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Pecan Carrot Zucchini Bread
Breakfast · Recipes

Pecan Carrot Zucchini Bread

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Pecan Carrot Zucchini Bread

Looking for a sweet and healthy treat to start your day? Well, this Pecan Carrot Zucchini Bread is everything that you’re looking for. It’s simple to make, sweet, healthy and leaves your kitchen smelling like a crisp fall day. It will only take a few ingredients to make this deliciously healthy bread and this type of recipe is yet another great way to get the kids involved. Now, I hope you will enjoy this recipe as much as we do!

Pecan Carrot Zucchini Bread

PECAN CARROT ZUCCHINI BREAD

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • A dash of freshly ground nutmeg
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 Tbsp applesauce (or 1 kids pouch)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 medium/large zucchini, shredded (about 3/4 cup)
  • 3/4 cup shredded carrots
  • 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp all purpose flour

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prep loaf pan by using unsalted butter and rubbing it thoroughly throughout the pan; dust buttered pan with 1 1/2 Tbsp of flour and dump any extra flour. This will prevent the loaf from sticking to the pan.
  • Shred zucchini and carrots in a large bowl and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl sift flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg together to make sure all dry ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
  • In a smaller mixing bowl add white and brown sugar, eggs, oil, applesauce, and vanilla extract; mix thoroughly.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry and mix together for about 1 minute or until thoroughly mixed.
  • Fold in zucchini, carrots, and pecans.
  • Add to prepped loaf pan. Cook uncovered for 30 minutes. Check bread for browning. If it is the color you like place tin foil on top to prevent further browning and place back in oven for an additional 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Test the bread to see if it isdone by using a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean, the bread is done.
  • Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the loaf pan. Remove from pan and allow to cool completely on a wire rack; may take about an hour.
  • Enjoy!
Father’s Day Dinner – Shepherds Pie
Dinner · Recipes

Father’s Day Dinner – Shepherds Pie

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Binging with Babish’s Shepherds Pie

I have been really excited to share this blog with you! As you know, yesterday was Father’s Day and my husband is a GREAT Daddy to our daughter. We are so lucky to have him in our lives and he is absolutely the BEST Daddy ever, so when he puts a request for a special dinner I am more than happy to oblige! Ever since we’ve been on lockdown from quarantine, we’ve started watching more and more cooking channels on YouTube. We just happened to stumble across this one https://www.youtube.com/user/bgfilms which I highly recommend you go check him out as he makes some of the most amazing dishes! My husband saw his Shepherds Pie and asked if we could try it out, so that’s what I made for his Father’s Day feast (here’s the link to the recipe: https://basicswithbabish.co/basicsepisodes/shepherdspie)

The Shepherds Pie before piping the potatoes. AMAZING!

This recipe has so many wonderful ingredients and is super tasty. I cannot say this enough…fresh herbs…you MUST use fresh herbs! Because this is a meat and potatoes kind of meal it really sticks with you. One thing I was a little worried about at first was the amount of ingredients that we were going to have to buy for one meal, but as it turns out we had almost everything in our kitchen; which means we didn’t break the bank on one recipe.

BWB Shepherds Pie…SO DELICIOUS!

I didn’t have a Demi-Glaze puck as it’s not something that I have on hand in my kitchen, so I made my fresh version which I have shared below. The overall recipe for my Demi-Glaze is easy, tasty and rich which I knew would be a perfect accompaniment to the Shepherds Pie recipe; all of those deep robust flavors really come through with each bite of Binging with Babish’s Shepherds Pie recipe. His recipe is now on our rotation of meals we LOVE! I hope you give it a try and here is my simple Demi-Glaze recipe.

Demi-Glaze

DEMI-GLAZE

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups beef stock
  • 1 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 Tbsp water
  • 1 Tbsp unsalted butter

Directions:

  • Add beef stock to a medium size pot and bring to a rapid simmer; reduce heat to medium-low.
  • Reduce stock for 1 1/2 hours.
  • Once stock has reduce by half add a slurry of cornstarch and water; allow to simmer for 10 additional minutes.
  • Remove from heat and add butter.
  • Allow to cool at room temperature until completely cool. Store in an airtight container or freeze for later use.
  • Should make 1 cup of Demi-Glaze.
  • Enjoy!