Friday, June 19, 2015

Mr. Lawson's Famous Zucchini Bread


*image from Google

Zucchini Bread

http://tinastidbit.blogspot.com/2010/07/zucchini-bread.html

3 cups shredded zucchini (2 to 3 medium)

1 2/3 cups sugar

2/3 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla

4 eggs

3 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts

1/2 cup raisins, if desired


1. Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to

350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans or 1 (9x5-inch) loaf pan with shortening or

cooking spray.

2. In large bowl, stir zucchini, sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs until well mixed. Stir in remaining

ingredients except nuts and raisins. Stir in nuts and raisins. Divide batter evenly between 8-inch

pans or pour into 9-inch pan.

3. Bake 8-inch loaves 50 to 60 minutes, 9-inch loaf 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, or

until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on cooling rack 10 minutes.

4. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on cooling rack.

Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up

to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

Bug & Anti-Itch Spray with Essential Oils


Found these recipes on a FB EO group board - going to definitely give them a try!

Bug Spray and Anti Itch Spray
I always post that I love make my bug spray with YLEO's. Here is my recipe:
2 oz filtered or distilled water
2 tsp witch hazel
15 drops purification
8 drops Thieves
8 drops Peppermint
I used to use just use Purification but bugs love me and I added the others to make a little more universal spray to combat all the things that like to bite me and my daughter.
So I took a field trip to beautiful Caladesi Island with my daughter's first grade class on Thurs. Unexpectedly the No See Ums (tiny biting flies we have in FL) were in full force. I used my 2 oz. bottles of spray I had in my bag on my 5 1st grade girls in my group. I hope it helped them. I however now have over 100 bites on my arms, chest and neck. (the outline of the sleeveless dress I had on is very apparent) I became very miserable last night and made sure I found something oily to combat my itching.
I now have a 4 oz bottle of this Anti Itch Spray that I made:
3 oz Witch Hazel
1 oz Aloe Vera (I had to leave this out because I didn't have any and we left in the morning for a soccer tournament)
10 drops Lavender
5 drops Frankincense
10 drops Tea Tree
This spray is to help with anything itchy, not just bug bites.

itch stick for mosquito bites:  It was a tablespoon of coconut oil, teaspoon of beeswax, and 6 drops of lavender. Took 5 minutes. So easy!!