Very Good Recipes from Alessandra Zecchini - 19

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Sushi in a bowl - Chirashi-zushi -

Alessandra Zecchini 02/11/14 09:33
I like chirashi-zushi, sushi in a bowl, a part form the fact that you save time, it also looks pretty. For topping you can add what you fancy, here I have avocado, salted sakura (cherry blossoms), nori (cut with a craft puncher) takuan (Pickled daikon),...
- Sushi
Refreshing orange and carrot juice, garden produce and flops -

Alessandra Zecchini 02/09/14 07:39
The juice of the day is just carrots and orange. Usually I have this in winter, but I had a couple of oranges to use and it is refreshing (it has been hot!) In the garden: we ate all our first corn, and it was sweet and delicious, but I now would like to...
- Orange
- Carrot
- Juice
St Valentine breakfast (or dessert) melon, and more heart inspired ideas -

Alessandra Zecchini 02/07/14 23:03
This is perfect if you: A: follow a raw diet B: prefer fruit to dessert C: are on a diet D: forgot that it is St Valentine and need to make something quickly! All you need is a knife and a hear shaped cookie cutter. My heart cookie cutters get lots of use,...
- Valentine
- Breakfast
- Desserts
- Melon
- Ideas
Plum smoothie, and purple heaven -

Alessandra Zecchini 02/05/14 10:30
Another day, another smoothie. I used some free stone plums from Oratia Orchard (they have many variety of plums, freshly picked), drinking yogurt, one banana and ice cubes. Perfect for breakfast and I love the colour! In fact I love all hues of purple...
- Smoothie
- Purple
- Plum
Thai vegan green curry and more vegetable gardens, in Christchurch and Clevedon -

Alessandra Zecchini 02/03/14 20:32
Eating from the veggie garden: even if I don't have 'quantity' I do have variety enough to make a colorful vegan curry. First I started with a simple paste made with a small piece of ginger (peeled), one shallot (also peeled), fresh coriander (with stalks),...
- Vegetable
- Greens
- Curry
- Vegan
- Thai
Watermelon juice with lemongrass and mint, and Sweet New Zealand #31 -

Alessandra Zecchini 02/03/14 03:23
It is lovely and hot in Auckland now, the perfect time for watermelon and for fresh juices, and this one is so refreshing! I used the flesh of a small watermelon (blend with ice and a bit of water - to get the blender moving) and then passed the juice through...
- New Zealand
- Lemongrass
- Watermelon
- Sweet
- Juice
- Mint
Happy Chinese New Year (of the Horse) and Sweet New Zealand #30 Recap -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/31/14 05:25
Happy Chinese New Year! I am starting the Year of the (wooden) Horse with the recap of the 30th edition of Sweet New Zealand, so I hope that all these sweet treats will bring me good luck! January has been busy with lots of work but also travel, and holiday,...
- New Zealand
- Chinese
- Sweet
- Horse
Gardening for food at home, and New Brighton Community Gardens -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/29/14 08:10
Freshly picked from the garden, it doesn't seem much and yet it feeds 4, and for less than the $15 you would give to a Supermarket (FYI overseas reader, this $15 is a NZ supermarket campaign ) First course, vegetable soup with: yellow zucchini, green zucchini,...
- Food
Detox! Celery, rhubarb, cucumber and apple juice -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/28/14 10:25
This juice tastes good and feels good! For four glasses I used seven stalks of celery (no leaves this time) half a telegraph cucumber, two stalks of rhubarb from the garden (yes, raw!) and then topped up to taste with natural apple juice (no sugar added)....
- Apple Juice
- Cucumber
- Rhubarb
- Celery
- Apple
- Juice
Ten Twenty Four Restaurant -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/27/14 05:32
During our trip to Hawke's Bay we met up with cousins Rodney, Nicki and Georgia for lunch at Ten Twenty Four. It was a lovely hot day, and this restaurant is perfect for al fresco eating in the lovely courtyard full of flower pots. The indoor seating is...
- Restaurant
We love Hawke's Bay, plus Napier, Hasting and Mission Estate Winery -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/25/14 03:29
We spent three wonderful days in Hawke's Bay The sea is wonderful to look at, but a bit too scary for me to swim. One of the best things for me was to be able to eat all the wonderful stone fruit that they grow here. A must-see is the lovely city of Napier...
Maori bread and crossing Te Urewera to Wairoa and beyond -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/22/14 09:32
Maori (Rewena) Bread I have never been to this part of New Zealand before, as it not exactly on the tourist route (unless you are a hunter or hiker). It is remote, wild and beautiful, with forest, tiny settlements and kids riding horses without saddles....
- Bread
Rotorua and a new page views record (according to Blogger): 12,587 in a day -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/20/14 05:30
Rotorua is one of those cities that I visited several times and yet it never tires me. So here we are again! Where to eat if you are a veggie: The first time I came here it was in 1993, and I ate at the Fat Dog Cafe, one of those places where you can always...
Raw juice magic: celery, lemon and apple juice… and Atlas Power Coffee in Cambridge -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/18/14 09:22
I am so into juicing these days, and the kids drink all sort of vegetable and fruit juices, the greener the better! This one is particularly good: for four glasses I used half a stalk of celery (I use the stalks and only a few leaves - mostly to give it...
- Apple Juice
- Celery
- Coffee
- Apple
- Juice
- Lemon
- Raw
Salad with mixed leaves and flowers and silver beet from the garden -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/14/14 05:30
A crop that never fails me is silver beet (Swiss Chard) and since I find it easier to grow than spinach I mostly use it to make palak paneer (although in this case is silver beet paneer !) and silver beet baked pasta. Click here for even more recipes with...
- Flowers
- Leaves
- Salad
- Beet
Sautéed Asian eggplants and asparagus with Italian herbs (and baby potatoes) -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/12/14 05:18
One of my favourite kitchen smells is garlic and herbs sizzling in olive oil! Here I used fresh rosemary, sage and oregano, a couple of garlic cloves, and a few long Asian eggplants, cut into halves or quarters (depending on their size). When the eggplants...
- Asparagus
- Eggplant
- Potatoes
- Italian
- Asian
- Herb
- Baby
Ricotta Cheesecake with Rum and Raisins -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/10/14 00:33
I love ricotta cheesecake, and it has less calories that regular cheesecake. This recipe is very simple and calls for many variations: here I used rum and raisins, but it is great with lemon zest, or vanilla, or candied citrus peels... Ingredients 1 sheet...
- Cheesecake
- Ricotta
- Raisin
- Rum
Super green juice, and it tastes lovely -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/07/14 06:01
Don't mind the basil in the background, it just happened to be there but it is not an ingredient (although, maybe next time I'll put some in, it should taste good!). This green juice is 100% vegetable, and yet it is not bitter, and it looks 'greener' that...
- Greens
- Juice
Summer in Auckland -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/05/14 07:40
Some of my favourite spots in Auckland Piha at the start of the School Holidays Karekare on Christmas Day Five days (and New Year's Eve) in Waiheke on board of Timetama Photos by Alessandra Zecchini ©
- Summer
Spinach, banana, blueberry and apple smoothie -

Alessandra Zecchini 01/04/14 08:27
I decided to start the new year well with more raw fruit and vegetables! This smoothie is super easy, for 4 glasses use 2 bananas, two cups of baby spinach leaves, one punnet of blueberries and 2 cups of apple juice. I have been doing vegetable juices too,...
- Blueberry
- Smoothie
- Spinach
- Banana
- Apple