Baking on Friday (Saturday Edition): Yogurt-Zucchini Bread with Walnuts

It's no secret that I love cooking, baking, and trying new recipes.  I spend as much time perusing new recipes as I do anything else, I imagine.  Since I did so much baking during December (translation: too much eating), I sort of swore off baking at least for now.  Apparently "now" doesn't last very long around here because when I saw this recipe for Yogurt-Zucchini Bread with Walnuts, I knew I was going to have to make it.  Soon.  Here's how the recipe was described:

This moist, nutty bread is a terrific way to use up late-summer zucchini.  The walnuts in the bread are super-heart-healthy, and the yogurt adds moisture without any fat.

Clearly, it would be detrimental to my health if I didn't try it as soon as possible.  Besides, I actually do still have shredded zucchini in my freezer from last summer.  It seemed a good time to use it.  Oh yes, and I was craving baked goods, which seems to me the best reason of all.

The loaf makes up so quick and easy.  It's all mixed with a whisk and a spoon and uses just two bowls.  No electric mixer required.  It was all mixed up faster than I could preheat my oven.  Then it baked up nicely in an hour and five minutes.  Here's how it looks on the inside.  You can see the zucchini and walnuts...clearly, very healthy.

It was also quite moist.

Do you have zucchini left over from summer?  Now's your chance to use it.  This is yummy.  You can find the recipe from Food & Wine right here.

After that was finished I did a little bit of sewing.  Next up on my white board is the Hello Sun BOM.  The blocks are all made now, and I'm ready to start finishing it up.  Here is how the completed quilt will look if you follow the suggested completion instructions.

I kind of like it just like this, and I still have lots of solids left over from my Amish quilt.  I decided to do it just like this, although I may decide to add a sashing between the blocks.

Today I did all of the cutting for the sawtooth stars.  I think I'm going to use that fabric in the lower left corner for my back.

And I was able to get the flying geese units half finished before I decided to knock off for the day.  These are going fairly quickly because they lend themselves well to chain piecing. 

Tomorrow I'll finish up the flying geese units and then start putting the blocks together.

So a fairly productive day in the kitchen and the sewing room.  Still more to do.  Time for dinner.