Summer Zucchini Bread

I'm making this RIGHT NOW! For a summer treat that destined to be a favorite of all ages, give this zucchini bread a try! (I add chocolate chips to the finished batter before baking for an extra sweet treat!)

Ingredients ( 2 loaves )

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/4 cups white sugar
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Shameless Rip off of Emeril's Vanilla Ice Cream

• 4 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split in half and scraped
• 6 egg yolks

In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine the half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla bean with pulp. Bring to a simmer. In a small mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks until smooth. Add 1 cup of the hot liquid to the egg yolks and whisk until smooth. Add the yolk mixture to the saucepan of liquid and whisk until incorporated. Bring the liquid back to simmer and continue to cook for 4 to 6 minutes or until the mixture coats the back of a spoon. Pour the mixture into a glass bowl and place a piece of plastic wrap directly on top of the mixture. This will prevent a skin from forming while cooling. Cool the mixture completely. Process the mixture according the ice cream machines instructions.

Honey Lemon Chicken Alfredo

When I first married my husband, we were not exactly rolling in the dough. When grocery day arrived we had to limit ourselves to basics and so I started experimenting with my spice rack. This is one of the recipes I created, and my husband loves it so much it is often one of the things requested for dinner.

Honey Lemon Chicken Alfredo
1 Lemon- Halved, ½ juiced
Garlic to taste
Ginger to taste
½ cup honey
2 tsp ground black pepper
4 cubed chicken breasts


Thin Slice the other half of lemon
Add all above ingredients to skillet
May require extra sugar to taste
Let Chicken Caramelize

Fettuccini Noodles
Alfredo Sauce
Water

Boil a pot of water and prepare your Fettuccine noodles. When cooked, drain and return to the pot and add in a bottle of your favorite Alfredo sauce.

If you're feeling like it needs to be spicy, feel free to toss in some crushed red pepper!!