Daily Menu: 4/24 **recipe**

Today was “Bring Your Sons and Daughters to Work” Day. As part of the activities committee, I had to split babysitting duty with the other members. I passed up the Krispy Kreme breakfast, pizza lunch, and ice cream snack (and we wonder why our kids are overweight). My coworkers were in awe of my dedication to the lifestyle. Hello? After 2 years, I no longer break into a sweat around junk food. LOL Vanity can conquer all.

Daily Points Range: 26-31

Breakfast
Bagel w/ cream cheese-5pts
Fresh strawberries-1pt

Lunch
Ham & Cheddar Lean Pocket-6pts
Salad w/ FF Catalina dressing-2pts
Mott’s Healthy Harvest applesauce-1pt

Afternoon Snack
Nature Valley yogurt granola bar-3pts

Dinner
Grilled Chicken breast w/ Herb & Garlic marinade-6pts
Sour Cream & Chives potatoes (1 cup)-4pts
Broccoli (1 cup)-0pts

Evening snack
FF Pudding-2pts

Total Daily Points: 30

I love zucchini bread…and this recipe is the bomb!

*2 cups shredded zucchini
*3 cups all-purpose flour
*1 3/4 cups sugar
*1 teaspoon baking soda
*1 teaspoon salt
*1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
*1/4 teaspoon baking powder
*3/4 cup applesauce
*1/2 cup egg substitute
*1/3 cup vegetable oil
*1 tablespoon vanilla extract
*cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place zucchini on several layers of paper towels; cover with additional paper towels. Let stand 5 minutes, pressing down ocasionally. Set aside.
3. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine zucchini, applesauce, egg substitute, oil, and vanilla; add to dry ingredients, stirring until moist.
4. Divide batter evenly between (2) 7.5-x-3-inch loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans. Let cool completely on wire rack. Yield: 2 loaves, 14 servings per loaf (serving size: 1 slice).

POINTS per serving: 3

Nutritional info: 128 cal, 1.9g pro, 2.8g fat, 23.9g carb, 0.5g fib, 0mg chol, 0.8mg iron, 136mg sod, 9mg calc