Fortunately, this week I didn’t receive any yellow squash from my farm share. The casserole from last week pretty much did me in and I’ve had it with yellow squash for awhile.
This week, however, was zucchini week – I got a load of zucchini. Alex and I like zucchini a lot better than yellow squash but it’s still not Alex’s favorite vegetable. But she LOVES zucchini bread.
So, I looked up a recipe on Recipezaar and decided to have an early Sunday morning zucchini bread baking fest.
Surprisingly enough I had all the necessary ingredients – that rarely happens. Fortunately, I didn’t need milk because we never have that – we didn’t even drink soy milk fast enough before it turns. (I hate milk). I also cut the recipe in half – I didn’t need two loaves.
And here it is …
Alex won’t be home until tonight but I bet she puts a huge dent in it. She’ll probably tell me I’m the best Mom ever – if only everything could be so simple.
photo credit: Alex Gee
Looks great! I was baking bread yesterday too.
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Hi Christine – It came out really good. I baked really early before it got too hot.
Looks delicious. I don’t like zucchini, but I like zucchini bread. I don’t like milk either — I use a cup of water and a teaspoon of oil for a cup of milk.
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Hi Dot – Then how do you get your calcium?!?!?!?!?! I always get asked that when I say I hate milk – like it’s the only source of calcium in existence. ;-)
Hi Kim – Yum! And I love that pressed glass plate. Your daughter already thinks you’re the best mom ever, but this will certainly seal the deal.
Back in the day when I was trying to be the best mom ever, I would actually bake all kinds of muffins, brownies, etc. on Sundays. Then I would slice them up, and freeze them individually for the kids’ lunches. It lasted only until High School, when they wanted to buy pizza every day. But for a while, I basked in my bestness.
Here’s a hint for all your squash and zucchini. Pete processes it in a food processor as if he’s going to use it in a recipe. Then he puts it in ziplocks (well actually, we’re so geekified we have one of those FoodSaver machines that takes all the air out), then they go into the freezer to use during the winter. One time he made a zucchini chocolate cake that was awesome. Or if that’s too much work you can slice and grill them on your kebobs, or just stir fry them in with other veggies. I feel sad for zucchini – it gets such a bad rap just because it’s prolific. :)
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Hi Betsy – Funny that you mention that plate. I bought two of them from a thrift store a long time ago. And I’ve been kicking myself ever since for not buying the entire set. It’s my favorite plate!
I hadn’t thought of preparing and then freezing – that’s a really good idea and I think I’ll do that if I keep getting zucchini.
I do the stir fries and put it in pasta too.
hahaha, a huge dent.
When Alex gets done with it, its going to be a pile of crumb rubble.
Hi Jim – I made her and Marc stop by yesterday and take most of the bread over to his house. There’s a teeny bit left but by tonight it will be crumb rubble.
She said it was better than the loaves that we get at the farmer’s market so extra points for me. :-)
Wow, this looks really good.
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Hi Vered – It came out really good and was much better than the yellow squash casserole ;-)
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Looks great.. The shape is goodl
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Hi Nihar – A zucchini in the shape of a duck :-)
I love zucchini though not as bread. It’s amazing in salads especially when it comes with nice grills and steaks :)
In our place veg such as zucchini, celery, brocoly, lettuce, bright coloured bell peppers (green are cheap) etc are luxury and damn expensive. I love all of them and hence buy them once in a while.
Looks like you are having a good time with the shared farm supplies. How often do they ship stuff to you? Don’t you think you did a good thing about this organic farm share thingie just before recession? :)
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Hi Ajith – The colored peppers are expensive here too but the others are not.
I’m really glad I joined the farm share – I’m not sure if I’ve saved money – I think I have – but the food is so much better. I don’t think I can go back to eating grocery store produce.
They bring the food boxes to the farmer’s market every Saturday morning, which is at a park 3 blocks from my house. We just walk down and pick it up.
Yum yum, Zucchini bread is one of my favorite flavor, Kim! Thanks for sharing the recipe with us, and I decided to bake it this weekend.
PS: By the way, is the ducky-shaped Zucchini a real one or only a Photoshop art?
Hi Wilson – I hope the zucchini bread was good.
I’m not sure about the photo – I thought it was a real one.
Hi Kim. This looks and sounds delicious. I tried to make gluten-free zucchini bread once and it was a flop — too moist and didn’t cook through. Before I knew I was gluten sensitive though, I used to love zucchini bread.
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Hi Davina – I’m sorry the gluten free one didn’t come out good :( It’s a shame when we can’t eat things that we used to love.