I love hiding vegetables in things….bookshelves, fireplace, bathroom sink…just kidding! 😉
Seriously, though. I love hiding them…even from myself! Like this mac ‘n cheese or black bean cupcakes!
With this sweet loaf, I’ve hidden an entire zucchini! The good thing is that you cannot taste the slightest hint of vegetable. All you get is a bright burst of lemon, both in the bread and on top!
Exhibit A:
So, hide your vegetables and enjoy your dessert…or breakfast! 😉
What’s your favorite food to hide vegetables in?
Lemon Glazed Zucchini Loaf
adapted from Cooking Light Cookbook
Ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup finely shredded zucchini
- 1/2 cup reduced fat milk
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest
- 1 egg
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted (glaze)
- 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice (glaze)
How-To
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Combine the flours, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and nutmeg in a large bowl.
- Combine the zucchini, milk, canola oil, lemon zest, and egg in a bowl.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir.
- Pour the batter into a loaf pan sprayed with cooking spray.
- Bake for about 55 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool for about 10 minutes on a cooling rack.
- Remove loaf from pan and allow to cool the rest of the way on the cooling rack.
- Once completely cooled, combine the powdered sugar and lemon juice and drizzle over the loaf.
Servings: about 12 slices
Yum! I love hiding fruits and veggies in my baked goods, gives me an excuse to have another piece 😉
I need a new quick bread in my life and this sounds awesome!
Ooooh. Yum. Very. And pretty!
Love this girl!!
I am a huge fan of putting veggies in everything as well. Love this!
That glaze is so pretty! I loooove hiding veggies in yummy baked goodies 😀 I actually tried a zucchini lemon combo this summer and it was awesome. Yours looks fantastic!
Great way to use up veggies if you’re not ready to cook with them! Looks delicious. Especially with that lemon glaze. Yummm
That looks yummy! It’s not really hidden, but I make this carrot cake which has veggies, fruit and nuts and is so delicious. My friends relatives ask for it at every party she has.
I make this cake http://www.wight.co.uk/food/recipes.00/05.00/
with this icing http://www.donnahay.com.au/recipes/carrot-cake using low fat Philadelphia cream cheese. The cake is huge, and sometimes I just make half.
Oh the power of baked goods…you can put almost anything in there and it still tates great! I’ve never thought of putting a glaze on zuchini bread – looks awesome!
I love hiding veggies (and fruits!) into my baked muffins or cookies. It makes me feel good about eating it, although it might be carb loaded! I like to hide carrots in carrot cake :]
I’ve never made a zucchini loaf. This seems great!
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