Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Recipe time

Hey girls!! Hope you all have had a good Wednesday so far!

Its getting closer to the weekend! :D

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So I’m not officially dairy-free just yet. This will require a trip to the grocery store, which will be this weekend. Thanks for the suggestions on substitutes!

Here are some of my eats for the day:

DSC00689 I mixed in cottage cheese and flaxmeal…and then here is the finished bowl:

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This mixture contained:

  • 1/4 cup oatmeal
  • 1/4 cup oatbran
  • few scoops cottage cheese
  • flaxmeal
  • 1/2 sliced banana
  • scoop of natural peanut butter
  • scoop of Barney Butter
  • cinnamon

So good and super filling!

Afternoon snack:

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crackers with natural peanut butter…plus a few strawberries!

Dinner was a repeat from last night…salmon with a nice big salad.

For dessert, I had a Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffin:

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Plus a frozen banana bite. (not pictured)

And now, as promised, here is the zucchini bread recipe!!

Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread: (this makes 2 loafs)

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 3/4 cups sweetener of choice
  • 1/2 cup oil *
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups shredded zucchini- firmly packed!
  • 3 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or regular whole wheat flour)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1tsp baking soda
  • 1tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

* can sub. more applesauce in for the oil if wanted

In a large bowl, beat together eggs, sugar, oil vanilla- several minutes until fluffy. Shred zucchini using a large sized shredding disk. (hint: it isn’t necessary to peel the zucchini…leaving it on adds color and fiber) Stir zucchini into wet ingredients.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Add dry sifted ingredients to wet ingredients and stir to combine. Stir in any optional ingredients.

Spray pans with cooking spray and dust lightly with flour. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake at 350 degrees until toothpick comes out clean and top springs back to the touch.

2 big loafs: 50-60 minutes

14 mini loafs: 25 minutes

There ya go! Enjoy!

I hope you all have a great night!!

10 comments:

  1. I am going to try your zucchini bread soon! I don't have apple sauce though, maybe I'll use a banana?

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  2. That zucchini bread sounds fantastic! Thanks for the recipe :)

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  3. Thanks for the recipe! That muffin looks fabulous!

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  4. Thanks for the recipe. I am making that this weekend :)

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  5. That muffin looks absolutely delicious! And your breakfast looks so nice and comforting.

    Hope your wednesday went good!

    Love, Rachel

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  6. Totally saving that recipe! Oh my gosh, can I get the recipe for that muffin too?! Haha just kidding, although it does look delicious.

    Hope you're having a lovely evening, and best of luck with the dairy free plan :)

    Love, Meg

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  7. Thanks for the whole wheat zucchini bread recipe.. it sounds fantastic :D

    Have a great night sweetie <3

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  8. hi hun

    that muffin looks amazing :) and so does that oatmeal! way to make me crave it haha!

    thanks for sharing that reciepe, i wrote it down and will definetly be trying it!

    hope the runnings going well :)

    xxxx

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  9. The zucchini bread looks so good! Thanks for the recipe!

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