Day 8: Lovin' Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit Steamed Prawns

The air is filled with family love today cos we are sharing our Zespri® Kiwifruit with our precious pet rabbit, Robby. Our little pet here has such attitude that he tends to pick what he likes to eat rather than most rabbits who eat every "rubbish" (a term borrowed from other rabbit owners) given :p he's such a spoilt rabbit!



We have a little video here showing how he enjoy munching on a piece of Zespri® Green Kiwifruit. This little fler here doesn't like the Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit though, most probably because it's a bit too soft since the stash I have are mostly over ripen. Robby prefers to munch on crunchy fruits/veggies.

On this day of Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge, I've thought quite hard what recipe to share out even after consulting www.zespri.com.my for more recipes. After testing out this steamed prawns dish, it's a pass ;-) so glad that every recipes tried went so well and the flavour that the kiwifruits oozes out is simply amazing. Actually, I've wanted to make a steamed fish ala Thai style but since it's the Raya season, I can't find the right fish at the wet market. I didn't want to fuss around so I just used a tub of prawns from my freezer which works just as well.

Before steaming

Lovin' Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit Steamed Prawns
(Serves 4)

400 g medium sized prawns, shell intact but use a toothpick to remove the sand track in between the shell segments
1 large lemongrass, sliced thinly
1 Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit, sliced into rounds
2 kaffir lime leaves
1 clove garlic, sliced into thin strips
1 cm young ginger, sliced into thin strips
1 cm galangal, sliced thinly
1 corriander root
1 Tbsp corriander leaves
1 stalk spring onion, sliced into 4 cm lengths
½ red chillies, sliced into strips

Sauce:
1 ½ Tbsp fish sauce, or to taste (bear in mind, my tastebud is on the lighter side)
½ tsp sugar
A dash of ground white pepper

Garnishing: a couple of lime wedges, corriander leaves and spring onions

Mix all ingredients together. Place a piece of aluminum foil on a heatproof plate. Toss all ingredients onto the foil. Fold and seal up into a package. Steam for about 20 minutes (my timing was based on an electric steamer).

When cooked, open the package carefully and sprinkle corriander leaves and spring onion all over. Garnish with lime wedges on top. Squeeze in the lime before serving. Serve hot!

After steaming, it's serving time!

Day 1: Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge

Day 2: Sunshine Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Smoothie

Day 2.1: Zespri® SunGold Rockstar Breakfast Smoothie

Day 3: Win A Trip To Auckland & Rotorua, New Zealand

Day 4: Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit Parfait

Day 5: Zesty Zespri® Sungold

Day 6: Sunrise Zespri® SunGold Ice Lolly

Day 7: Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Chutney With Grill Chicken

Salam Aidil Fitri

Capt'n Hook, BoiBoi and myself would like to wish all Muslims a joyous celebration on the occasion of Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. If you're travelling, safe journey ;-)

Day 7: Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Chutney With Grill Chicken

It's the half way mark of my Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge. It has been a bit crazy in the house right now with me on a kiwifruit recipes testing mode. So far Capt'n Hook and Boiboi have been enjoying the fruits of labour. No complains yet of “What??? Another kiwifruit dish?” haha

With the amount of Zespri® Kiwifruits we have eaten, needless to say our toilet visits have never been smoother, no thanks to the amount of fibre we have been ingesting. Zespri® Kiwifruits have both insoluble and soluble fibres that work simultaneously to promote smooth bowel movement. The insoluble fibre in kiwifruit increase stool bulk, while soluble fibre aids in absorbing water resulting in softer, bulkier stool. These enable stool to move more smoothly and quickly in the colon.

To enjoy these benefits, don’t forget to eat at least 2 medium sized Zespri® Kiwifruits everyday! You can really feel the difference in just 7 days. Check out www.zespri.com.my to find out more of the benefits of eating kiwifruits.

I’ve been challenging myself to create more savoury dishes using Zespri® Kiwifruits as there are already loads of dessert and sweet dishes recipes using kiwifruits that you can find using google.

Well, this Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Chutney is not exactly savoury as it’s sweet and sourish but it goes with meat very very well. I’ve served it with pan grilled chicken breast and a salad. Surprising, the verdict that came from both the boys were very good. So happy as I was afraid that the chutney was way too sour for them. Capt’n Hook commented that the chicken breast meat was cooked perfectly, tender and most importantly moist! Hehehe that was then I let out the secret!

Did you know that kiwifruits are natural meat tenderizer? I did just that by testing it on chicken breast meat since many locals does not like that part of the chicken. As Capt’n Hook can be quite fussy with his piece of breast, I just kept my fingers crossed that it’ll work. I just squeeze half a Zespri® Green Kiwifruit into pulp like and smear them all over on 4 halves of chicken breast meat and just let it work it’s magic for about 30 minutes. I dabbed away the kiwifruit pulp using paper towel. Easy as that!

I can say all I want but the verdict is the taste of the chutney. I guess it will be a top seller if I start bottling them for sale :p yes, I’m that freaking confident! The recipe is here if you’re not lazy, otherwise, come to me when I start a business hahaha

Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Chutney
(Manage to fill about 500g jam jar)

3 Zespri® Green Kiwifruit (about 320 g unpeeled), wash, peeled and dice into fairly large chunks
1 onion (100g peeled), diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cm young ginger, minced
80 g raisins
40 g dried cranberries
6 – 8 cloves
1 small cinnamon stick
100 ml apple cider vinegar
½ cup brown sugar (loosely pack), more if you prefer sweeter chutney
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

In a medium pan, saute onion, garlic and ginger in olive oil until onion turn translucent, no brown. Add in cloves and cinnamon stick and stir.

Next, add in raisins and cranberries. Cook until raisins plump up before adding kiwifruits. Stir gently and pour in apple cider vinegar and sugar.

Simmer on medium heat until raisins and cranberries become plump and very soft, and kiwifruits start to loose its shape. The vinegar should have reduced to almost nothing.

Serve with meats, hard cheeses and bread ;-) yums.


Pan Grill Chicken Breast

2 pieces skinless chicken breast meat, cut into halves*
½ Zespri® Green Kiwifruit, squeeze into pulp
Salt and ground black pepper

Rub kiwifruit pulp all over meat and let it tenderise for 30 minutes. Dab away the pulp using paper towel. Next, season the meat with salt and black pepper.

You can use a normal frying pan or grill pan for this. Just that if you’re using grill pan, drizzle some olive oil over the meat before placing on the grill. For frying pan, just a little oil to coat the bottom, heat up in medium heat before dropping the meat in. The cooking time depends on the thickness of the meat. Just test by poking a skewer on the thickest part, if the juice runs clear, then it’s cooked. If the juice is pink, continue cooking.

* serving size for 2 but good enough for 3 of us

The salad is just a quick shredded lettuce leaves, tomato wedges and Zespri® Green Kiwifruit chunks. I’ve made a honey mustard dressing (2 Tbsp EVOO + 2 tsp whole grain mustard + 1 Tbsp honey + salt & black pepper to taste) to go with it.

Day 1: Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge

Day 2: Sunshine Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Smoothie

Day 2.1: Zespri® SunGold Rockstar Breakfast Smoothie

Day 3: Win A Trip To Auckland & Rotorua, New Zealand

Day 4: Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit Parfait

Day 5: Zesty Zespri® Sungold

Day 6: Sunrise Zespri® SunGold Ice Lolly

Day 6: Sunrise Zespri® SunGold Ice Lolly

Woohooo, I'm now in sync with the calendar of Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge :p that was a super hard uphill run.



Did you know that eating Zespri® Kiwifruit could not been easier than slicing it into halves and just scoop out the juicy flesh with a spoon straight into your mouth! No need peeling and slicing, perfect for busy people like you and me :D

Zespri® Kiwifruit delivers  20 essential nutrients to directly benefit the body and maintain body function. The high nutrient density of Zespri® Kiwifruit is driven primarily by the Vitamin C content, with other key nutrients fibre, folate, potassium and Vitamin E.

Each spoonful of Zespri® Kiwifruit gives you a wide variety of phytonutrients, carotenoids and enzymes with known digestive benefits. The combination of all these unique attributes works within your body to provide significant health benefits. I can feel how much my body had benefited in the mere 6 days of eating Zespri® Kiwifruit on a daily basis which I will share with you later on.

There's this thing that I do often, since I'm a lazy mom hahaha I will choose soft fruits and just blitz them with my hand blender and scoop them into ice lolly moulds to make ice lollies for BoiBoi and also the big boy Capt'n Hook.

For this no brainer recipe, just scoop out the flesh from 2 Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruits. Puree them in a small blender. This time round, just to make these lollies prettier, I put on a little more effort by slicing one Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit thickly and puree a wedge of papaya separately.

To assemble, spoon 1 tablespoon of kiwfruit puree into the ice lolly mould. Drop in one slice of kiwfruit, make it as close to the side of the mould as possible so that the fruit can show through looking like a sun. Next, spoon in another spoonful of kiwifruit puree. Layer on 1 tablespoon of papaya puree and top up with kiwifruit puree. Freeze overnight before serving or at least 5 - 6 hours. To unmould, just run some water over the mould and give a gentle pull, voila... a beautiful stick of Sunrise Zespri® SunGold Ice Lolly!



There's a Traffic Light Smoothie recipe in Zespri website www.zespri.com.my. You can follow that recipe too and create a Traffic Light Ice Lolly instead! Am sure your kid or in my case... the "big" boy and not so "small" boy will be extremely delighted.

Day 1: Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge

Day 2: Sunshine Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Smoothie

Day 2.1: Zespri® SunGold Rockstar Breakfast Smoothie

Day 3: Win A Trip To Auckland & Rotorua, New Zealand

Day 4: Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit Parfait

Day 5: Zesty Zespri® Sungold

On Day 5 of Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge, the sun was extremely striking. A nice glass of cocktail would be great to wind down the day. Since BoiBoi is around as his school is closed for the holidays, I've decided to concoct something without alcohol. Something we can all drink to chill out.

Quick check in my fridge, I have a packet of grass jelly (cincau) that was leftover from a short getaway with the girls at work. I've freeze some cubed Zespri® Green Kiwifruits with water in my ice cube tray the day before. I guess a quick no fuss drink would be the order since I did not want to spend so much time in the kitchen.

Zespri® Green Kiwifruits ice cubes

I just add some grass jelly cubes topped with cubed Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruits. Pour in some cold water followed by sugar syrup to taste. Finished with Zespri® Green Kiwifruits ice cubes. Looked quite spectacular actually I would say hahaha... my English teacher always told us self praise is no praise but I'll let you decide. Remember to stir before drinking though ;-)

Zesty Zespri® Sungold

I loved how the sweet and tangy Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruits flavoured the drink entirely. As the ice cubes melt, the sour green kiwifruit bits elevated the drink to another level. Just for Sean, a dash of vodka would render a superb adult version.

Zespri website have some rather innovative drinks, click on the www.zespri.com.my for the recipes.

Day 1: Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge

Day 2: Sunshine Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Smoothie

Day 2.1: Zespri® SunGold Rockstar Breakfast Smoothie

Day 3: Win A Trip To Auckland & Rotorua, New Zealand

Day 4: Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit Parfait

Day 4: Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit Parfait

I had a heavy lunch and didn't have any dinner. So by 11.00pm, I had better feed something to my stomach as I didn't want to wake up in the middle of the night feeling hungry heh. Since it's so late, it's just not my style to eat something heavy. Checked my larder and fridge, decided to just assemble a snack of yoghurt parfait with my Homemade Healthy Granola and Homemade Yoghurt together with some Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit.

Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit Parfait
(Serves 1)

1 Zespri® SunGold Kiwifruit, washed, peeled and diced
4 Tbsp Homemade Healthy Granola
4 Tbsp Homemade Yoghurt
Honey

To assemble, place 2 Tbsp granola in a cup followed by 2 Tbsp yoghurt. Drizzle a little honey. Scatter half the diced kiwifruits. Continue to layer with 2 Tbsp granola followed by 2 Tbsp yoghurt. Top with the remaining kiwifruits. Easy peasy... I've served this for breakfast and at times dessert too.

Presumely this is my Day 4 of Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge :p running pretty hard now to chase up to Day 6!

You'll be able to find more inspiration to create lovely snacks using Zespri® Kiwifruits over at www.zespri.com.my at the Recipes tab.

Day 1: Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge

Day 2: Sunshine Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Smoothie

Day 2.1: Zespri® SunGold Rockstar Breakfast Smoothie

Day 3: Win A Trip To Auckland & Rotorua, New Zealand

Day 3: Win A Trip To Auckland & Rotorua, New Zealand

I finally got my real goodie bag from the Kiwifruits Fairies for Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge and to add on to the confusion, I was given the 3rd calendar sighhhh which the fairies told me is the correct and final one. So my challenge days are now all screwed up due to no fault of mine... so there goes my points for the past few days ;-(

Just not to mess up further, I am so going to post up the day-to-day challenge albeit they are going to be on the different dates, well just to catch up.

Just want to point out the contest Zespri® is promoting at the moment... all you need to do is collect the barcodes found on Zespri® kiwifruits plastic boxes, submit them together with the contest form, answer the question correctly and most importantly... describe creatively how do you feel after consuming Zespri® kiwifruits. You can find the details of this contest in www.zespri.com.my/dailyamazingandwin with the terms & conditions.

You can stand to win the grand prize of a Masholidays package to Auckland & Rotorual, New Zealand for 2 adults and 1 child worth RM16,467. Wow perfect for Capt'n Hook, myself and BoiBoi :p cos usually prizes were just for 2 adults. How thoughtful of Zespri®!

Other than holiday packages, you can also redeem a cute Zespri® Kiwifruit doll. There are 2 different dolls though so try to collect them both! Check out how to do it in the contest form.

Zespri® Green Kiwifruit & Black Cherries Bomb
(Amount of serving depends on the size of your ice lolly moulds but for medium moulds 2 servings)



2 Zespri® Green Kiwifruit, wash and skinned
1 small apple, wash and skinned
2 black cherries, stoned and halved

Slice 1 and 1/2 Zespri® Green Kiwifruit, and the remaining half, slice into chunks. Quarter the apple, remove the core and cubed it. Using a small blender or hand held stick blender, blend the sliced 1 1/2 kiwifruits together with cubed apples.

Scoop a spoonful of kiwifruit and apple puree into ice lolly moulds. Place in half a cherry. Scoop more puree inside. Put in the other cherry half and top off with more puree. Freeze and serve on a hot day.

Day 1: Zespri® 14-Day Daily Scoop of Amazing Challenge

Day 2: Sunshine Zespri® Green Kiwifruit Smoothie

Day 2.1: Zespri® SunGold Rockstar Breakfast Smoothie