Zucchini nut bread

A lady at work gave me a home-grown zucchini a few days ago. I loove zucchini. I usually make zucchini nut bread or grill them with mushroom. But this one was so big, that I would still have some left over. So I will have to try something new with the rest. Here is R Jr. exhibiting the giant zucchini that he so excitedly called 'big cucumber'.

Zucchini or courgette is a small summer squash. It is low in calories (approximately 15 food caloreis per 100 gm fresh zucchini) and contains useful amounts of folate, potassium and vitamin A. It also contains 19% of the recommended amount of manganese.

Here are the ingredients for the zucchini nut bread:

2 cups flour

around 1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 cinnamon stick, 3 cardomon pods, 1/4 inch nutmeg and 3 cloves, powdered

3 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar mixed

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups grated zucchini

1 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 cup raisins

Grease a pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift the dry ingredients together.

Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, sugar together in a bowl.

Add dry ingredients to wet, beat well.

Stir in zucchini, walnuts and raisins.

Pour batter in pan and bake for an hour.

Here is the finished product. It turned out very soft and flavorful. An easy recipe that is a must try.