Anyone wanna try to revamp a recipe for me?

It's a wonderful lemon zucchini bread recipe that I tried last year (pre-op) and would love to see it tweaked to be a little more friendly.  Besides swapping out splenda for the sugar, does anyone have any ideas on what to change.  Ideally less fat, less carbs, more fiber, more protein, and of course less sugar...

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest

 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan.
2. In a bowl, beat together the zucchini, sugar, egg, and oil. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder; stir in the cinnamon and lemon zest. Stir the flour mixture into the zucchini mixture just until blended. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
3. Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from heat, and cool about 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Total Fat 9.7g	15 %
Saturated Fat 1.5g	7 %
Cholesterol 18mg	6 %
Sodium 161mg	6 %
Potassium 65mg	2 %
Total Carbohydrates 25.1g	8 %
Dietary Fiber 0.7g	3 %
Protein 2.3g	5 %
** Sugars 13.1g
** Vitamin A	2 %
Vitamin C	3 %
Calcium	1 %
Iron	9 %
** Thiamin	14 %
** Niacin	9 %
** Vitamin B6	2 %
** Magnesium	3 %
** Folate	16 %

Substitute unsweeted apple sauce for the oil and egg beaters/egg whites for the eggs. You could use whole wheat flour for part od the flour

Miriam took the words right out of my mouth!! You could also add in a scoop of unflavored protein powder for more protein. Other than that the recipe looks great!

I have all of those items at home in the pantry!  So if I get out of work at a reasonable hour (I'm on call today and have 3 surgery cases already!) I'll give it a try and let you know how it turns out!

Thanks!

This one was posted over on the DS board...maybe it will give you some ideas.  Everyone raved about it.

http://www.lowcarbohydrate.net/httblog/archives/000041.html

Hi...you could also use half the unsweetened applesauce along with half plain, no fat yogurt (greek)...Patti K.