Dennis and the giant zucchini

My coworker Dennis asked me the other day if I enjoy zucchini. My answer? Why yes, yes I do. Why do you ask Dennis? Dennis then brings me this ginormous (giant/enormous) zucchini from his home garden. It's the size of a friggin watermelon. Not even kidding. I think he adds steroids to his vegetables. Maybe I should dub this zucchini the Manny Ramirez of squashes. Second thought maybe I'll call it the "Hulk". Apparently I like to give my foods proper names.

What do I do with the Hulk? Make zucchini bread of course! Yummy! I love zucchini bread. Maybe because it combines cake and vegetables and the title makes it sound healthy. In case you didn't know, zucchini bread: not so healthy. It does have fiber and the pecans add omega-3 fatty acids. I'll just ignore the sugar and oil that also goes into the batter.

In this baking adventure, I think my ADD kicked in, because while mixing the batter and watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I forgot to add the oil in. Ooops. So the batch of muffins I did came out a little wonky. Wonky or not wonky, I have to taste my creations. What if I stumble upon a new fantastic recipe? Not such a fantastic mistake, but not a disastrous one either. I quickly responded once my memory cells kicked into gear and realized that I forgot the oil. This meant grabbing the loaf I put in the oven and dumping the batter back into the batter bowl to then add oil. This is also not such a good idea in the baking world.

Baking usually follows rules. If you don't mix the ingredients in the correct order or the correct temperature, it can equal another wonky creation. Normally my zucchini bread is deliciouso. It's not an original recipe, I got it from this cookbook, which I love. It's really old, but handy.

After baking times had finished, I taste tested my wonky creations. My decision? Pretty tasty, nothing that is going to be a revelation to the baking world, but definitely edible. How edible? Enough that I ate two muffins to "taste".


Now I have to figure out what to do with the other half. Maybe some sautéed zucchini pasta?