It's A Baking Day!

And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it... Leviticus 24:5

It was a baking day. The weather was coolish and damp, my house was cleaned yesterday, and I was feeling relaxed. I decided to try that Glazed Lemon Zucchini Bread I've seen on Facebook and Pinterest. I have way more zucchini than I could ever bake into bread, scads of it. I also had a few very ripe bananas. They went into a very nice looking loaf of Grandma's Banana Bread (without any zucchini).

I jumped on the gluten- free boat again about a week ago and have been doing pretty good at it, but I did have to taste the lemon bread. (Somebody asked me if it tasted as good as it looks... and it does.) I've been noticing that although I say gluten doesn't "hurt" my stomach, I do have some tiny sharp pains directly after eating it. I think I just get used to feeling it and basically ignore them. So, anyway, the bread is good and I'm back to being gluten-free tomorrow.

My lemon bread didn't call for much zucchini, only 1 cup, shredded, so I tried out another new recipe, Zucchini Pizza! (It's gluten-free.) I sauntered down to the garden and picked out a few "almost too big" fruits, cut one in slices, and rubbed the slices with olive oil. I sprinkled on some spices and stuck them under the broiler for a few minutes, then topped them with sauce, a slice or two of pepperoni, and some shredded Italian cheese. They went back under the broiler for another few minutes and came out nicely browned. What a great lunch!