August is Family Fun Month! Better get it in now, because it’s almost time for back-to-school. Are you starting to get ready for that yet?
This month is the time for Romantic Awareness. If you need some inspiration, be sure to check out Jen’s latest book reviews. As an avid reader, no one is more romantically aware than our Jen. Jen recently reviewed; Taste The Heat by Rachel Harris, Left Drowning by Jessica Park, Elite by Rachel Van Dyken and Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones. August 9, is Book Lover’s Day, so be sure to keep an eye out for more of Jen’s upcoming reviews.
August 4, is Friendship Day. Was their ever a sweeter portrayal of friendship than in the Superbowl commercial where the horse comes running back to his original owner after the parade? That owner was played by actor Don Jeanes and Pam interviews him in the article Don Jeanes ~ Catching Up With The Crushworthy Budweiser Cowboy. It’s a must-read.
Did you garden this year? How is your harvest coming along? Snickers shared pics of the bounty of her garden, plus a yummy recipe for cauliflower that includes garlic and Parmesan cheese. Sounds tasty to me. If you have an overabundance, you can rid yourself of some of that zucchini on August 8, Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day. Seems everyone is always trying to get rid of that zucchini. My mother knows just what to do if someone sneaks some onto her porch. For over 40 years, she has made loaf after loaf of zucchini breads from several recipes given to her by a friend. My aunts, uncles, cousins and family friends clamor for their orders over the holidays. My favorite is below.
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Chocolate Almond Zucchini Bread
Makes 2 loaves
1/4 cup dry cocoa or a square 1 oz unsweetened choc
1 Tbs butter or margarine
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup of oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup grated unpeeled zucchini
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chopped blanched almonds
Grease 2 9×5 loaf pans
Preheat oven to 350
Melt choc square w/butter. If you are using dry cocoa, add it in with the flour
In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs, add sugar and oil
Mix in melted chocolate and butter
Mix in vanilla and grated zucchini, beat until mixed well
In another bowl, mix together flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda.
Add the blended dry ingredients into the bowl of zuchinni mixture and beat well.
Stir in Almonds and pour into greased pans
Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until inserted toothpick/tester comes out clean.
Let cool and turn out onto dish.
This bread freezes well.
Enjoy!!
For other great recipes, check out Pattypie’s Slice Of The Pie category. Don’t miss her Easy & Delicious Meatballs.
Molly’s twins are growing and cuter than ever. They are beginning to learn their ABCs!
August 10, is Lazy Day and August 15 is Relaxation Day. Sounds like a time to watch some Tv. If you’re a enthusiastic watcher of Big Brother, be sure to look for Jennie’s article on the series.
August 16, is National Share A Joke Day. If you have funny one, stop by to share and let us all laugh together. “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” – Victor Borge
August 26 is National Dog Day. IW just recently celebrated their cats in the article Our Impurrfect Pets.
Our IW Classic Of The Month is Amazing Women: Jessica Metford. Jennie tells of how in 2001 she became obsessed with the Mitford Sisters after reading the compelling biography The Sisters: the Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell. There are other Amazing Women articles as well; author and breast cancer survivor, Kelly Corrigan, beloved humorist Erma Bombeck, and Villanova University cross-county and track star, Frances Koons.
As always, grab your coffee, tea or wine and feel free to discuss what’s on your mind. Share your birthdays or other celebrations and don’t forget to enter our latest giveaways! The giveaways link can be found on IW’s main page.
Lily Doe has written for ImperfectWomen.com since 2009. She has never been shy about sharing her opinion and enjoys writing on a variety of topics. Her life’s focus is sharing good times with family and friends.
Photo credit to mensatic.
A lot going on in August! Also a time to steal those last summer moments before it comes to an end and Fall comes rolling in. Time flys by so quickly. ☀
Love the recipe!
What a great wrap up of July Lily and so much at Imperfect Women to look forward to in August.
I became aware of IW from Jen’s book reviews and the Don Jeanes interview, oh wow!
You can bet I will give chocolate almond zucchini bread a try. I have never seen a recipe with chocolate added.
That recipe sounds delicious! Now if I could only get my zucchini to grow (I know, I know – it’s usually the easiest thing in the world but I’m having some bizarre problem with veggies this year).
Getting ready for school to start again here!! 🙂
My twins are starting kindergarten in a few weeks and my tween is about to begin middle school!! Lots of adjustments coming here! Praying transitions go smoothly!
Tax free weekend is coming up, kids need new shoes, backpacks, jeans, etc.
Anyone else feel like this summer has just flown past?!? 🙂
There are so many random “holidays” throughout the months these days, I can’t keep track. The recipe sounds really delicious!
Wow–you have a lot going on in August! That Choc-almond Zucchini bread sounds delicious!!
LOL–Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day is oddly specific! Somehow I’ve missed that card section in Hallmark. 🙂 Yay! Book Lovers Day? I will have to be sure to clear my schedule that day and pay homage to one or two delightful reads.
Looks like a lot of fun is happening in August. I like National Dog Day!
I love summer and don’t want it to end!
Can’t wait to try your zucchini bread, it sounds so good!
I haven’t made chocolate zucchini bread in many years. I used to have a guy and his wife come up from Florida in the summer and beg me to make it. Thank goodness I don’t have any young kids to get ready for back to school.
I love this open forum! Thank you for all the great information about August and the tasty recipe! I can’t wait to make that bread!
CJ,
Yes! No school age kids in my house anymore but I still have that summer vacation feeling. I guess that just never leaves you. And yes, this summer has flown by. Hope your young one loves Middle School. Exciting times.
I don’t want to think about back to school. I always whine that Summer is too short and it is!!
Good luck with your zucchinis Jennie.
Love the zucchini recipe! I didn’t know about all of the wonderful special days in August! I hope you have a great month! Sounds like you are on the right track!
Thanks for mentioning Frances, Lily. She is my niece, so she’s my absolute favorite amazing woman!
The zucchini bread recipe looks fabulous. My zucchini is late this year. Well, I planted late. I won’t harvest any until next week, but I already have some from the farmer and a friend. I have everything to try this recipe his weekend!
friendship day will be a sad one for me as I reflect on my best friend who died during the Christmas season. I am still not over her death or my sister’s murder which happened the following week. I love your rundown of August events!
too bad august is a ghost month for the Chinese community and school days as well for the kids.
We always get back to school shopping done the end of July so that we can end our summer with a bang and not be out with everyone else shopping!
The bread sounds absolutely delicious! August sounds like a fun month 🙂
I have a boat load of zucchini. I am trying this tomorrow !
I love the idea of Friendship day I really must tell my friends more what they mean to me:) x
LOL I am looking forward to August 15th…great recipe, awesome post…cool info!
I like that zucchinni on the porch day – LOL!
the 15th sounds like an amazing day!!!
I read about today being lazy day too late! Just came back from running around the park with 3 little girls. I will not miss the 15th!
My family and I just went on a one week vacation to our time share in Kissimmee, FL. While we were there, we visited two of the four Disney World parks: Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. We ate great food at the resort, hung out by the pools and relaxed. School begins on August 26th, so my sister and I are taking this time to relax even more until school starts. Once that happens, it will be like the floodgates of a dam broke loose!
the recipe sounds great i will try this weekend with the kids
You do have a lot going on in August! Thanks for all that great information about August and the yummy recipe! Can’t wait to make that bread!
That bread recipe looks fantastic. I have snicker’s refrigerator pickle recipe on my to-do list and am adding this too. Thanks!