When life gives you zucchinis...

[carbonel]

...I made zucchini bread.

I've never done this before. I'm not a huge fan of zucchinis, except in ratatouille. But my latest Hello Fresh box included a large zucchini and a Roma tomato, the two of which were intended to become a tomato-zucchini salad. I've had it before, and am not a huge fan. Also, I had just bought a pound of asparagus, because it's in season and on sale. So I had roasted asparagus with my salmon and Israeli cous-cous, and it was a tasty dinner.

But the zucchini was still sitting in the fridge, mocking me.

I went online and looked for recipes. The first one looked promising, but it called for applesauce, which I didn't have in the house. Several others called for walnuts, which I also didn't have, and didn't really want in my bread. I ended up with this recipe, which calls for a lot of spices (a definite plus in my book) and nothing I didn't already have.

My loaf isn't as pretty as the photos on the recipe page, and it broke in half when I was taking it out of the pan (which you can't tell from the photo). But I have eaten the first slice, slathered with butter, and it's very tasty. You can hardly even tell there's any zucchini in it. (I think you have to click through to see more than a thumbnail of the photo.)

Comments

[pameladean]

Sadly, I cannot see the photo.
P.

[carbonel]

Okay, I've done a direct upload to DW, so you should be able to click on the thumbnail to see it.

[pameladean]

Thanks, that worked fine. I might try that recipe when I have more seasonal zucchini. They are stupidly pricy right now.

P.

[bibliofile]

Mmm, looks tasty. THe recipe seems okay too (as in, I could do that).

[boxofdelights]

Yum!

[mrissa]

I am so glad you're pleased with that! Every zucchini baked good I've ever had has made me say, "You know what would make this better? Leaving the zucchini out!" So I'm glad you're not having that experience, since you're the one who needs to enjoy your efforts in the first place.

[carbonel]

Heh. I might have felt that way, except in this case, that my reaction was, "This is so much better than zucchini-tomato salad! And I don't have to feel guilty about throwing out a perfectly good zucchini."

But now I might be on the hunt for a recipe for a spiced quick bread recipe sans zucchini.