Zucchini bread mini loaves

 

When life gives you zucchini… Blueberry zucchini, zucchini nut and double chocolate zucchini bread. These mini loaves freeze well. 😋

i use the Wilton 8 cavity mini loaf pan.  You can find it here.

Zucchini mini loaves 

2 cups shredded zucchini 

⅔ cup vegetable oil 

2 large eggs

 ½ cup granulated sugar

 ½ cup brown sugar not packed 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 1 teaspoon table salt 

¾ teaspoon baking soda 

½ teaspoon baking powder 

2 cups all purpose flour *see note for chocolate zucchini bread. 

Flavor mix-ins: Blueberry zucchini bread, add 1 cup blueberries Zucchini nut bread add 1/2 cup walnut or pecan pieces. 1.5 teaspoon cinnamon or you can use 2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.

 *Chocolate zucchini bread 1 2/3 cup AP flour and 1/3cup dark cocoa powder in place of 2 cups AP flour. 1/2 cup chocolate chips. 

Instructions Preheat oven to 350℉. Spray or grease your mini loaf pans. Shred zucchini using a grater. no need to squeeze out the liquid. Add to a large bowl. Mix in: Add oil, eggs, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, and spices. Mix thoroughly to combine. Add flour, baking soda and baking powder and mix gently until just combined. Add desired mix ins. Scoop batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy! 

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So far the Vegetable Pad Thai has been my family's favorite. We do not do a lot of premade meals, but if i'm not home in the evening to cook, it's nice to have quick options that everyone likes. 

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Homegrown and foraged; Mushroom and Asparagus Udon.

Earlier this week i received some Japanese Udon to review. So i put together a quick meal using freshly foraged morels, ramps, wild garlic, homegrown shiitakes, asparagus, onion and chives over  Japanese Udon noodles. 

This isn't an official recipe, just a thrown together quick meal. i sautéed the onion, mushrooms until well cooked, then added the veggies. Cooked a few minutes more until the asparagus was bright green and tender crisp.  Broth was made with shiitake dashi , tamari and mirin, reduced and then poured over the noodles. i topped it with toasted sesame seeds and chives. It was pretty tasty!  i might come back and update with better instructions, i'm currently just trying to add a few back blogs and try to get back in the habit of blogging. 

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Homegrown and foraged. Second week of April.

 

The weather here has been so dry, i have only found a handful of small morels this year.  i really haven't seen much of anything, but was really excited to  find these pheasant back/dryads saddle while hiking. They are super young and tender. Still not my favorite, but it's not bad.  Asparagus is slowing coming, we're getting like 1 shoot per day. We should have enough for a meal by the end of May.  i picked a few herbs and wild edibles for tea and to add to our salad. Chickweed, raspberry leaf, lemon balm, peppermint, purple dead nettle, violets and columbine flowers. i love this time of year. #earthprovides

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Morel Season coming in early.

The weather has been odd this spring and the morels are appearing a little earlier than usual here. Typically i wouldn't even start looking until the second week of April, but i saw that folks were starting to find them in the area, so decided to check my spot. i only found a few and they were still pretty small.  Normally i would leave them to get bigger, but it's so dry out i went ahead and picked them before they shriveled.                 

i often read that Morels can often be found around dying elm trees and in old apple orchards.  i find all of mine at the base of Tulip Poplars.  It makes hunting quite a challenge.                                                 

Over the years we had a few different honey holes on our property, but the forest is always changing and they are getting harder and harder to find. As the trees that feed them die and decompose, the mycelium spreads and shifts its focus when it's current food source is exhausted.  

These were found in a Poplar grove, on a rather steep bank. i've picked 7 this week, and left a few to keep growing . i'm usually finding morels into May, so i'm hoping if we get a good rain i'll find a few more.