FUNDAY MONDAY

My Favorite Things

Recipes I love

Up today for Funday Monday, my favorite way to sneak veggies into my kid's food:  zucchini chocolate chip cookies!

I used this recipe from Barbara Kingsolver's book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.  

Even though I'm posting the recipe here, you should take a look at the website if you have time.  There are other good seasonal recipes, as well as tips for finding food locally and storing food for winter months.  

Of course, I still have to say that my favorite seasonal cooking resource is this book.  But that's personal preference.

ZUCCHINI CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

(Makes about two dozen)

1 egg, beaten

1⁄2 cup butter, softened 1⁄2 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup honey

1 tbsp. vanilla extract Combine in large bowl.

1 cup white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1⁄2 tsp baking soda

1⁄4 tsp salt

1⁄4 tsp cinnamon

1⁄4 tsp nutmeg

Combine in a separate, small bowl and blend into liquid mixture

1 cup finely shredded zucchini

12 oz chocolate chips

Stir these into other ingredients, mix well. Drop by spoonful onto greased baking sheet, and flatten with the back of a spoon. Bake at 350°, 10 to 15 minutes.

These turned out pretty good.  I shredded the zucchini with the small shredder, and no one had any idea it was in the cookies.  The recipe turns out fairly cake-y cookies, which is not my first choice, but judging by how fast they disappeared, I'd say it was a successful experiment.