I
had still have a bounty of zucchini from my garden this year. One recipe I have fallen in love with is
this chocolate zucchini bread. The recipe said it was brownie like so I took a chance and cooked it in an 8 x 8 pan and let me tell you, that is one of the best brownies I have ever tasted. Ever. Uuuuunfortunatly, despite their deliciousness, they do not stay together very well and you end up with brownie crumbles. Not that I'm complaining. I am going to experiment with baking them in muffin tins to see if they hold up better to travel that way. As soon as I work through the 2nd of two batches I baked and froze about a month ago. Zucchini, by the way, picked fresh from the garden, survives remarkably well in the fridge unwrapped.
So this was all leading to a picture, and a description of what I did with the frozen brownie bits.
That's right, I ate it with ice cream. Sometimes I warm the brownie first and other times I eat the whole thing cold. It reminds me of Coldstone where you get to mix in whatever you want. I love So Delicious coconut vanilla ice cream because I can mix in whatever I want. I usually only eat a small portion and mix in whatever sounds good. Last week I had frozen cherries. Yum. This ice cream you may notice is a bit green. While I wish I could say that it was spinach in that ice cream, it's not. It is however matcha. The flavor was a little strong for me to eat by itself, but mixed with the brownie it was very good.
That looks yummy! I'm not sure if you've ever done it or not, but I've gotten out of the habit of buying icecream in general. I freeze ripe bananas and then toss them in the food processor frozen. It makes a banana-y icecream-type thing. It's SO good and leaves me feeling significantly less guilty for eating it! I honestly never would have thought to add zucchini and chocolate together..
ReplyDeleteHey Sprankles! I tried the banana soft serve once and wasn't really that impressed, but so many people rave about it I may have to give it another shot sometime. Chocolate and zucchini are actually a pretty good match. I have another recipe for a mint chocolate cookie with zucchini in it and it is delicious as well. Seriously though, these brownies, if I could get them to stick together, they would be the only brownie recipe I'd ever need!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to try out the recipe sometime. I haven't touched zucchini or squash since I was little. My family is very southern and always made them at the same time...by frying them. I was not a fan and even after all this time the thought of zucchini or squash makes me squirm!
ReplyDeleteHi, Any tips on keepy bugs from eating your zuccini? I am a very novice gardener and they start growing like wildfire and the next thing you know they are covered with holes and devil worm/catapiller things. Is there a way to get rid of them without pesticides in a totally cool vegan way so I can make this chocolate zuccini yumminess!!!??? I have some beautiful small zucs starting out right now and am afraid they will meet the same fate as my last crop if I dont do something.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Becky
Hi Becky. Unfortunately I am only in my second year of gardening so I don't have much knowledge yet. On top of that, I have not had any problems with bugs eating my zucchini. When I have had problems with other pests I have used google to search for "how to tell what is eating my ____" and I usually can find a link that will at least tell me what is eating my plant and then can search "organic ways to keep pests from eating _____" to find a solution. Hope you figure something out and get some nice zucchini to make these brownies. Hopefully I will get a post up this week as my friend and I are going to use some excess brownie crumbles to make "cake balls". Yum.
ReplyDeleteOh boy that sounds great! I haven't had any bugs on them yet this year but they were slightly bigger than this last time when they were ravaged by some kind of burrowing worm/caterpillar. Anyway I have tried a few things I googled like spraying the plants with watered-down garlic juice but this hasn't worked on my tomatoe plants. I saw another site that said sprinkle cornmeal in the dirt and the caterpillars eat it, can't digest it and explode. Sounds gross and cruel. Ah well I have smooshed some myself so who am I to complain? Damn. Well anyway I will keep up the search. I'm willing to sacrifice some veggies to pests if I can save most of my crop and not use poison I'll be happy. Thanks and Happy gardening and cake ball baking! Becky
ReplyDeleteI just tried the mint chocolate So Delicious Coconut. It's not bad but the mint was a little strong. I do love their regular chocolate though. Unfortunately our ice cream eating weather for the year seems to be behind us. Warm brownie/chocolate cake things sound pretty darn good though!
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