Tomato, hearts of palm, olive and parmesan salad with basil dressing

Every time I visit Kalyn's blog - and I just won't do it on a daily basis in case I'm sick or loaded with work - I feel like cooking everything she posts! Her food has a healthy tone and looks delicious. Hard to resist.This is my take on one of her recipes - I have made this salad several times already and even João likes it, even though he's not into tomatoes (crazy, I know).I used parmesan

Hearts of palm quiche

As some of you know, I love cooking with hearts of palm. So, for my first participation on Weekend Herb Blogging – this time hosted by Anh - I decided to make a hearts of palm quiche.I got the recipe from a Brazilian cookbook but the crust called for Crisco. I don’t like cooking with it. Call me silly, but I don’t even buy it.Instead, I made a delicious crust out of a Gordon Ramsey’s recipe that

Hearts of palm risotto

My dear friend came to Brazil last month and we had lunch together – it was wonderful!We ended up ordering the same dish and just noticed that when the waiter brought our food. :DIt was a heart of palm and snow pea risotto. It was delicious and I tried to recreate a similar recipe at home.I chose not to use the snow peas and focused on the heart of palm – I cook with it often and have posted one