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Looking for ways to save this season gifts? With their children’s teachers, neighbors, doctors, and even grandparents love – your gift list just keeps growth. This year, give the gift that keeps on giving, without ruining your budget. Homemade goodies reserve a special place among the great variety of store bought gifts. Tart fruit is not the only food worth giving this season.

One of my favorite gifts to give are quick breads. Too busy to cook about the Vacation? No problem – quick breads are easy to make and can be made ahead of time and frozen.
I promise, Chocolate Zucchini Bread is one of my favorites absolute nutritious and delicious quick breads, so do not let this scare combination. Easy Cranberry Yam Bread is another family favorite that is requested every year! Besides, making the bread into bread pans of different sizes to give a variety of breads of different kinds, or perhaps needs a little something for a gift.

Another great gift idea is my delicious Snack Mix. So easy to beat, I often find myself the desire for this treatment combination of sweet and salty. You can use red and green M & M’s to enter the festive holiday spirit. Fill decorative containers with snack mix and the gift of fun becomes functional as they have the container to use forever.
The holiday season is often considered as a time to splurge. Give your wallet and your contains a break with these holiday favorites. By adding a personal touch to your next holiday gifts you can let your gift list grow unhindered. These delicious Homemade recipes are the perfect gift for all the world will be economic – with a touch of trim and terrible.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread
This delicious bread chocolate extra moisture and nutrition of zucchini unpretentious. Chocolate lovers will be delighted.

16 servings Serving size: 1 slice

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 / 2 cup whole wheat or all-purpose flour
Cocoa 1 / 4 cup
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 / 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 / 2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 / 3 cup oil Canola
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Zucchini 1 1 / 2 cups shredded
1 / 2 cup chopped walnuts
1 / 4 cup skim milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 ° C. Grease 9×5x3-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray oil.
2. In a bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder. In a medium bowl, mix brown sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla until blended. Add the zucchini and nuts.
3. Using third of the flour mixture each time, add the flour mixture alternately with milk to the zucchini mixture, stirring lightly after each addition just until is wet.
4. Transfer dough, bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not overbake.

Nutrition information per serving:
Calories 177, Calories From Fat 72, Total Fat 8 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 27 mg, Sodium 108 mg, Total Carbohydrate 24 g, Dietary Fiber 1 g, sugars 14 g, Protein 3 g Diabetic Exchanges: 1 1 / 2 starch, 1 fat

Terrible bite: In quick breads, replace half of the wheat flour with whole wheat flour – an easy way to add nutrition to the bread and improve the taste of nut.

Easy Cranberry Yam Bread
Cream cheese gives this incredible, but easy bread a rich flavor packed with the natural sweetness of yams and an explosion of blueberries. It is top of your list quick bread. Toss in some nuts for added flavor and crunch.

Makes 16 servings

1 (8-ounce) reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 (15 ounce) can sweet potatoes (yams), drained and mashed
2 eggs
11 / 2 cups biscuit baking mix
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 / 2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup dried cranberries or 1 cup fresh blueberries

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Shield 9 x 5 x 3-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, mix the cream of the cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Stroke in sweet potato and eggs. Add the biscuit mix, cinnamon, nutmeg, cranberries until just blended. Transfer to the casserole.
3. Bake 45 minutes – 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes before serving.

Nutritional information per serving
Calories 189, Proteins (g) 4 Carbohydrate (g) 31 Fat (g) 6, Calories from Fat (%) 26 Saturated Fat (g) 3 Dietary Fiber (g) 1 Cholesterol (mg) 37, Sodium (mg) 231 diabetic exchanges: 1.5 starch, 0.5 fruit, 1 fat

Quick Tip
Mini loaves of quick bread that wonderful gift homemade. To make ahead, wrap in plastic, place in zipper bags and freeze until ready to give.

Snack Mix
Here an easy recipe that makes a great snack mix at any time of day. Sweet and salty mixes are always a great combo and this mixture is addictive!

Ago 20 (1/2-cup) portions

3 tablespoons sesame oil
3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 / teaspoon garlic salt 2
1 / 2 teaspoon onion powder
4 cups crispy cereal squares of wheat
6 cups of mini cookies
1 cup soy nuts
1 cup dry roasted peanuts
1 cup pieces of candy coated chocolate

1. Preheat oven to 250 ° F. Mix sesame oil, honey, soy sauce, garlic, salt and onion powder.
2. Combine cereal squares, pretzels, nuts, soy and peanuts in large bowl. Drizzle oil mixture over cereal mixture, tossing gently layer.
3. Scatter mixture in foil lined Jelly Roll pan, bake 25 minutes, stirring frequently to avoid too much Browning. Turn off the oven cereal and let stay in oven 1 hour to continue crisping. When cool, mix with chocolate candies. Store in an airtight container up to a week.

Information Nutrition per serving
Calories 242, Protein (g) 8 Carbohydrate (g) 32 Fat (g) 10, Cal from Fat (%) 37 Saturated Fat (g) 3, Dietary Fiber (g) 3 Cholesterol (mg) 2 Sodium (mg) 400, diabetic exchanges: 0.5 very lean meat, 1 starch, 1 carbohydrate, 2 fat

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