Zucchini Wheat Germ Snackers Recipes

ZUCCHINI WHEAT GERM BURGERS

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs.
• Stir in wheat germ, cheese, mushrooms, onion, thyme, rosemary and zucchini. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Shape into 4 patties, 3/4-inch thick.
• In a nonstick saute pan, heat the oil, place in patties, and cook until golden, about 4 minutes.
• Flip, and cook other side until golden, too, about 3 minutes more.
• Serve with buns and your favorite fixings. Sean Donnellson recommends roasted red peppers. Olive tapenade is another possibility.

ZUCCHINI WHEAT GERM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly grease cookie sheet. Mix sucanat, butter, milk, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, wheat germ, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Fold in zucchini raisins, and nuts.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet. Bake 12 - 15 minutes or until light brown.

WHEAT GERM ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Grease and flour 2 bread pans.
• Tap out excess.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together into a small bowl.
• Stir in wheat germ.
• Beat eggs until very frothy.
• Add oil, maple flavoring and both sugars and beat until very light and sugar is more or less dissolved.
• This takes awhile.
• You'll need an electric mixer.
• With mixer on low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients.
• Dust nuts lightly with flour.
• Add them along with the zucchini and blend gently into the batter with a rubber spatula.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• (I like the pyrex glass ones best for quick breads.) Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• Bake for about 1 hour until top of the bread springs back when lightly touched.
• Cool on wire rack for about a half hour.
• When ready to remove from pans, slide a knife gently around the edges of the pans to loosen bread.
• Easy does it.
• Slide the bread out and allow to cool completely on the bread board.
• Cover loosely with a light towel or piece of plastic wrap to keep from drying out.