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.