My logic for teas, and a green tea latte to drink hot or iced.

(Em português)

The most usual thing in the worls is to see me with a big mug in my hands or by my side while I'm at home - reading, working on the computer, cooking, takig care of my place, talking to people...
As with anything that comes out of my kitchen, I like to expertiment new blends, that's the number
one reason to desencourage me from using tea bags.

Cooling the Summer heat with popsicles - even if it has to be done without a blender!

(Em português)

It's been at least one or two Summers since I've been willing to post a recipe for popsicles, I don't recall it precisely.
In the meantime I have been thinking of how to make popsicles that won't come out as ice blocks, but that also won't give me too much trouble (by which I mean: don't require a stand mixer, or re-stirring every 30 minutes) nor take weird industrialized ingredients.
Hummm. How to make it simple?
Well, I have found out a few things about this process through trial and error, and I think finally I can share a "formula", as I did with the crunchy bars. Although, before I jump into the recipe, I would like to tell that I have been interviewed by Melanie Moreira for the site Receitas sem fronteiras, talking a bit about the ways that lead me to the kitchen. It is only available in Portuguese, but if you want to check out anyway, click here.
The picture illustrating the interview is by Nicole Samperi.
Are you feeling like going to the kitchen too? :)

Fake summer compote.

(Em português)

A real fruit compote is that beautiful thing, seen in Grandmother houses.

It's a huge mason jar filled with fruit chunks in sugar syrup.

Where my Grandmother lived, there was a pear tree, and when they started to ripen, nobody could eat it all. To solve the problem, compote was made, since it's a preservation method.

Now, this recipe here won't serve to preserve anything, it doesn't last long.

But it looks and tastes a lot like compote, except it takes a lot less sugar.

Summer tea.

(In Portuguese)


I tried to imitate at home an iced tea I had at a cafeteria some days ago.

It's so simple and refreshing, I didn't have time to take a picture.

A refreshment for this heat wave.

(In Portuguese)

I bought molds and made popsicles!
The secret to success, according to a site I've read [it's in Portuguese], is not allowing the water to freeze completely.
Because when that happens the results are just big ice rocks.
Well, to make creamier homemade icecream or popsicles, there are three basic methods.

Super natural.

(In Portuguese)

I got home from work tired,
and that happens in part because of the hot weather.
So I thought I deserved a nice fruit juice.