Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

1 hour

 

Serves: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• 3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup apple sauce
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, applesauce, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl.
4. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well.
5. Stir in zucchini until combined.
6. Fold in chocolate chips.
7. Pour batter into prepared pans.
8. Spoon into lightly greased loaf pans (I sprayed mine with cooking spray) and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
9. Try not to eat the whole loaf in one sitting…it’s not as easy as it looks

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On a side note, I learned a valuable life lesson in the process of baking this zucchini bread. I wanted to use parchment paper to line the loaf pans to make cleanup easy and make sure they don’t stick. At the store, all they had was wax paper which in my head was always the same thing as parchment paper. About five minutes after I put the loaves into the oven, it started to smell a little smokey and I opened the oven to find the little ends of the wax paper glowing in the oven. Luckily, it was early enough in the baking process to dump the batter back into the mixing bowl and restart with greased loaf pans!

Burned wax paper aside, the zucchini bread turned out delicious! We munched on it for breakfast this morning and we already have requests for deliveries to friends and family who saw our pictures.

What’s your favorite way to eat zucchini? What’s the worst kitchen disaster you’ve ever had?

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Mediterranean Zucchini Ribbon Salad

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Ingredients

• 1 cup quinoa (cooked and cooled)
• 2 large zucchinis
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
• ¾ cup Kalamata olives, halved
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 8 oz Feta cheese, cubed
• ½ cup fresh basil
• ½ cup pine nuts

Dressing

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Juice of one lemon
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• Red pepper flakes, to taste
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Cut the zucchini into ribbons, either using the ribbon blade on your spiralizer or with a vegetable peeler.
2. In a large bowl, combine the zucchini ribbons, cherry tomatoes, olives, pepper and quinoa.
3. Stir gently to combine the ingredients. Don't overmix or the salad will get soupy.
4. In a small bowl, combine the dressing ingredients and whisk together.
5. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss gently.
6. Top salad with feta cheese, basil and pine nuts.
7. Bon appetit!

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Fresh and summery Mediterranean Zucchini Ribbon Salad.
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This salad is the perfect to throw together for lunch or a light dinner. If you want a little more protein in your salad, grilled chicken or shrimp would complement the flavors of the salad perfectly. It is also a great meal prep item that you can make ahead and eat for a few days because as the ingredients sit together, the taste only gets better. Whenever I make a salad like this, Tommy always says I can’t wait to eat it tomorrow because it’s going to taste even better.

Hope you enjoy it!

What’s your favorite way to eat zucchini? Do you have a spiralizer?

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Stuffed Zucchini Boats

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

1 hour 5 mins

 

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4 medium zucchini
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, diced
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 tablespoon sriracha
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper to taste
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Wash zucchini well and slice in half lengthwise.
3. With a spoon, scoop out the seeded fleshy part of the zucchini to create the inside of you boat.
4. In a skillet, saute garlic and onions until the onions become translucent.
5. Add in bell peppers and continue to cook until soft.
6. Add turkey and spices to skillet and saute until fully cooked and combined with the veggies.
7. Once the turkey is fully cooked, remove from heat.
8. Add Parmesan cheese and mix well.
9. Fill the zucchini boats with the turkey mixture and sprinkle on top with more cheese.
10. Bake for 45 minutes or until the zucchini is fork tender.

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With three weeks of zucchini in a row from CSA, this was a yummy way to make sure it didn’t go to waste. Hope you enjoy!

What’s your favorite summer veggie?

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I took my regular zucchini bread recipe (one of the first things I ever posted on this blog!) and tweaked it a bit to get…Zucchini Cacao Nib Bread. This was moist with the perfect balance of sweetness without being overpowering, thanks to the cacao nibs. Even though they were the Sweet Cacao Nibs, they tasted more like dark chocolate than sweet, and brought a new dimension of flavor to my usual recipe.

Zucchini Cacao Nib Bread

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, applesauce, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini until combined. Fold in Cacao Nibs. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4. Spoon into lightly greased loaf pans (I sprayed mine with cooking spray) and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
5. Try not to eat the whole loaf in one sitting…it’s not as easy as it looks!

Before I forget to mention, the Cacao Nibs were sent to me by the amazing people of Nativas Naturals, who also sent me Freeze-dried Wheatgrass Powder, which I’ve been using in my smoothies, but more on that later!

This company has an amazing variety of superfoods – chia, goji berry, cacao, hemp, etc and are dedicating to organic agriculture with sustainable, socially responsible relationships with farmers. Win-win if you ask me!!

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