Zucchini – Long Distance Baking

This post is sponsored by Imperial Sugar. I have received sample products for writing this post.  All content and opinions are mine. While I love to garden and have a small container garden on my patio, I think I love coworkers with gardens even more. The best days are when you come in to work to find giant zucchinis and squash with signs that read “Please take me home!” on the break room tables. Someone even went so far this year as to print out recipes to use the zucchini in! That’s when you … [Read more…]

I usually only make zucchini bread about once a year. And every year, I wonder why. It’s easy, delicious and I consider it a health food because it has vegetables. Growing up we always grew zucchini and I remember having so much that we’d be begging neighbors to take it off our hands. The last two years I’ve tried to grow my own, and for one reason or another they died. All of them! It’s getting really annoying. So even though this isn’t homegrown zucchini bread, it’s still pretty … [Read more…]

By now I think you should all know I have a thing for muffins: banana, peach, strawberry, zucchini…Kelly even made chocolate chunk so it’s safe to say she’s on the muffin train too. I love muffins because they are so quick and easy, with hardly any prep or clean up. Plus, you can switch up flavors and mix-in’s making them extremely versatile. Another win! I wanted a “healthier” muffin, one without chocolate this time. (gasp!) I started with my basic banana muffins, then added some … [Read more…]

Tis the season for zucchini! I’ve already started seeing coworkers leaving their extras in the break room at work. I’m slightly ashamed to say though, I have no homegrown zucchini this year 🙁 I got the “grey bugs of death” on my plants and there was no saving them. Normally by this time of year we have dozens of ginormous ones and I’m desperately trying to use them all and of course, now that I don’t have any, I miss them. You know how it goes. Never fear, I’m still making you zucchini … [Read more…]