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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
One Of My Experiments~ Dried Beans
Friday, August 26, 2011
Drying Zucchini and Recipes
August and September has now been officially titled my MOST busy months of the year. ( it seems to be a pattern now for the last 5 yrs) I am trying to bring in the harvest of zucchini, green beans,greens and hubby is buying peaches to process( along with craft making and getting ready to start school). I have been praying and trying to find plastic free ways to preserve food. One thing that I felt lead to is go back to a very old way and try to dry some of the produce but with a modern twist of a dehydrator. This year I am drying shredded zucchini and sliced zucchini. I will be making some chocolate zucchini bread and a sliced zucchini casserole this winter.
Ingredients:
3/4 of a cup of dehydrated shredded zucchini
1/2 of a cup of dried rhubarb
1 1/4 cups of warm water
3 teaspoons of dried egg powder or 3 fresh eggs
1 cup of melted butter
2 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger
2 1/2 cups of white flour
1 teaspoon each of baking powder and baking soda
A pinch of salt
Before starting your bread pre-heat your oven to a temperature of 325 degrees. While waiting for the oven to obtain its temperature grease two small 3 by 7 inch bread pans.
In a medium size bowl combine your dehydrated zucchini, the rhubarb and warm water together and hand mix well. Let this mixture sit for approximately 30 minutes.
In another medium bowl beat the eggs well and add the butter, the two cups of sugar, and the vanilla extract. Once again mix well by hand-stirring. It is now time to add the rehydrated zucchini and rhubarb along with some cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Stir the mixture again to combine all the ingredients.
In yet another bowl you will be combining the white flour, baking powder and soda while adding the pinch of salt. After mixing the dry ingredients together you can add it to the egg mixture and continue to blend together by hand. Now divide the batter you have created into the two bread pans. Let the pans rest for about 20 minutes prior to baking in order to allow the flavors to mingle properly.
Bake your bread for one hour and then check it by placing a toothpick into it. If the toothpick comes out clean the bread it done. Remove them from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
There you have it all in a nutshell, an excellent method of preserving your zucchini from your summer garden for homemade wintertime bread.
Dehydrating Zucchini and Making Bread
By Joseph Parish
I will be experimenting with converting my chocolate zucchini bread and will share when I get it all ironed out. [o=
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Wedding Cupcakes and Some Family Pictures Pt.2
Friday, August 19, 2011
Baking Wedding Cup Cakes Pt. 1
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Beautiful Apron Giveaway And A Blog Break
Tightwad Tuesday...Making Sprouted Wheat Flour ( and Healthy Wholewheat Pancakes Pt. 2)
Saturday, August 13, 2011
My Hope IS Found
It is sooooooooo nice when one of my boys finds a singer or group that has a strong faith in our Lord. And Owl City is one of them. He boldly talked about his faith and is such a wonderful witness to this generation. He has such a wonderful voice too. I hope this blesses you as much as it does me.
Friday, August 12, 2011
It moves so swift'ly
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tightwad Tuesday...Making Sprouted Wheat Flour ( and Healthy Wholewheat Pancakes Pt. 2)
Balancing Act and Back To the Drawing Board
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Tightwad Tuesday~ Green Clean Recipes
- Liquid Laundry Soap
- Borax Free Liquid Laundry Soap
- Powdered Laundry Soap
- All Purpose Spray
- All Purpose Scour
- All Purpose Powder
- Furniture Polish
- Glass and Mirror Cleaner
- Stainless Steel Cleaner
Sunday, August 7, 2011
The Story Behind The Ring ( and my next motivator)
Saturday, August 6, 2011
I'll Fly Away
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Craft Fairs Around The Corner!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Summer Time Rambling
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Tightwad Tuesday~ Yummy Healthy Soaked Pancakes
- 2 cups freshly ground whole wheat pastry flour (or spelt, kamut flour)
- 2 cups of acid base. Choose one of these....water plus 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice (this is what I used) , yogurt, buttermilk or kefir
- 2 eggs or... use flax seed egg substitute or chia seed egg substitute ( which I used)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 T melted butter ( or what I used was 1/4 melted butter and 3/4 apple sauce. For example if you were to quadruple the recipe you would use 2 Tbsp melted butter and 6 Tbsp apple sauce)
- I make double to five batches and then freeze the pancakes individually for kids snacks or weekday breakfasts.
- Do not substitute white flour when making this recipe, soaked white flour pancakes turn out kind of gummy
- These pancake take longer to cook than white flour non-soaked pancakes. Be sure to leave them on the griddle longer..
- If you’re making a big batch, keep them in the oven at 200 until serving. These can be dried out too for ‘crispy pancakes’ and they are yummy!