My kids’ favorite vegetable is zucchini. Yep, all of them just LOVE the stuff! They’d eat it morning, noon & night! Here’s the recipe I use that got them hooked on this amazing vegetable:
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
- 1 1/2 c shredded, raw zucchini
- 1 c whole wheat flour
- 1/2 c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 t baking soda
- 1/4 t baking powder
- 1/4 t pink Himalayan salt
- 1/2 t ground cinnamon
- 1/4 t ground allspice
- 1/2 c applesauce
- 1/2 c sugar
- 1/2 c dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 t vanilla
- 3/4 c chocolate chips (I mix milk chocolate & semi-sweet chips)
Preheat oven to 350* and grease or spray loaf pan. Grate zucchini and set aside. Does not need to be squeezed dry.
In mixer bowl, beat together the applesauce, sugars, eggs, vanilla until well blended. With mixer running, add in the dry ingredients, starting with the spices first, then cocoa, then flour. Slow mixer, or fold in grated zucchini. Fold in chocolate chips.
Scrape into the prepared pan and bake until tester comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Of course, if you hit a chocolate chip, your tester will not be clean, so it may take several tests. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to cool on a rack.
So, that’s why zucchini is my kids’ favorite vegetable. Go figure.
Photos possibly coming soon…
The Growing Hale 