

They also low in calories about 40 calories in a cup. Not that many vegetables are high in protein, so this is good to know, especially for vegetarians. They contain protein and fiber, and high in vitamin C and vitamin B6, calcium, niacin, phosphorous and zinc. The most unique property, perhaps, is the heart of palm’s ability to mimic the texture of seafood or meat. Hearts of palm are a good source of many nutrients. Its creamy, tender flesh also makes it ideal for purees and dips.

The edible cores from the palm tree stems are firm and smooth. Heart of palm’s flavor and texture lies somewhere in between white asparagus, artichoke heart, and water chestnut, making it just as welcome in a salad as it is in a stir-fry. Heart of palm is a type of vegetable harvested from a number of palm tree species. The plant sounds incredibly specific, yes, but the vegetable itself couldn’t be more versatile to cook with. Cucina & Amore Hearts of Palm, also called Palmito, are hand-selected and harvested from the inner-growing bud of particular palm trees to protect the moist. Due to deforestation concerns (to access the palm’s heart, the tree must be cut down), it’s no longer permissible to harvest single-stemmed wild palms the majority of hearts of palm we eat today come from multi-stemmed farmed palms in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Bolivia. Wright refers to hearts of palm as “swamp cabbage,” “burglar's thigh,” and “the lobster of vegetables”). In the early 1900s, the vegetable was prevalent among Floridians, who ate the hearts of the wild single-stemmed sabal palm (in A Florida State of Mind: An Unnatural History of Our Weirdest State, James D. Canned Hearts of Palm Goya Palmitos Salad Cut (Hearts of Palm) Goya Hearts of Palm Whole Reese Hearts of Palm Select Reese Hearts of Palm Sliced Native.
