Zucchini Bread

It is late summer and the zucchini is really coming on. I like to cook with it and bake with it...here is one of my favorite recipes for baking with zucchini.

Zucchini Bread

Ingredients:

1 cup grated zucchini (1 small zucchini)

1 tbsp flax meal (I prefer golden)
1/4 cup water

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup raisins

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and grease a bread loaf pan with cooking spray.

Grate your zucchini and reserve. Mix the flax meal with the 1/4 cup water and set aside to thicken (be sure to mix it well, a fork works great for this).

Mix all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl which is the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.

In another small bowl or measuring cup, combine the sugar, vegetable oil and flax mixture. Stir and combine. Then add these wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Then add the grated zucchini and the raisins. Mix until incorporated and pour the batter into a greased bread loaf pan.

Bake in the pre-heated oven for 1 hour or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean and the top is nicely browned.

For 12 slices. Nutritional information from caloriecount.about.com.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 56 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  176 Calories from Fat  45

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  5.0g 8%

Saturated Fat  0.9g 5%

Trans Fat  0.0g

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  104mg 4%

Potassium  98mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates  32.5g 11%

Dietary Fiber  0.9g 4%

Sugars  19.3g

Protein  2.0g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 3% Calcium 2% • Iron 5%

Nutrition Grade C+

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet