Zucchini, Chive and Cheddar Cheese Bread

Today I am making salsa. YUM! For lunch I decided to eat salsa, but what to put it on? Yesterday I made this bread and thought I'd give that a try- a spoonful of salsa over the bread. Delicious!! Here is the bread recipe I found and made minimal changes. That blog has some other quick bread recipes that I think I should try sometime. But this one is a nice change from the usual sweet breads we make with zucchini.

4 cups flour
4 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 cup milk
2 egg
1/2 cup melted butter or 1/4 c greek yogurt
2 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
2 cup shredded zucchini, drained on a paper towel - use another paper towel on top to push out extra moisture

Put lemon juice in bottom of a 2 cup measure. Add enough milk to make 2 cups and set aside. Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Add eggs to milk. Beat well. Slowly pour melted butter into the milk. Pour the milk mixture into the flour all at once and mix just until combined. Do not over mix. Stir in the chives, zucchini and cheese. Grease and flour 2 (5x9) bread pans. Pour batter evenly into pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in the pan for 10 minutes on a cooling rack. Then remove the bread from pans and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack before cutting. We couldn't wait that long. It was too yummy. I think next time I might skip the butter and see if that makes a difference. It will save on calories.