Not Every Meal Is Going To Be A Success

One of my high school friends wrote that on my FB status over the weekend.  The status in question referred to the Swiss Chard salad I attempted on Sunday.  It looked great boiling in the pot:

 

The recipe said boil for 2-3 minutes, but after 2 minutes the chard was mush.  Oh well.  So I moved on to zucchini bread.  I never used the KitchenAid, but the food processor (not pictured) was very helpful in grating the zucchini:

 

I used this recipe and left out the walnuts (neither SS2 nor I am very fond of nuts in bread).  I think it might be a little on the sweet side, but really delicious and moist.  Of course I chose to use the oven on one of the hottest days of the year, but zucchini bread is a win and now I just hope the plants keep producing so I can make some more!

Comments

[Wendy]

I like zucchini bread, too. If I ever get a zuke out of this garden, I'll try your recipe. Good choice on leaving out the nuts.

[Mummer]

Thanks for the zucchini recipe. I can't grow zucchini either, but, when we go back to NC in a few weeks, everyone will have a huge surplus crop to sell. So, I'll try it then - with nuts. !Yum!
Want any sweet potatoes? I'll have room in my SUV to haul back at least 50 pounds. How about some raw peanuts? They are so easy to oven-roast, and so much tastier than store-bought.

[Heather's Garden]

Wendy -- Everyone enjoyed it, even the picky 4 year old son of my friend.

Mom -- Thanks, but I'm not overly fond of sweet potatoes, but it's going to be a good long time until we see you next, which leads to the no on the peanuts.

[Dawn Handschuh]

I recently found some overgrown zucchini in the garden, hidden by the giant leaves. i quickly shredded them using a handheld cheese pryamid thing and made some great chocolate zucchini bread. It's your basic zucchini recipe plus a 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa. Really good. I froze the rest of the shredded zucchini in little plastic baggies so I can make my new favorite zucchini bread recipe all winter long.