Thursday, June 23, 2011

Bread and Blessings

I recently found a spare few minutes (Mo took a long nap in his swing!) and made this delicious Blueberry Zucchini Bread and wanted to share the recipe.
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Blueberry Zucchini Bread
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. coarse sea salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
3 eggs
3/4 cup canola oil
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 cups shredded zucchini
1 cup blueberries
2 Tbs. turbinado sugar (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Lightly coat the bottoms of 4 5-inch loaf pans with cooking spray; set aside.
In a large bowl combine flours, sugars, soda, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder; set aside. In a separate bowl combine eggs, oil, and vanilla and mix well. Add to flour mixture and stir until combined. Gently stir in the zucchini and then the blueberries. Spoon batter into prepared pans and sprinkle with turbinado sugar, if desired. Bake about 40 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of each comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan 10 minutes before removing. Serve warm or cool completely before slicing.
(Recipe courtesy of Parents Magazine)
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I think I had the extra energy to make the bread (after doing the laundry, feeding Mo, changing Mo, cleaning the bathroom, feeding Mo, changing Mo, sweeping and mopping the floor, feeding Mo, changing Mo...)  BECAUSE I got to spend a few days at my parents' cabin outside of Estes Park.  Their home recharges your soul and the mountain air invigorates your very being.  Here's a pic of their "backyard":
Here's "Meemaw" holding the wee babe:
And here's sweet baby Mo after having a bath at the cabin because he had an epic blow-out while Meemaw was holding him!  Even the grossest poops aren't that bad when you look at that sweet face! 
SOOOO BIG!!!!!
Mo can now smile, laugh, stick out his tongue, grab for toys and raise his arms up for "SOOOO BIG!!"  Ooh!  and I'd forgotten to mention that he's already attended his first concert:
He hung out in a sling the whole time and loved it!  What an easy baby he is!  He's definitely a music fan already!!


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