Healthy Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

    And now for something sweet! Well, sort of. I took a recipe from Paula Dean and made some modifications. Paula's recipe was 8 Points+ a serving, and I brought this down to 4! This is also the first time I've ever made, or eaten, zucchini bread. This isn't very sweet, as I lowered the amount of sugar in the recipe, so I'm not sure if there's not enough sugar in the recipe, or if zucchini bread is not usually inherently sweet.. But none-the-less I liked it! I subbed the oil in the recipe for a mashed banana, but could also use 1 cup of unsweetened applesauce, for the same point value. Thinking getting some whole wheat flour to start doing more baking with, and see if that helps to bring down the point values as well!

Chocolate-chip Zucchini Bread

serves 24. 4 WW Points+ each

• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 1/2 cup almond milk
• 3 beaten eggs
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

 Sift the the dry ingredients and set aside. Mix everything else besides the chocolate chips in a separate bowl. Stir until well combined. Mix wet ingredients into the dry. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans and bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Ashley's Zucchini Casserole

     I've recently come into the possession of a LARGE amount of LARGE zucchini.. So starting to try to come up with some healthy things to make! Tonight I literally threw together some random things I had lying around that I thought sounded good and went with it. The results were DELICIOUS! And filling! And its THREE Weight watchers points a serving. THREE!! The whole casserole was 11 but I was full after only eating a quarter of it.

Ashley's Zucchini Casserole

Serves 4. 3 WW Points+ per serving

• 1 large zucchini, thinly sliced
• 1 can stewed tomatoes
• 4oz cooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, shredded
• 1/3 cup shredded cheese
• seasoning salt

       


 Layer zucchini at the bottom of a small casserole dish. Sprinkle with seasoning salt. top with a third of the tomatoes, a third of the chicken, and a third of the cheese. Add second layer of zucchini and repeat the process. Top with the last layer of zucchini, tomatoes, chicken and cheese. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.