2 Zucchini Recipes

On Sundays I read the local paper and scour the advertisements for the deal of the century.

I don't seem to find deals of the century, but I can find good deals on butter or something else I probably don't even need.

But you never know, right?

Well, I have a deal for you.  

Head out into your garden and grab a zucchini or two because I have 2 easy zucchini recipes you can make today!  A great deal don't you think?

Zucchini Cornbread is full of shredded cheddar cheese and zucchini.  So moist and a perfect addition to your dinner plans.  Served warm with a pat of butter...yum, yum!

 Summer Zucchini Slaw is made with your spiralizer!  Zucchini noddles, carrots, green peppers and grape tomatoes round out this refreshing salad.  I am thinking this is a Labor Day must!

Let's start with the easy Zucchini Cornbread recipe.

Ingredients:

1 tsp salt

1 1/4 cup flour

3/4 cup cornmeal

1/4 cup sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 egg, beaten

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 cup milk

1 Tbsp fresh thyme

1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

1 cup zucchini, shredded

nonstick spray

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a square baking pan with nonstick spray.  In a large bowl, mix together salt, flour, cornmeal, sugar and baking powder.  Stir in beaten egg, vegetable oil and milk.  Add fresh thyme, shredded cheddar cheese and shredded zucchini.  Spoon mixture into prepared pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.  Serve warm with butter.

Zucchini Cornbread printable recipe

And now for the Zucchini Slaw...

Ingredients:

1 medium zucchini, spiralized on julienned

1 cup carrots, julienned

1 cup green pepper, julienned

1 cup grape tomatoes

1/3 cup mayo with olive oil

1 tsp salt

1 tsp fresh ground pepper

1 tsp white wine vinegar

Directions:

Place all the veggies in a large bowl.  In a small bowl, mix together mayo, salt, pepper and white wine vinegar.  Spoon the mayo mixture over the veggies.  Toss gently.  Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.

Zucchini Slaw printable recipe

Both of these zucchini recipes are just perfect for Labor Day!

Sounds like a deal of the century!  Ok, probably not.  But a deal of the weekend?  You betcha!

Celebrate the little things that make life sweet,

Christine

Lots of other zucchini recipes on my Farmer's Market Pinterest board.  Make sure to follow that board...better yet, follow on my Pinterest boards for lots and lots of inspiration.

Follow A Sprinkle of This and That's board Farmer's Market Recipes on Pinterest.

Limone Chicken Drumettes

Football season is here!

High school football kicked off it's first game of the season last night and preseason professional football has been in full swing. So, it's time for wings and drumettes.

What kind of wings and drumettes?

Limone Chicken Drumettes.

Baked in the oven and full of lemon flavor.

These wings are finger licking good!

Ingredients:

20-24 chicken drumettes

salt and pepper for seasoning

1 stick melted butter

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup chicken broth

fresh thyme

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Season 20-24 drumettes with salt and pepper.  Place wings in a shallow baking pan and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.  Flip over wings and cook an additional 15 minutes.  Meanwhile, melt butter over low heat.  Once melted, add lemon juice and chicken broth.  Heat until warm.  After cooking wings, dip each wing in the melted butter/lemon juice/chicken broth liquid.  Return drumettes to pan and bake an additional 10 minutes.  Remove from oven and sprinkle with fresh thyme.

Limone Chicken Drumettes printable recipe

Tailgating or watching from your couch, the next football game needs some Limone Chicken Drumettes.  6 ingredients makes it easy and fast to prepare just in time for the game!

Celebrate the little things that make life sweet,

Christine

You may also like these baked wing recipes:

Pineapple Lime Chicken Wings

Raspberry Drumettes

Toasted Sesame Teriyaki Wings

Creamy Corn Salad

Oh my gosh!

Can you believe Labor Day weekend is just over a week away?  I can't!

I tell ya, I have mixed feelings about that weekend.  Let me tell you why.  Part of me is sad that it marks the unofficial end to summer.  No more swimming in outdoor pools, outdoor concerts wind down and the freedom summer brings seems to come to an end.  Yet, I have to admit it.  There is a part of me that is super excited about colorful leaves, apples, crisp nights and all the fall baking.  I have to say, I do love yoga pant season...strike that...the season of fall.  :) I love all it brings.  

BUT, until then, I am still celebrating all things summer like summer corn!

You are going to want this as a side dish for your Labor Day picnic.

Fresh, sweet corn with cherry tomatoes, slices of red onion and a creamy garlic and herb spreadable cheese.  Every spoonful is packed with summer flavor!

 It's another easy one!  AND with only 6 ingredients!!!

originally from HyVee Seasons/Back to School 2015

Ingredients:

3 ears of corn with husks removed

sea salt

1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved

1/3 cup red onion, sliced thinly

1/4 cup garlic and herb spreadable cheese (Boursin)

3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Directions:

In a large pot, boil corn in salted water for 5 minutes.  Remove corn and set aside until you can cut off the corn kernels from the cob.  Place the corn kernels in a large bowl.  Add halved tomatoes and thinly sliced red onion.  In a small bowl, combine spreadable cheese and lemon juice.  Add salt to taste.  Stir mixture into corn and tomato bowl.  Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

Creamy Corn Salad printable recipe

I can totally picture your steak or hamburger accompanied by this Creamy Corn Salad.

Colorful and delicious too!

Celebrate the little thing that make life sweet,

Christine

Linking up with my favorite bloggers!

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Throwback Thursday: Berry Zucchini Bread

Time for a blast from the past.

Since there is still lots of zucchini being produced, I thought I would go back and share a really yummy zucchini bread filled not only with zucchini, but berries too!

Raspberries, blueberries and zucchinis are packed into this deliciously moist bread.

Adapted from I Am A Honeybee

Ingredients to make 2 loaves:

2 cups white flour

2 cups whole wheat flour

4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

4 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

1 1/3 cup sugar

1 cup milk

1/4 cup lemon juice

2 cup grated zucchini

1/2 cup raspberries

1/2 cup blueberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour 2 bread loaf pans.

Beat together eggs.  Add oil and sugar.  Blend until well incorporated.  Add milk and lemon juice, mixing well.

Stir in the zucchini.  Add the flours, baking powder and salt.

Fold in the raspberries and blueberries.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.  Remove from oven and let cool for 5-7 minutes before removing from pans to a cooling wire rack.

Berry Zucchini Bread printable recipe

Quite the afternoon snack or for breakfast!

Who knew baking with zucchini could be so fabulous!

Celebrate the little things that make life sweet,

Christine

Linking up with my favorite bloggers!

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Honey Drizzled Apple Puffs

All this fall like weather has put me in the mood for fall baking.

I spent the weekend baking up a storm with apples!  So be on the look out for lots of apple inspired recipes.  But for today, I thought I would give you just a taste of what is to come.

Check out these Honey Drizzled Apple Puffs!

Fall is my favorite season of the year!

Not only do I like wearing yoga pants (a fall season must), but I love to bake.  Fall is perfect for creating and baking.  And, if I have a recipe that requires less than 10 ingredients?  Well that's a no brainer...love it!

Each apple puff is light and airy with the sweetness of apples and honey.

Remember yesterday when I said you should always keep puff pastry in your freezer?  Keep puff pastry in your freezer!

Here's another reason why...Honey Drizzled Apple Puffs!

Each is sweet with apple flavor and honey drizzle.

Ingredients to make 1 dozen:

1 sheet of puff pastry, defrosted

1 baking apple, peeled and sliced thinly

1-2 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp cinnamon

1-2 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into little pieces

honey for drizzling

powdered sugar for dusting

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Roll out puff pastry sheet.  Use a circle cookie cutter or a glass to punch out 12 puff pastry circles.  Place each puff pastry circle on a parchment lined baking sheet.  Place peeled, thinly sliced apples onto each circle.  Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.  Place small pieces of butter on top.  Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.  Remove from oven and drizzle with honey while warm.  Cool and then dust with powdered sugar.

Honey Drizzled Apple Puffs printable recipe

Come on...admit it...you are looking forward to all the goodies that come with fall!

Start with these super easy, 7 ingredient Honey Drizzled Apple Puffs and get some puff pastry into your freezer!

Celebrate the little things that make life sweet,

Christine

Linking up with my favorite bloggers!

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Puff Pastry Round Up

One of the items I always keep in my freezer is a package of pre-made puff pastry.

Puff pastry is perfect for an easy dinner, lunch, picnic, dessert or breakfast...basically it is super versatile!  It's always good to have a package on hand and only needs a little bit to defrost before it is ready for use.  Check out all these puff pastry recipe ideas.

Let's start with breakfast.

Quick Mini Strawberry Sweet Rolls

Raspberry Lemon Danish

 Breakfast never looked better, right?

Rolling on (get it?) to puff pastry recipes that can be used for lunch, snack or dinner.  They even work on picnics too!

Potato Chip Spirals

Prosciutto Pinwheels

I love the ease of just adding a few ingredients to make a really fun and delicious recipe.

Perfect for those evenings when making dinner just seems to hard.  Well, it isn't.  Just add a salad to Potato Chip Spirals or Prosciutto Pinwheels and dinner is done.  Snacks for tailgating?  Those recipes will work too!  A week day breakfast?  Raspberry Lemon Danish or Quick Mini Strawberry Sweet Rolls beat out cereal every time.

See, there is time to celebrate the little things that make life sweet,

Christine

You may also like to see what else my be on my table...

Follow A Sprinkle of This and That's board Dinner's On The Table on Pinterest.

S'more Brownie Cupcake

Happy Sunday to you!

What better way to kick start your week than with chocolate!

A brownie with marshmallow, chocolate buttercream frosting and a dusting of graham cracker crumbs will keep you happy Monday through Friday.

I don't know about you, but come Sunday, I start thinking about all the things I need to accomplish at work and at home throughout the week.  Sometimes it seems pretty daunting!  But, with a S'more Brownie Cupcake, all those worries disappear...at least until this fabulous dessert is gone.  Ha!

You may just skip the fork and just do a face plant on this yummy treat.

Each S'more Brownie Cupcake has a soft marshmallow center...mmmm....mmmm...good.

Ingredients to make 12:

1 pkg Brownie Mix

2/3 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup water

2 eggs

package of mini marshmallows

nonstick spray

1 stick of butter

1 cup powdered sugar

1 1/2 Tbsp chocolate syrup

1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 graham cracker

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Make brownie mix according to package directions.  Mine required the brownie mix with 2/3 cup vegetable oil, 1/4 cup water and 2 eggs.  Spray a muffin pan with nonstick spray.  Pour brownie batter into prepared muffin pan.  Place 4 marshmallows on top of each.  Press lightly into the batter.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Top with 3 additional mini marshmallows.  Return to the oven for 2 minutes.  Let cool in pan.  Use a knife to run along the edge of each brownie to pop out and remove.

Use a mixer, whip the butter.  Then add the powdered sugar.  Whip until smooth.  Mix in the chocolate syrup.  When well combined, frost the cooled brownies.  Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs on top and add a piece of a graham cracker.

S'more Brownie Cupcake printable recipe

I bet your Sunday evening will be just dandy with this little treat to kick off the week.

Chocolate always makes things better.  :)

Celebrate the little things that make life sweet,

Christine

Linking up with my favorite bloggers!

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