Zucchini Bread

I started with a recipe I found on Allrecipes.com and substitute the white flour for wheat flour. It came out perfectly. It does have a hint of a wheat taste for those of you who don't like wheat but we're use to it in my family. Top with some honey whip and it's perfect. (I omitted the nuts to keep it kid-friendly.)

Ingredients

• 3 cups wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil (OR ½ cup veg oil & ½ cup apple sauce)
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups grated zucchini
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 40 to 55 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Zucchini & Mushroom Casserole

This is a modification of the original zucchini stuffing recipe that Lisa Mann gave me. I like mushrooms, so I sauteed mushroom with onions and added it to the recipe. Bao likes those fried onions in green bean casserole...so I threw that in too! Turned out great and probably better than the original. Here is the recipe w/ the new modifications:

Zucchini and Mushroom Casserole

Recipe Details:
Makes 1 - 2 quart casserole
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes


Ingredients:

• 6 large (6 cups) zucchinis (chopped to 1/2 inch rounds)
• 1 can (10.75 oz) condensed cream of mushroom soup - use only 2/3 of the can
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 1 box of Stove Top chicken stuffing
• 1 small yellow onion - finely diced
• 1 box of crimini or button mushrooms, sliced
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 1/2 cup of canned fried onions

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
2. In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, cook zucchini in lightly salted water until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Drain, and place in a large bowl.
3. Sauteed mushroom and onion until mushrooms are tender.
4. Stir the zucchini, mushrooms, condensed soup, sour cream, onion, 1 cup of fried onions, and half of the dry stuffing.
5. In a small bowl, mix together remaining stuffing and melted butter.
6. Put the zucchini mixture into the prepared dish. Top with the stuffing mixture.
7. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is golden brown.

Zucchini Stuffing

Got this recipe from my friend, Lisa Mann. She uses a pressure cooker to cook the zucchinis but I don't have one of those so I did the old-fashion boiling technique.

Recipe Details:
Makes 1 - 2 quart casserole
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes


Ingredients:

• 6 large (6 cups) zucchinis (chopped to 1/2 inch rounds)
• 1 can (10.75 oz) condensed cream of chicken soup (substitute with cream of mushroom to make vegetarian)
• 1 (8oz) sour cream
• 1 box of Stove Top chicken stuffing (substitute with cornbread stuffing to make vegetarian)
• 1 small yellow onion - diced
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
2. In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, cook zucchini in lightly salted water until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Drain, and place in a large bowl. Stir in the condensed soup, sour cream, onion.
3. In a small bowl, mix together stuffing and melted butter. Spread half of the stuffing mixture in the bottom of the casserole dish, add a layer of the zucchini mixture, and top with remaining stuffing mixture.
4. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is golden brown.