"Beetroot Brownies" drabbles by Neville Hunt

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Beetroot Brownies #2

Tonight it was touch and go if we’d have a meal. The kitchen, so recently the scene of nascent cheeses, was reclaimed. Whilst the little feller’s birthday was yesterday, his party is tomorrow, timeline 1pm. That meant a party food production line in our kitchen. (My cheeses were not on the kiddy menu.)

In order not to starve, I made a curry, whilst Mrs H had her daily phone call to aged mum. Then she returned to party food, against the clock.

But what about my pud?

Beetroot and dark chocolate brownies with lashings of red wine.

Help! I’m underoxidising!

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Yuk!

Beetroot Brownies #1

His 3rd birthday today. Cakes at preschool and they sang Happy Birthday to him.

Modern mums worry about healthy feeding. Everything must be super-healthy. Mummy felt obliged to bake something really healthy, and scoured the Internet. Beetroot Brownies... what could be healthier? Every kid in preschool would get one. Yum-yum Mum?

No!

The meany posting the recipe... a ‘responsible’ mum... took things too far!... cutting out sugar almost entirely! Yuk!

Mrs H quickly knocked up mini sponges topped with icing and a Smartie. Unhealthy? Maybe. A winner? Always!

Meanwhile, I iced and ate all the beetroot brownies. Delicious!