My Mom’s Favorite Zucchini Bread!

Hey My Gorgeous Dandelions!

Thank you for all of your good wishes on my last post. It has meant so much to me for your love and support these past few weeks. I just got home from taking my AP English Literature Test (which I feel REALLY good about! The multiple choice wasn’t very hard, and the essays weren’t very arduous; I know it was through the Lord that I was able to come off conqueror), and we are having another Teen Game Night tonight (which we have to clean the house for). You know that early morning scripture study class I attend? My last one was this morning. It really hit me that it was the last time (as I’m graduating). The EMSSC Graduation is this weekend, and I still have a few New Testament Scripture Masteries to do (I finished all the Old Testament already). This weekend will be pretty busy for me. I know how I had said in my previous post about getting back to my regular posting schedule this week. I know it didn’t happen this week, but I KNOW I will have a TON of more time after this weekend. I still don’t have a few pictures from my HS graduation and from Prom. I’ve been DYING to tell you guys about it (the posts are all done!), but I WILL post it as soon as I get those pictures. Also, with the giveaways, the SlimKicker Company has yet to contact me, but I will announce the winner as soon as they let me know! Thank you guys SO much for your patience with me. It really means a lot to me.

In the meantime (as I’m waiting), I thought I’d share with you one of my long-promised recipes:

My Mom’s Favorite Zucchini Bread!!!

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until foamy.

Add the applesauce, oil, Splenda, and vanilla.

Whisk them all together and set aside.

In a separate medium-sized container, add the flour, dry milk powder, flax, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.

Stir them all together.

Combine the flour mixture and the egg mixture. (Don’t overmix!)

Add the zucchini and raisins.

And fold them in gently.

Pour the batter into a sprayed 9×4-inch baking pan/dish and bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for an hour, or until the center is firm, bounces back, and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Allow the bread to cool completely before cutting. SERVE!

My Mom’s Favorite Zucchini Bread!

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
  
• ½ cup applesauce
  
• ½ cup oil
  
• 1 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener
  
• 1 tsp vanilla
  
• 1 ¼ cup whole wheat flour
  
• ½ dry milk powder
  
• ¼ cup ground flax
  
• 2 ½ cups shredded zucchini (2 medium zucchini)
  
• 1 tsp cinnamon
  
• 2 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1 cup raisins
  

Directions

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until foamy. Add the applesauce, oil, Splenda, and vanilla, and whisk them together. Set aside.

In a separate medium-sized container, add the flour, dry milk powder, flax, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Stir them all together. Combine the flour mixture and the egg mixture. (Don’t overmix!) Gently fold in the zucchini and raisins.

Pour the batter into a sprayed 9×4-inch baking pan/dish and bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for an hour, or until the center is firm, bounces back, and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow the bread to cool completely before cutting. SERVE!

Note: If you don’t like to bake with Splenda, or are vegan, check out my Vegan Zucchini Bread Recipe — THAT recipe is my personal favorite. I make my mom this version when she wants some zucchini bread, but I make THAT version when I want some zucchini loveliness.

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My mom will share this with our neighbors and friends and they come back BEGGING me for the recipe. I know you’ll enjoy it just as much as they do!

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Are you looking forward to summer? I know I am!!!!

Do you bake with Splenda? I don’t do it very often. This is the only recipe I regularly bake with Splenda, and I can’t have it anyways because of the milk in it. But my mom really likes it this way, so I make it for her. I prefer using more natural ways to sweeten foods. (Stevia and fruit are my first choices, then honey/agave/maple syrup, and then regular sugar.)

Have you ever had a hard time memorizing something? Like lines? Parts in a play/skit? Scriptures? I’m going to have to memorize a few lines for our skit for girl’s camp coming up in the next few weeks; it shouldn’t be very difficult, as most of them are “Cross punch!”, “Uppercut!”, “Jab!”, etc. Ha-ha, yes, I get to be a boxer in the skit and punch things (and people) in the skit! (Of course I’m not really punching people – that would just be mean — but I do get to pretend to. )

xoxox,

Sometimes Blessings Come in Disguise.

A few days ago the Academic Dean (of the high-school where I am going to take my AP tests) called my mom with some bad news. He had apparently forgotten to order my tests. He said he was sorry and that he didn’t know why mine hadn’t been ordered as he had ordered over 850 tests. He said that there was an extra AP Physics test, as someone had dropped out right before, so there was a test for me to take on Monday, but there wasn’t an AP Literature test. He did say that there was going to be over a hundred youth taking it at the school (and he would guess that at least one wouldn’t show up) and that I should come ready to take it nonetheless.

Even though there was the possibility of me not getting a test, I got ready this morning to take it (just in case) and we headed off, hopeful that I would get a spot. We arrived and all we could do was wait.

I watched as each of the students walked in and went into the classrooms to prepare to take the test. I stood there as the teachers were calling out names and checking them off their lists. And near the time to start, I had some hope, as there were a couple students missing. Just when I thought there was a spot for me, the final youth came in for his test. Each and every one of those one hundred and thirteen students taking the test came.

I could feel the tears in my eyes coming. I was really glad that all the students came – I was really happy for them, truly! But of course I had just hoped that one would not show up – that one would not have shown up and that I would have been able to take the test.

The Academic Dean came up to me as I stood in the hallway and apologized, as he had suspected that I would have been able to get in. I told him not to worry about it (and even though I could feel the tears coming, I did my best to smile). He then told me that there was an opportunity where I could take the test late (in a couple weeks) and that the school would cover the late fees associated with it. I thanked him for all that he had done and told him I was grateful for the chance to take it then, and then we left.

As I walked out the doors of the school, I must say, I was on the brink of tears. The stress of the situation was building up and starting to get to me. I wondered why Heavenly Father would allow this to happen. I didn’t know why this had happened to me. I had studied rigorously this week and had done everything I needed to be prepared. Nonetheless, I tried to keep a smile on my face and keep moving forward.

I had a talk with my mom on the way home and shared with her what I was feeling. And then it struck me. The Lord knows me better than I know myself. I have been praying that I would understand what I read and do my best on the test. Maybe He knew that I needed more time to study for my AP Physics coming up this Monday. Since I have both Graduation and Prom this weekend, I might not have gotten in the study required if I had taken it. I realized that this whole time the Lord has been watching out for me. Just like how it says in Isaiah 55:8-9, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, thus saith the Lord, For as the heavens are higher than the earth, my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (KJV) I know that I may not always know why things happen or see the big picture of what is going on, but I know HE sees. He knows, and that’s what’s important.

Right now I’m going to using this time the Lord has given me to work on my Physics. I have until this evening, when one of my friends is coming over (he may be the one taking me to prom ) and we are going to make a TON of cookies for my Graduation tomorrow. I feel that if I had taken the test this morning, I would have most likely not wanted to study this afternoon (saying I need a break/my brain needs to rest, etc.), so I feel that this “set-back” has in actuality turned into a step-forward.

I know that the Lord has been watching out for me. I may not know sometimes why “setbacks” occur in life, but I do know that sometimes blessings come in disguise.