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Grape juice and a glass full of memories -

Alessandra Zecchini 03/27/14 04:25
There are some beautiful grapes on sale at the Dragicevich Orchard in Oratia, those old fashion grapes that really smell and taste like grapes (not like the stuff that you find in supermarkets). And they make a wonderful juice. Apparently grape juice has...
- Grape Juice
- Juice
- Grape
Vegan Rice Paper Rolls -

Alessandra Zecchini 03/23/14 06:34
Something filling yet light, done in a jiffy! I had very little left in the fridge, just a bit of salad mix, but in the pantry I had some rice paper, vermicelli and dried gluten meat. So I out the 'fake' meat in a pot with a little vegetable stock (made...
- Rice Paper
- Vegan
- Roll
- Rice
Fresh juice using beetroot stalks and leaves -

Alessandra Zecchini 03/12/14 21:28
… plus beetroots from the garden, carrots, apples, and a little ginger. For five juices I used about 1.5 kg of carrots, plus a few local apples, and i picked two beetroots from my veggie garden, they were small but the leaves and stalks are perfect for...
- Beetroot
- Leaves
- Juice
Plum jam and the last of the summer sun -

Alessandra Zecchini 03/04/14 06:06
It feels like summer is slowly coming to an end. I had the very last of the plums from the Oratia orchard and made some jam. I usually blend my jams as my husband like them smooth, but I prefer jams with chunks of fruit and peel in it, so I just remove...
- Summer
- Plum
- Jam
Mostly raw: two juices and a lunch box -

Alessandra Zecchini 02/15/14 10:42
While summer produce abounds it is easy to make juices and to eat more raw food. Green juices are the best, of course, above celery, cucumber and green apple, light and refreshing. This one is a smoothie and the kids made it: melon, natural apple juice,...
- Juice
- Lunch
- Raw
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
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
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
Crêpe cake with Cointreau butter and flowers -

Alessandra Zecchini 11/05/13 09:26
Our friend David came to stay, it was his birthday a few days ago, but I didn't have time to bake a cake. So I just used some ready made sweet Crêpes (pack of 9) and whipped about 100 g of unsalted butter with one heap tbsp of icing sugar and a good dose...
- Cointreau
- Flowers
- Butter
- Crepe
- Cake
Pasta with asparagus and cream sauce -

Alessandra Zecchini 10/31/13 10:16
More asparagus! For the pasta I used penne, and for the sauce: 1 onion 1 bunch asparagus 2 tbsp olive oil 1 glass white wine salt to taste 200 ml cream black pepper chopped Italian parsley Parmesan to serve (optional) Finely chop the onion and the asparagus...
- Asparagus
- Cream
- Pasta
- Sauce
Vegan Cabbage Bolognese Sauce -

Alessandra Zecchini 10/29/13 04:30
This is not a quick recipe, but require slow cooking, so if you are in a rush just look at the pictures :-). There are several vegan Bolognese sauces around, mostly using soy or fake mince, and some with lentils, but I wanted to try one with cabbage, which...
- Bolognese Sauce
- Bolognese
- Cabbage
- Vegan
- Sauce
The Italian Festival Season in Auckland has started -

Alessandra Zecchini 09/25/13 23:46
Last night we celebrated the opening of the Italian Film Festival and the Festival Italiano Season in Auckland with a Gala Opening at the Rialto Cinema in Newmarket, presided by the Italian Ambassador to New Zealand. After drinks and speeches we watched...
- Italian
Flowers from Nan's garden in Christchurch -

Alessandra Zecchini 08/21/13 12:03
Last week I went to Christchurch, I want to share with you some flowers from nan's garden, aren't they just lovely? Photos by Alessandra Zecchini ©
- Flowers
- Nans
Spinach with Halloumi and Chinese garlic chives, quick comfort food -

Alessandra Zecchini 08/19/13 11:44
When time is an issue I can always grab a packet of Halloumi cheese (if I have time I could make it, but not today!). Here it is cooked with Chinese garlic chives and served on a bed of spinach. What you need: 500 g frozen spinach 1 bunch Chinese garlic...
- Garlic Chives
- Halloumi
- Spinach
- Chinese
- Chive
- Garlic
- Quick
- Food
Amaretti biscuits dessert for Sweet New Zealand -

Alessandra Zecchini 08/16/13 04:27
I am so busy with this that I don't have much time to cook and blog, so I am recycling this fantastic recipe that my kids made (they 'created' the dish a few years back!) for Sweet New Zealand, the monthly blogging event for Kiwi bloggers. Our August 2013...
- New Zealand
- Amaretti
- Biscuits
- Desserts
- Sweet
Winter flowers and "magic" wands -

Alessandra Zecchini 08/11/13 10:26
These are some of the flowers that I have in the garden now: orchids, camellias and reinwardtia indica (I had to look for the name back in this post from 2011, I can never remember it!). Reinwardtia indica Anyway, my largest Pinterest board is now flowers,...
- Flowers
Market in Nuku'alofa, Tonga -

Alessandra Zecchini 07/18/13 02:29
Carver and author Shadrach Iloa, IlLook forward to reading his book. Photos by Alessandra Zecchini ©
- Tonga
Sponge cake -

Alessandra Zecchini 07/07/13 10:09
Ingredients: 50 g salted butter, cubed 200 g sugar 3 eggs, separated 1 drop vanilla essence 200 g self rising flour 200 ml milk Using an electric beater mix with the butter with the sugar. Add the egg yolks and keep beating on full speed for 5 minutes....
- Sponge Cake
- Cake
A big cheese scone ring -

Alessandra Zecchini 06/22/13 06:23
I was feeling like baking something savoury, like cheese scones, but instead of making individual ones (like you are supposed to do with scones) I felt like experimenting and I made a cheese scone ring, it was soft and delicious, especially when still warm...
- Cheese
- Scone
Fruit and vegetable market in Montevideo, and where feijoas (guayabas) come from -

Alessandra Zecchini 04/13/13 04:33
There is a market on Tuesday morning, 10 minutes walk from home, and the prices are much better than the supermarket, of course, and the choice much better. It is quite similar to an Italian market, possibly with lightly less choice, but still many more...
- Vegetable
- Feijoa
- Fruit