Vol. 2
So my “Self-Care Saturdays” post is a little late this weekend…Mostly because I am “Momma tired”. Last week was a very busy week! On top of that, Friday night was later than normal and I went to Waco to visit the Silos with my friends yesterday. We had a great time, but I got zero rest. I may be in bed by 7PM tonight. 🙂
Y’all, I think that my favorite room of the house might just be the kitchen. Over the last year I have really enjoyed cooking, baking and, overall, just trying new recipes! To be honest, I get bored eating the same things over and over and over again. Anyone else? 🙋♀️ I like to switch it up as much as possible. It has been fun for me to try new healthy recipes in order to consistently mix up the rotation!
For this installment of “Self-Care Saturdays” I thought that I would share one of my favorite healthy breakfast recipes, Fixate Zucchini Bread. This recipe is super easy to make! It only takes about 20 minutes to make the dough and then about 45 minutes to bake. It also makes 20 servings! In other words, you can eat on this zucchini bread for 3 weeks!
I typically will make this bread on a Sunday afternoon. Once the bread has finished baking, I remove it from the oven and let it cool (for about 5 minutes in the loaf pans and then another 15-20 minutes on a wire rack). Once cooled, I slice each loaf of bread into 10 slices. I then wrap each slice of bread in foil, include the individually wrapped slices in a large Ziploc freezer bag and put the freezer bag in the freezer. On the mornings that I choose to eat the zucchini bread with my breakfast, I take one slice out of the freezer, remove it from the foil and heat it up for about 30 seconds in the microwave. How easy is that?
This recipe is from Autumn Calabrese’s Fixate cooking show which is available on Beachbody on Demand (BOD) with a BOD membership. This is just one of hundreds of recipes that are included on BOD. Did I also mention that every recipe is compliant with the different Beachbody program meal plans? So, even if you just want to begin your healthy lifestyle journey by working on nutrition, a BOD membership is worth it just to gain access to the meal plans and all of the recipes! If you would like to know more about BOD memberships, please feel free to comment on this post and I would be happy to provide you more information! 🙂 If you would like to get a BOD membership to gain access to these recipes as well as thousands of workouts that you can do from the comfort of your own home, visit my Beachbody Coach Site and select the Beachbody on Demand button at the bottom right corner of the page in order to sign up!
For now, make yourself some Fixate Zucchini Bread and enjoy it for days to come! 🙂
-Leslie
Fixate Zucchini Bread
Equipment
- 2 9×5 loaf pans
- Nonstick cooking spray
- Mixing Bowls
- Measuring Spoons and Cups
Ingredients
- 6 Large Egg Whites
- 1/4 cup extra virgin organic coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 2 1/2 cups grated zucchini
- 1/2 cup chopped raw walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Lightly coat two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans with spray
- Combine egg whites, oil, applesauce, sugar, and extract in a large bowl;
mix well. Set aside. - Combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking
soda, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl; mix well. - Add flour mixture to egg mixture; mix until just blended
- Fold in zucchini and walnuts; mix until just blended.
- Divide batter evenly between the two pans.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until golden brown and tester inserted into
the center comes out clean. - Cool bread in pans for 5 to 10 minutes, remove from pans and transfer
to wire rack; cool completely. - Slice into ten slices per loaf.
- For slices not eaten immediately, wrap each slice individually in foil and place in a freezer bag. Place in freezer.
