thoughts come to me in the one place where I cannot have my laptop. Then, thanks to my mush-brain, instead of having a leisurely rest of my shower, I have to spend the entire rest of the time there holding tightly onto the thought or risk losing it. Anyway, the next time I have writer’s (I use the term loosely, all of you real writers, don’t be offended) block, you’ll know where to find me. 

So I was standing in the shower the other day, just minding my own business; kids at school and no phone ringing. I was actually trying to figure out how a grown woman can take her bra out of the laundry room and lose it between there and her bedroom (still don’t know) when a new recipe suddenly dawned on me. Those of you who’ve read me for a while (thank you, thank you, thank you, but the way) know I don’t profess to be a foodie. I’m a Mom who bakes to relieve the stress of living (again, I use the term loosely) with two teenagers. I mean, my mush-brain is bad, but don’t even get me started on Mom-of-teens-brain (yes, I’m shuddering). When I started this blog I did not intend to include recipes as many of the treats I make are very basic and are adaptations of recipes to fit our tastes (OK and my skill level). I do come up with my own concoctions as well, so when enough people started asking for the recipes, I added them.

Mostly I blog, though, to vent because clearly there’s not enough flour and sugar in the world. . .  So my posts aren’t those great step-by-step baking instructions with the gorgeous pictures illustrating how each process should look along the way. My posts are the rantings of a mush-brain Mom living with teen-brain kids. I do want to add recipes to as many of my posts as I can, to entice (yes, bribe) those of you who like the recipes to come back.

So, back to the shower . . . pondering bra conundrum . . .recipe epiphany strikes. I had known that I wanted to come up with something new, and believe me when I tell you that gets harder and harder to do. Most mixtures and concoctions and pairings have been done. And then it dawned on me . . . but, damn it, I was in the shower. So like those games of “telephone” from the olden days, my left brain tried to remember the steps and told it to my right brain that tried to picture it, which told it to my left brain that tried to remember the steps, which passed it back to my right brain to try to hold on to the picture of it. . . I jumped out of the shower, ran down to the laptop, and despite that old game of “telephone” (anyone remember how that used to turn out?) I think I got it!

Presenting. . . the latest original Baking In A Tornado recipe!

Kale-stuffed, Sardine and Olive Brownies with a Champagne Reduction

Kale-stuffed, Sardine and Olive Brownies with a Champagne Reduction
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Printable Recipe

Ingredients:
Brownie recipe of your choice 
1 (1 lb) bag of chopped Kale
2 cups powdered sugar
approx 4 TBSP Champagne
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 stick margarine
48 Sardines
96 Olives
1 bottle Champagne (reduced by the 4 TBSP used above)

Directions:
*Make brownies according to directions. Cool completely.
*Put Kale and powdered sugar into food processor and process. Add up to 4 TBSP Champagne, 1 TBSP at a time until the mixture is of spreading consistency.
*Gently spread over the brownies.
*Melt chocolate chips with margarine and carefully spread over the powdered sugar mixture.
*Cut the brownies and decorate each one with 2 sardines and 4 olives.
*Just before serving, pour the rest of the Champagne over the brownies.
*APRIL FOOLS. Did I get ya?