Mason Jar Salad

Today I decided to make Mason Jar Salads.  The idea is simple put all the ingredients of salad in a jar for easy and quick meals.  First, the dressing went on the bottom, then vegetables and finally lettuce.  I used two types of dressing and picked my favorite healthy salad toppings.  I also used a lot of spinach versus lettuce.  Overall, I made eight jars and figure I spent about ten dollars on ingredients.  It will be interesting to see how long these will last.  I hope it works out for me and am already excited thinking about how the ingredients can change as the season progresses and I can include fresh ingredients from the garden.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

If you are anything like me, this time of year you have zucchini coming out your ears.  I only planted two zucchinis this year and have a ton of fruit ripening.  I like zucchini bread, but have to admit that this is my favorite zucchini recipe.  What I like is that it doesn't taste like traditional zucchini bread.  If you didn't know any better, you would never guess that that is what it is.  So, I wanted to share the recipe with all my family and friends to try....

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Makes 2 loafs

Mix together ( I sift ):

2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup dark baking cocoa

2 1/2  tsp baking powder

1 1/2  tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

Blend:

3/4 cup vegetable oil

2 cups sugar

2 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

Add to blended ingredients:

2 cups grated zucchini to blended mixture

1/2 cup milk

Add flour mixture to blended mixture until mixed well

Bake at 350 45 - 60 minutes until toothpick come out clean