One Hundred Dollars a Month

Okay, so because I was a little distracted this afternoon while I was making these double chocolate brownies, I totally forgot to add the egg.  And the funny thing is… as I was making the recipe, I was like, that’s weird, there’s no egg.  Hmm.  It just goes to show you that you always need to read the directions thoroughly before you start.

Or maybe not.  Monkey Boy couldn’t even tell there wasn’t an egg in there.  And you want to know what else?  He didn’t know there was ZUCCHINI in those brownies either.

We are giving this recipe two thumbs up!

Ingredients

1 cup flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour {I used whole wheat pastry flour}
1/3 cup baking cocoa {I used Hershey’s}
1/2 teaspoon baking soda {15 Cool Uses for Baking Soda}
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg { I totally forgot to add the egg!}
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar {free from Vitacost}
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups shredded zucchini
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup shredded coconut {optional}

Directions

Preheat oven to 350º

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.  In a separate bowl combine everything else and stir well.  Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well.

Spread the batter evenly into greased 9 x 13-inch or be like me and use parchment paper.

Bake at 350º  for 30 -35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

I was first alerted to this cookbook by my dear friend Jane.  Simply in Season is packed full of seasonal recipes that use fresh, local ingredients.  The book is divided up into chapters by season, so you’ll always have recipes for what you have currently growing in your backyard garden. I use my Simply in Season cookbook all the time and if you take a look at the reviews on Amazon, you’ll see the reviews on it are awesome as well.