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• HEARTS OF PALM BENEFITS FREE

But we love them just as much in the winter when you need a refreshing pick-me-up, or when the winter greens are just not cutting it. Of course cool cucumber salads are ideal in the summertime served alongside anything you grill. If you prefer it a little creamy, add a few dollops of your favourite mayo. Cherry tomatoes or even chopped iceberg lettuce would be fantastic and add even more bulk to the salad. If you have fresh herbs like dill or cilantro, add those in. The refreshing flavour of cucumbers and hearts of palm lends itself to all sorts of garnishes.

HEARTS OF PALM BENEFITS FREE

Feel free to leave them out if serving it to little kids.

To me, sliced red onions or shallots, which become quickly pickled in the vinegar juice, make this salad irresistible. Sadly, it is hard to stock up on avocados right now but if you are lucky to have one on hand, please go ahead and add it. In all honestly, this salad is much, much better when it includes sliced avocados. These now grown friends who occasionally waltz back into our lives seem to always remember and reminisce about this very simple salad. Who knew that when my kids were little, opening a can of heart of palm, slicing a cucumber, and drizzling not much more than vinegar and olive oil all over it, would make me famous among their circle of friends. But it’s good news if you want to give hearts of palm a try and make this salad :)) Right now, having a few cans of hearts of palm in my pantry is helpful for nights when I have nothing fresh left in my fridge. It was of course almost completely empty except for rows and rows of hearts of palm! So sad that they aren’t the coolest kids on the block. Recently, a friend sent me a picture of the canned vegetable isle at the grocery store. When we once again have the luxury of being selective of the foods we eat, I encourage you to support the companies and organizations doing the right thing. During these panicked times, we have to make do with whatever is available to us. But this article has made me feel better about occasionally consuming hearts of palm.

For obvious reasons, I try and avoid buying too many vegetables that are sold in cans.Įthically, there is a lot of controversy surrounding the sustainability of harvesting palm trees. However, I have only been able to find canned hearts of palm, as opposed to jarred, or fresh. High in fibre and with a low glycemic index, hearts of palm are also high in protein which makes them a great addition to vegan diets. Heart of palm itself is not an unhealthy vegetable, in fact quite the opposite. Though I grew up eating hearts of palm, for many years now I have tried to avoid them for ethical and health reasons. They have a creamy interior and taste slightly like a soft artichoke. Shaped in long chubby sticks and white in colour, you can find them in the canned vegetable aisle at almost all grocery stores. Known as palmito in Spanish, hearts of palm come from the inner core of palm trees. Canned hearts of palm may be something you haven’t thought of buying before but they are truly delicious.