Real Moms Real Views DIY: Home Grown Baking
As the summer is beginning to come to an end, now is the time for all the fruits and veggies you planted in your garden to be picked and devoured. One thing that seems to come in never ending amounts is zucchini. Surely you can’t eat zucchini EVERY night for dinner, so here are two ways you can use this delicious veggie.
3 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups grated zucchini
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons cocoa
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two 9×5 inch loaf pans.
Step 1: In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate squares until melted. Stir occasionally until chocolate is smooth.
Switched bowls and melted chocolate.
Wet ingredients…check!
Action shot!
Now wait…..(wonder what is in the fridge to tie me over)
TA DA! Beautiful!
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups gated zucchini
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup coconut
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease two 9×5 inch loaf pans.
Step 1: In a large bowl mix together eggs, sugar, vanilla, oil, and zucchini. (I decided to do 1 cup sugar and 1 cup splenda to help cut down on the calories in case I end up eating both loaves. 
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Step 2: In a separate bowl, mix together flour, soda, baking powder, and salt. Add to the zucchini batter and mix well.
Another action shot!
Waiting…and snacking…
WA LA! Nice and browned!
Let cool in pan for 30 minutes before removing. Finish cooling on cooling racks. Eat and enjoy!
Did you grow a garden?
Do you have any great garden fresh recipes you would like to share with us?
If you try these recipes we would love to hear how they turned out!
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Thanks so very much!
Just what I needed.
I absolutely LOVE Zucchini bread- thanks for posting!
hee hee. i just posted a zucchini post too. It’s that time of year!
i don’t usually make zucchini bread, but that chocolate one looks really good! i may have to try it! Thanks!
I didn’t even try a garden this year–too many grasshoppers around here this summer. I’d love to try the Chocolate Zucchini Bread though, so maybe one of my neighbors will help me out by sharing a zucchini!
I just made regular Zucchini bread, but these look great. I’ll have to try them!
Baking the Hawaiian Zucchini bread now! Thanks for sharing! Just an FYI, since my hubby has us on an all natural kick, I substituted agave nectar for the sugar, unsweetened applesauce for the oil, and cage free all natural eggs!
Fresh zucchini and fresh pineapple. Smells so good cooking! THX again for sharing!
YUMMY!!! Do you happen to have a recipe for just regular zucchini bread? As much as I LOVE the chocolate idea, I also like it plain!
Thanks for the chocolate one! I often shred veggies and put them in eggs or almost any meal to get my kid to eat them!
chocolate chip zucchini nut bread is a staple at our house! i take extra zucchini and slice and grate it in the food processor, then freeze it for later use. i’ve also made a savory zuke bread before with parm and garlic in it. delicious!
The chocolate cake is a fav but that Hawaiian looks like it’s worth a try too!
This looks amazing! Why can’t chocolate grow so abundantly in our gardens as zucchini does?!