Zuchinni Bread

So what do you do when you find zuchinnis this big in your garden?

You make Zuchinni Bread of course!

I've never had zuchinni bread before, so I was a little hesitant about how it would taste.  But I looked up a Paula Dean Zuchinni Bread Recipe and I thought I'd give it a try.

The only bad part about zuchinni bread is that it only uses 2 cups of zuchinni, which isn't a lot when you have tons of zuchinni to use up.

So I grated about 3 zuchinni which gave me 4 cups. (I made 2 batches not knowing each batch made 2 loaves!)

The first batch's dough looked soupy, so for the second batch I wrung out the zuchinni to remove of some of the water.

I was pleasantly surprised when I tasted these muffins!  They were great! Like a super moist spice muffin.  

I've read you can even make a chocolate zuchinni cake!  I think I will definitively continue experimenting with zuchinni in my baking!

Porch Update

Remember that porch we built back in October? Well, I slipped and fell down the stairs on Saturday so we decided it was a good time to clean and paint it.

We had primed the porch back in the Winter.

I had already picked out the colors, we just hadn't found the time to paint it. We decided to add some Rust-Oleum anti slip additive into the paint that would be on the floor and stairs.

So here is a side by side by side.  

No Porch, Primed Porch, Newly Painted Porch.

I think its a huge improvement. Though now it makes the rest of the house look even worse. Eventually, the house will be a light grey blue with navy blue as accent and the sliver grey as a highlight. I've been living here for nearly 2 years, but some how adding my address numbers makes it feel more official.