Alessandra Zecchini
Alessandra Zecchini has blogged 433 recipes with images.
How to make Labne
Labne is a strained yogurt 'cheese', to make it you just need plain yogurt (I used a pot Straight Up from The Collective Dairy). To strain the yogurt ..
One pot quick and easy frozen mango yogurt
Nothing could be easier, and with only two ingredients (and yes, two of my favourite NZ products: Fresh As and The Collective Dairy). I used many diff..
Some serious (non-alcoholic) drinking in South America
There is a reason why there aren't photos of wine here (except a strange medio y medio). Well, two reasons really: first I didn't drink much wine, it ..
Happy Mother's Day and Alpine (wild) strawberry smoothie
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mums!Alpine (wild) strawberry smoothieIngredients:All the wild strawberries you can findOne bananaNatural apple juicePho..
Coca leaves and coca tea for altitude, and visiting some amazing Inca sites
Before going to Cusco we were advised by a number of friends who had been there to take it easy about altitude. Don't drink the night before, relax fo..
Lima, the gourmet capital of South America, and it never rains!
When we arrived in lima the sky was grey and the air humid. I asked the taxi driver if it was going to rain and he told me that it never rains in Lima..
Peru through Arantxa's lens
CuscoSaksaywaman, outside Cusco and at 3,701 m highInca terracesThis is an interesting image for a vegetarian blog, but some of you may be interested ..
Beautiful textiles of Peru, alpacas, and the cochineal (E120) Color
Can you see the white stuff on the cactus? And the black stuff in the bowl with the red wool ball? That is cochineal, or natural colour E120 (found in..
Food market in Cusco (Mercado de Wanchaq), Peru
If you go to Cusco look out for this place, the name is Mercado de Wanchaq, it is mostly a food market and there are hardly any tourists here (they ar..
Riding like a Gaucho! Well... sort of.
Our Spanish school organized a trip in the countryside, about one hour from Montevideo, horse riding. I cannot ride, I have been on a horse before but..
Pasta with Salsa de Zapallitos
In Uruguay I have discovered this vegetable, and I thought of using it to create a pasta sauce before going back to New Zealand (where I guess that I ..
Yarn (wool) bombs in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Have you heard of yarn or wool bombs? A sort of colourful graffiti/street art done ( usually secretly at night) around objects (or trees) in the stree..
Doors of Montevideo
I love old doors, I have a pin board on Pinterest only for doors (and one for windows too...). In Montevideo there are so many beautiful doors, althou..
A very easy semifreddo dessert for Sweet New Zealand
Because I am traveling in South America, I don't have an oven and I have very little time for cooking, but I really wanted to take part to Sweet New Z..
Red onion, thyme and parmesan crust soup
This is real 'cucina povera', a simple dish made with humble ingredients and leftovers. Chop two red onions and sauté with a couple of tbsp of olive o..
Piriápolis, Punta del Este and Punta Ballena
Now is autumn in Uruguay, possibly a good time to visit the famous Punta del Este and the other summer resorts in the Maldonado Department. The weathe..
Yerba Mate Class
15 years ago I was in Argentina and I bought a mate and a bombilla to drink yerba mate. I saw many people drinking "mate" in the street and I really l..
Faina de zapallitos, a recipe from Uruguay
A couple of days ago I showed you a market in Montevideo and introduced the zapallito, a vegetables that looks like a round zucchini. Today I will sho..
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