Virtual Book Club for Kids--Don and Audrey Wood Week 2

Looking for Multicultural Monday? Sorry, after a long night of taking a good friend to the Emergency Room, I decided to take a week off and do a bit easier of a post that I was trying to figure out when to write it this week anyway. Multicultural Monday will return next week though!! (Oh, and the good news is that my friend is home and all right. She did not need the surgery we thought she might need!!)

The July Author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids is Don and Audrey Wood. Last week the link party started and I shared our activities for The Dragon and The Princess. If you missed it, please go see it. I included activities for different age children including one on gender identity to open discussions about how we have preconceived ideas of what gender will do certain jobs or have certain behaviors.

Carrot Zucchini Bread

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So my parents sent me home with lots of zucchini from my father's garden. My mother does not like to turn the oven on at their house in the summer (it heats up the whole house and they do not have central air). So we brought home several and made some carrot zucchini bread this week. I searched for the right recipe and decided to adapt this one at Food.com.

I wanted one with whole wheat flour, not too much sugar and not too much fat.  There are many choices out there, but none were exactly what I was looking for. So the adaption happened.

We first grated one of the large zucchinis and two large carrots (from the local farmer's market). Hazel loves to help use the food processor!

Next we whisked 1/2 cup of olive oil, 2/3 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of applesauce (well we used carrot applesauce since that was all we had). Then we added 4 beaten eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla.Then we stirred in the zucchini and carrots.

Next we mixed together the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. They were 2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup almond meal, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon salt, 3 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1/2 cup of oatmeal. Then we mixed this into the first bowl.

After mixing it a bit we added 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts and 1/2 cup of raisins.

We poured this into two greased (sprayed with cooking spray) loaf pans and baked them at 350 for about 50 minutes. We cooled them in the pans for 10 minutes and then tried some warm bread. Hazel could not wait to try it! 

Overall I think it is delicious!! Plus you can have it as a snack or a healthy breakfast!

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Sharing Saturday #29

Is anyone else amazed by all the wonderful ideas that are shared here each week? I  know I always am!! Last week was no exception. If you have not had a chance to visit and leave some comment love to any of the 52 entries, please go and visit them. There are so many great ideas!!

Well it has been on the hot side here and summer is in full swing. So as I picked my favorites this showed. (Sorry to all of you in the Southern Hemisphere who are in winter now.) Apparently I am not alone though since our most clicked was about staying cool.

Most Clicked

From Mama of Many Blessings: 10 Fun and Inexpensive Ways to Beat the Heat This Summer

A Few of My Favorites

From Watch Me Learn and Play: Sunscreen Experiment

From Making Memories...One Fun Thing After Another: Bannock: Native American Skillet Bread

From School Time Snippets: Handprint Dolphin

From Momma of 4 Cutiez: Saving a Baby Bird Fallen from a Nest

From Mommy Lessons: Camouflage: Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit

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