Zucchini Brownie For Kids To Bake

Ebi-kun has been pestering to make zucchini brownies so yesterday was the day. He is so confident in the kitchen now, he does almost all of it himself, I am basically there to take things in and out of the oven - he isn't really tall enough to do that safely yet.

What you need:

1 c wholewheat flour
1/3 c baking cocoa
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

150g dark chocolate
1/4 c vegetable oil (we used olive because thats all we had, would like to try coconut next time)
1c brown sugar
2 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 c grated zucchini/courgette (about 3)

9" square pan (greased)

Heat oven to 180deg C

1. Grate the courgette/zucchini
2. Combine the first 4 ingredient in a bowl
3. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof dish over a pan of hot water then and allow to cool slightly. 
4. Stir the oil, sugar egg white and vanilla into the chocolate
5. Stir the flour mix into the chocolate
6. Stir in the zucchini
7. Pour into the tin
8. Bake for 30 minutes
9. Allow to cool on a wire rack then cut into squares

Invite me round so I can check you made them OK !

courgette, zucchini or marrow?

Whatever you call them, they are in season here at the moment and cheap as chips! Now, actually they are cheaper than chips. So, we have been trying out some new recipes, we tried zucchini patties which were nice but too sloppy so I ended up adding breadcrumbs to the mix. 

We made chocolate zucchini brownies and let me tell you... they are amazing and you can kid yourself that they are healthy too! I did try another recipe which was like falafel but now I can't find the link!

I have my eye on these baked zucchini sticks and tonight we will have zucchini pasta, do you have a favourite zucchini recipe?

Life is pretty manic at the moment, I am working on getting the new website up and working my way through coursework which means there has been little time for sewing or crafting boo. Tomorrow it is just me and Ebi-kun at home and the weather is supposed to be rainy so I am planning something exciting. 

In the past week he has come home from school with a massive lump on his head - hit a pillar somehow, a big cut on his knee - where he fell over and twice has come home in his sports kit, first because he has a nose bleed all over his t-shirt and the second time someone bumped into him when he was dishing out the soup and he got covered in soup! It has been a long week!