Zucchini Bread

This recipes offers a nice addition to breakfast or a snack alternative. Enjoy!


Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 ½ c. sugar
• 1 cup applesauce
• 2 cups zucchini, shredded, with peel
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• ¼ tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground ginger
• 1 cup unsalted nuts, coarsely chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 375° F.  Beat eggs in a large bowl. Stir sugar, applesauce, zucchini and vanilla into eggs. Sift dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Fold dry ingredients into egg mixture and combine just until blended. Pour batter into a loaf pan and bake 1 hour. Cool on wire rack before cutting into 16 slices.

Makes 16 servings.

Nutrient Analysis per slice

Calories 202
Carbohydrates 34 g
Fat 6 g
Phosphorus 62 mg
Potassium 110 mg
Protein 3.7 g
Sodium 69 mg

Source: Living Well on Dialysis: A Cookbook for Patients and their Families. National Kidney Foundation, Inc. 2002.