GF Zucchini Orange Bread

Delicious and moist, with fresh orange flavour throughout with some crunchiness from the tasty pumpkin seeds. It is soo good!

Ingredients
1 cup grated zucchini (1 small zucchini, skin on)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose GF flour blend (with xanthan gum or add 1/2 tsp.)
2 Tbsp. ground flaxseed
2 tsp. GF aluminum-free BP
1/2 tsp. GF ground turmeric
1/4 tsp. sea salt
1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup fresh orange juice (about 1 small orange)
1/2 cup roughly chopped dates
2 large eggs
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup coconut sugar or sweetener of choice
Grated zest of 1 orange

prepared loaf pan, foil, glad-wrap

Instructions
1.  Preheat oven to 350 F and coat 8 1/2 by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with cooking oil
2.  Place zucchini between sheets of paper towel and press out excess moisture. Whisk together flour, flaxseed, BP, turmeric and salt. Add pumpkin seeds and stir to combine.
3.  Place juice & dates in high-speed blender until coarsely ground. Add to a bowl with eggs, oil and sugar – whisk to combine. Add wet mixture, zucchini and orange zest to drys, stir til just combined.
4.  Transfer batter into loaf pan, smooth out top. Cover loosely with foil. Bake 35 mins then remove foil and bake 25 minutes longer.
5.   Cool in pan 10 mins then transfer to rack to cool completely. Store wrapped in glad-wrap.