So you know I had to buy some zucchini from Henry And what did I do with it? No more making flop! This time I made sweet muffins. Here’s the recipe I used.

And here are my ingredients:

And of course another picture of the zucchini from Henry…

I had to grate the zucchini and only had a tiny grater. It ended up working fine (no chucks here!) but maybe it was a bit too fine?? I felt like I was making a meal for children and trying to hide the veggies

Everything coming together…

And the BEST ingredient: chocolate chips! What’s a muffin without chocolate??

And the final product!

These were pretty yummy…you could definitely taste the zucchini so I’m not sure how many kids would have been fooled but they made a perfect breakfast and snack this past weekend.

What are you currently making with zucchini?

Asleep   But hopefully not falling off the face of the earth!  It’s been really busy around here, especially with work.  Unfortunately my eyelids are not going to stay open long enough to write a long post.  But I want you to know I’m still alive! 

Before I fall asleep, I want to tell you about two great finds.

I made a quick trip to the grocery store to pick up some lunch food and found two great local goodies.  One…a loaf of sourdough bread.  I read a few weeks ago in the local paper about a woman making bread at home and selling it at our local Ingles grocery store.  I have kept wanting to buy some but always had a loaf at home.  But yesterday I finally bought a loaf.  And it was great today, especially my for a trusty PB&J. 

I also picked up some applesauce from a local NC farm called Hendersons.  I think it will be a perfect pick-me-up in the afternoons.  I plan on taking some tomorrow to work so I’ll have to let you know how it is. 

In the meantime, I’m going to bed.  Sleep well!

I set out a couple of days ago to make a yummy strawberry-rhubarb bread budding.  To find out why this post is titled” Rhubarb Rubble” you’ve got to read all the way to the end…(“yikes” is all I can say!)

I found the recipe in a little recipe book I downloaded online.  The book is titled Classical Seasonal Desserts and was complied by Eating Well.  I checked out the “Spring” section and found the perfect recipe…combining the two foods I bought at the farmers market: strawberries and rhubarb!  The recipe was simple enough, starting with cubes of whole wheat bread.  I had the ingredients to make a loaf in my bread machine, so I started by making that.

I then made a custard, combining eggs, egg whites, skim milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and orange zest.

Afterwards, I mixed the bread (crust removed and cubed) with crushed gingersnaps…

…quartered strawberries, sliced rhubarb, and toasted walnuts…Yummy fresh strawberries:

And the rhubarb…

I really think this is the first time I’ve eaten rhubarb.  But it’s definitely the first time I’ve cooked with it.  I expected it to look and taste a lot like celery but it didn’t at all!  It was hard to cut, but was juicy and bright green in the inside.  And it is TART!  No wonder you have to add sugar

It all got mixed together and put into a greased casserole dish.

Kinda looks Christmasy doesn’t it?!

It baked for a while covered in foil and then uncovered and topped with a few more walnuts…

Here’s the final product…

Looks pretty and tasty, right?!!  Well…I don’t really know.  Nope, don’t know.  Because this happened…

AHHHH!!!  I was walking to up to my grandmother’s house and it slipped out my hands

I didn’t cry but I did sigh…ahhh!!

Sad, huh?  I tried to save some but there were shards everywhere.  I didn’t want to tear up my stomach   So…I had a taste on a fork and trashed the rest. 

Sigh.  Rubble.

But I still had some strawberries and rhubarb left…more recipes to come…Life goes on