Food for Thought (Creative thought, that is)

by | Dec 30, 2011

Food For ThoughtIn college, I discovered that I am more productive and creative, and can remember things longer, when I’m eating.  (Yes, I gained the “freshman fifteen” and then some.)

Fast forward more years that I want to admit, and here I am—a writer and consultant working from a home office.  My experimentation with food and creativity continues.

I’ve learned that for the toughest, most horrible bouts of writer’s block, I need a batch of the goodies below.  Like the best things in life, they are simple, only taking about five minutes to prepare and less than a half hour to bake.

There’s just something about the mixture of these ingredients that causes a creative chemical reaction…

Seven Layer Cookies (aka, Seven Layers of Creativity)

You will need:

1/3-to-1/2 cup Butter – (Concern)

1 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs – (Determination)

1 cup– Chocolate Bits – (Perseverance)

1 cup Butterscotch Bits – (Research)

1 cup Coconut – (Self-Confidence)

1 cup Nuts – (Enthusiasm)

1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk – (Prayer)

What you do:

Crank up the heat! (Set your oven at 350 degrees.)

First, melt your concern in an appropriate vessel.  (Melt butter in a 9”x13” pan).

Cover your concern (butter) evenly with determination (graham cracker crumbs).

Next, spread evenly over the butter/crumb mixture: perseverance (chocolate bits), research (butterscotch bits), coconut (self-confidence), and nuts (enthusiasm).

Now the fun part: Drench your concoction with prayer (sweetened condensed milk), making sure it covers and smothers every bit of concern, determination, enthusiasm, you get the point.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until YOU feel golden brown on the edges and ready to be creative!

Finally, write to me and let me know if they aren’t the best doggone creativity-inducing thing you’ve ever consumed!

 

 

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About Koontz’s Writing:

DLKoontz

An award-winning writer, former journalist and corporate escapee, D. L. Koontz writes about what she knows: muddled lives, nail-biting unknowns and eternal hope. Growing up, she learned the power of stories and intrigue from saged storytellers on the front porch of her Allegheny Mountains farmhouse. Despite being waylaid for years by academia and corporate endeavors, her roots proved that becoming a writer of suspense was only a matter of time. She has been published in seven languages.

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3 Comments

  1. Darlene Reighard

    I’m sure this will help anyone’s career, not matter the profession! Eat away!!

    • DLKoontz

      You’re probably right, Darlene! Let’s all eat up!!

  2. Johanna Doebling

    These cookies are so good! I think they will be a BIG help in May around finals time! 😉

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