Garden Overflow!!

Guess who left all their homework at the hospital? Genius at work.

So I thought I would put up a blog entry for those of you (like my padres) who are having a massive overflow of Zucchinis coming out of your garden. Here's my super healthy Zucchini Bread recipe with a little bit of optional naughtiness thrown in.....

1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (sift if you can)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 egg
1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 tablespoons nonfat plain yogurt
2/3 cup sugar (raw cane sugar if you can)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup grated zucchini
1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
(Naughty Option) 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray an 8-inch loaf pan with non-stick spray.

In a large bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, whisk together egg, oil, applesauce, yogurt, sugar and vanilla. Add flour mixture and stir until well combined. Fold in zucchini and walnuts (and choc chips, if you dare) then pour in pan and bake for 50-60 minutes.

Cool in pan on rack for 30 minutes then remove bread from pan and continue cooling on rack.