Sandwhich Thins

This post is for Brenda. While we lived there I kept meaning to show her how to post on this blog, but it never happened. So I am going to share one of her healthy secrets. She has been buying these whole wheat sandwich buns. They eat their hamburgers, sloppy-joes, etc on them. They get rid of the regular white buns which are very simple carbs, and replace it with quality complex carbs. This is great for Roy's blood sugar and I thought it was a great idea. The next time I go to the store for buns, I'm getting these!

Applesauce

I'm all about the substitutions lately, and I've found a good one. I have been putting applesauce in my recipes instead of the oil / butter / shortning. What I'll usually do is take the measurement of oil / butter / shortning and put in applesauce for half of it, and olive oil / canola oil for the other half. Brenda and I tried this a couple months ago with one of her cookie recipes and it tasted great. (Roy was excited because with half the fat he could eat twice as many:) I have also tried it in this yummy chocolate zucchini bread/cake recipe. Enjoy!

Chocolate Zucchini Bread/Cake Revised

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla or almond extract
1/2 cup olive oil or canola oil
1/2 cup applesauce
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
5 Tbsp cocoa
2 cups ground/shredded zucchini

Put in greased 9x13 pan or two bread loaves. Bake at 325 for one hour. May top with chocolate frosting or glaze.

I think I'm going to have squash coming out of my ears soon (I planted a bunch in Roy and Brenda's garden) so if anyone has any fun ways to use squash I'd love to hear them.