More healthy: smoothie: green, croquettes: baked!

Nothing beats a green green green smoothie! Kale, spinach, banana, frozen mango, and coconut water as a base.  The croquettes are zucchini (raw and grated) mixed with feta, eggs, herbs and bread (stale bread soaked and crushed) and instead of frying them, as I usually do, I just drizzled them with olive oil and place them in the oven. Turn over halfway through baking and add more oil in necessary, you will be happy for how good they taste, even if they are not fried!

Photos and Recipes by Alessandra Zecchini ©

Yummy green smoothies and first produce from the garden

I am addicted to my new Nutribullet, here three of my favourite smoothies so far:

Baby spinach, kiwi, coconut water

Celery (add a few leaves), frozen mango cubes, coconut water

Baby cavolo nero, banana, spirulina and natural apple juice

And here are the first goodies from the veggie garden: strawberries, rocket salad, pan choi and radishes. The baby cavolo nero in the last smoothie was also from my garden but I blended it before taking a photo. More photos coming up soon :-).

Photos and Recipes by Alessandra Zecchini ©

Food Matters

The West Auckland branch of the Green Party is presenting a Green

Party food evening which includes a screening of the movie `Food Matters`

And  food discussion with Sue Kedgley and local Green Foodies Lisa Er

 (founder of Lisa`s Hummus) and Slow Food Waitakere member Karen Perri (Ranui community garden leader and food tutor)

 

 Thursday 23 April at 7.30pm

 

Location: Earthsong, 457 Swanson Road, Ranui

 

 Tickets: $10.00 ($5 unwaged) (All profits go to the Green Party)

 

 Tickets available on the night or to book contact Karen Perri 09

 8339064

 or email karenperri@gmail.com karenperri@gmail.com>

 

 

`Food Matters` is a hard hitting, fast paced look at our state of

health. Despite the millions we spend on health, people are getting

 sicker.

 

 This movie examines the business of disease and the safe, cheap and

 effective use of nutrition for preventing illness. Produced by James

 Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch.

 

 www.foodmatters.tv <http://www.foodmatters.tv/>

 

 See you there