Smart Food
The zucchini and cucumbers in my garden are coming up like weeds! And I mean that in the best way possible. 
I can only eat so much roasted zucchini, so I decided to turn some into Zucchini Banana Bread yesterday. So moist and delicious! I used 1/2 c. sugar, and while I loved it, it may be too sweet for some. Reduce the amount to 1/4 or 1/3 c as desired!
Zucchini Banana Bread
1 3/4 c. shredded zucchini (3 small zucchinis)
2 medium, ripe bananas
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. allspice
Preheat oven to 350*F. Grate the zucchini. When they get too small to grate without scraping your hands, cut into small chunks and include in the mix!
In a stand mixer, blend all ingredients.
Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake 45-50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool and slice.
Smart Fitness
It finally cooled down outside, so we spent a lot of time in the sunshine this weekend.
On Saturday, we rode our bikes to run errands (for a total of 8 miles), then explored Buttermilk Falls. The falls are so gorgeous, and consist of 5 little falls joining together into one big one. We hiked 3/4 of a mile to the top so that we could see all of the little waterfalls, and had a lot of fun taking pictures!
I loved getting in some physical activity without doing a “traditional” workout! I call it our day of ‘non-workouts.’
On Sunday, we embarked on my longest ride yet for the year. We drove over to Owasco Lake, and biked all the way around it, for a total of 39.3 miles! Some of the roads were in rough shape, but the lake views totally made up for it.
Smart Life
How do you fit in physical activity in the form of ‘non-workouts’?
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See that! I wish I could non-workout every day. And look at that beautiful scenery. Ahhhh!
Doesn’t chasing Greedy Kids around all day count?
I love days like that! For me, they usually happen on vacation or when I have visitors. I need to remember to just get out and see the world, even if it’s right next door!
I love non-traditional workouts too!! AND, we have a Buttermilk Falls in Ohio too!!!
That’s right, there is one in Ohio…I totally forgot about that! Where in Ohio are you? I lived in Cinci for 11 years, and a ton of my family is in Dayton!
I’m in the Cleveland area
Ride em, lady! Look at you, with views like that no wonder you could go on for miles. Nice work. Always wanted to try Zucchini Banana Bread, but right now all I have are cucumbers, lol.
This post makes me think of home – we had a Buttermilk Falls in Erie, PA that I used to visit during the summers when I was out “exploring” with my brother and sister! (Zucchini Banana Bread also brings back summer memories from my childhood…sad to say I haven’t had any in years. It’s the best with a schmear of cream cheese on it if you ask me!)
My non-traditional workouts are like yours – riding our bikes while running errands, easy hikes while sight seeing & even walking around amusement parks (amazing how many miles you can get in during 1 day at Disney World!)
Your zucchini bread looks great! I made some zucchini muffins yesterday!
You should go swimming at 6 Mile Creek! At the various dams along the creek you swim! It’s really fun and a great way to cool off. My friend and I go for a run then end there for a nice post run swim!
Thanks for the suggestion! We need to meet up soon!
I made some bomb zucchini bread today!! I like the adding of adding bananas – YUM!
That zucchini bread looks great! Way to use up extra garden veggies.
What a fun weekend! Looks like you fit in lots of exercise without it being a chore! Success!
made your bread yesterday and it is awesome!!! i love the natural sweetness of the bananas instead of adding so much regular sugar like in normal zucchini bread! just sweet enough, and i only used a 1/4c of brown sugar!
Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it!