Here is a quick and tasty bread I like to serve with soup once in awhile.

Quick Vegetable Bread

1 cup spinach leaves, untrimmed (½ cup chopped)

½ cup carrot, grated

2 scallions, finely chopped

1/4 cup parsley, chopped

2 1/3 cups flour

1/4 cup Parmesan, grated, plus a little to sprinkle on top

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon thyme

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, grated

1 cup milk

1/4 cup oil

1 egg

2 tablespoons pimento, diced (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Chop spinach, parsley and scallions. Grate the carrot.

In a large bowl, combine flour, Parmesan, sugar, baking powder, salt, thyme and nutmeg.

In a separate bowl combine milk, oil and egg. Stir the milk mixture, chopped vegetables and pimento into the flour mixture until all ingredients are just moistened. Spoon batter into greased loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan. Bake 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely before cutting.