Something Edible

Walk into my kitchen
It's a mess

naturally

Rummage in the cupboards
sugar
flour
baking soda
oil

Grab a bowl
grab some salt
some eggs
cinnamon
applesauce

And

chocolate chips!

Whisk together the wet ingrediants:

sugar, egg, and oil

Eew

I hate slimy eggs
on my fingers

Stir in applesauce

Next is dry ingredients:

Flour dusting on my clothes,
Cinnamon making me sneeze

Baking soda smells

suspiciously

like moth balls
but I add it anyway,
knowing if I don't
my bread will deflate

Add to wet

Finally,
The Secret ingredient!

Zucchini

Large and plump,
freshly picked
from Nan's garden

I grate it,
shredding it into Julianned strips

And add it,  

along with my
chocolate chips

into the batter

combining it tenderly

Into a 9x5,
well oiled
pan it goes

350 degrees

1 hour

Waiting impatiently
Aroma enticing
Mouth watering

(A testimony to my will
I did NOT eat
the left over chocolate chips)

The timer rings,
I pull out my beautiful
Zucchini bread

Let cool,
wire rack,
10 to 15 mins

Invert

Cool some more,

Can't take it any more

slice it thick,
spread with butter

Give a slice to my sweetie

Take one for myself

A moment of bliss,
as I devour

Relieved I did not
Screw this one up