The GoGo Girls take Toronto!

So totally not garden related, but I am super excited to be participating in the 2011 Mitsubishi City Chase in Toronto this Saturday, August 13th. 

http://www.mitsubishicitychase.com/en_site.asp

I have teamed up with my colleague Tina Baldwin and our official team name is "The GoGo Girls"!  And no this does not reference any risque type of dancing (get your minds out of the gutter) but rather that we both commute to Downtown Toronto every day on the GO Train from Burlington.  We have been readying ourselves by looking over maps, familiarizing ourselves with the TTC and talking about which challenges we are for sure avoiding (ie. sketching your partner in the nude).

We are super excited, not only to be participating in the race but also to raise money for a fantastic organization, Right to Play.  So if you have a moment and would like to support a great cause, please go to the following link and help support a great team (we are currently the #1 fundraising team and would love to stay in this position).

http://righttoplay.akaraisin.com/Toronto2CityChase/86d658ead6844aa9833d57b4094df49b

Z is for Zucchini

So we are finally at the point where we can harvest and eat some of the veggies in our garden.  This week my hubby noticed that some of the zucchini's looked ready to be picked and suggested we get out there before the dogs beat us to it.

This afternoon Liam, Ewan and I headed out to find the perfect zucchini so that we could make some yummy zucchini bread.  Not only did we find zucchini's but we also picked a jalapeno pepper, a cucumber and some cherry and yellow pear tomatoes.



What to do with the zucchini? Make zucchini bread of course! Liam and Ewan, my two little helpers were more than happy to help with this.

Here is the recipe we used.

Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs, beaten

1/3 cup water

2 cups grated zucchini

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 cup chopped walnuts

1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar.  In a seperate bowl, combine oil, eggs, water, zucchini and lemon juice.  Mix wet ingredients into dry, add nuts and chocolate chips and fold in.  Bake in 2 standard loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick spray, for 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. 

And the final product...Can't wait to try some tonight.