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Zucchini Bread-healthy style
Healthy Zucchini Bread 
This summer, I planted a large garden filled with all of our favorite vegetables. The zucchini plants have gone crazy and are producing daily a crop of delicious and nutritious zucchini. I have baked, stir-fried, barbequed and added them into omelets, pizza and frittatas. So, this is not your typical red-white-and blue recipe to celebrate Independence day but it is a fun way to incorporate a healthy vegetable into a delicious breakfast or snack treat to enjoy. We will pack up some zucchini bread for our walk to the Fourth of July Parade tomorrow. The following is a conventional recipe for zucchini bread with healthy adaptations and the second recipe has a surprise chocolate spin to it.
ENJOY!!!
Ingredients
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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
I have had zucchini chocolate cake in the past but never understood how just adding zucchini to the regular cake ingredients actually made it a healthy choice. This recipe is delicious and satisfies that chocolate craving and is actually full of heathy ingredients. I made a loaf and a few muffins out of this recipe. The muffins were moist and delicious and a perfect dessert snack. So bake up a batch of either one of these zucchini bread recipes and pack them up for your Fourth of July picnic or munch on them while you walk down the parade route.
Ingredients
3/4 cup sugar (you can use coconut sugar)
3 Tablespoons coconut oil
2 eggs
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 cups flour (I used a combination of white and wheat)
3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 cups grated zucchini
1/2 cup chocolate chips
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Oat Bran Muffins “BEST little bit of everything”
Best “Bit of Everything” Oat Bran Muffins
Bran muffins are a power packed nutritious breakfast. This recipe was created after a friend introduced me to a delicious and moist oat bran muffin that she had bought in Monterey. She asked the bakery for the recipe but all she was able to obtain was a list of main ingredients. I fiddled around until I was able to create a muffin recipe that was comparable to the one from the bakery. It has been a hit with the girls and their husbands and the grandkids. …
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This braided egg bread is a family favorite that I learned how to make from Rick’s Nana. She made this for every special occasion, every holiday and every extended family gathering. My husband likes it so much I have to keep an eye on him when it first comes out of the oven or he will eat a whole loaf. This bread has become a Christmas dinner tradition for our family.
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Bekah’s Whole Wheat Tortillas
As I have mentioned before, it is not always easy to find the healthiest options of food in Grenada. One of these “hard to find healthy options” has been tortillas. They do have them in the store (which we were pleasantly surprised about in the beginning), however, they only have a white flour option. I love whole wheat tortillas, but I was willing to make a sacrifice for the first few months we were in Grenada. When we arrived back to the island after our quick Christmas break, a friend mentioned that she was planning to make her own tortillas. As soon as she started telling me how easy it was, I wondered why I had never considered that! I went right home and started scouring Pinterest for a good recipe! My husband would choose white tortillas over wheat 9 times out of 10 until I found this recipe to make my own whole wheat tortillas from Bran Appetit- Now, he says my tortillas are the best wheat tortillas he has ever had! 😀
Whole Wheat Tortillas
Makes: 12-15 small tortillas…
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