BREAKFAST (items for a typical Brazilian breakfast)
- coffee
- milk
- milk with coffee (called pingado here)
- chocolate milk
- orange juice
- fresh bread with butter
- crackers, cookies, toast
- cereal
- corn meal cake (* recipe below)
CORN MEAL CAKE
(Brazilian traditional recipe)
INGREDIENTS:
§ 02 eggs
§ 02 cups of corn meal
§ 02 cups of milk
§ 01 and ½ cup of sugar
§ 01 cup of oil
§ 01 cup of wheat flour
§ 50 grams of shredded parmezon cheese
§ 01 full table spoon of baking powder
§ cinnamon and anise to taste
PREPARING:
Shake the first seven ingredients in the blender.
Pour the batter in a bowl.
Mix the baking powder.
Pour the batter into a greased pan.
Put it in the oven (180º C 40 minutes).
 
LUNCH/ DINNER
Here in Brazil most families eat for dinner the same that was served for lunch. Some families prefer to have a snack by dinner time with sandwiches, crackers, cakes, juice or pop.
- white rice and beans (daily in our menu)
- salad
- meat (red and pork), chicken, fish
- pasta (lasagne, canneloni, fettuccine, spaghetti)
- french fries
- pies (palm heart, chicken, vegetables)
- barbcue
- VIRADO DE FEIJÃO
- FAROFA
- MAIONESE
- FEIJOADA
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DESSERTS
Its just amazing the number of desserts that you can eat here, but we chose four that are often eaten.
- Pies (passion fruit, banana, lemon, strawberry, apple)
- Romeo and Juliet (Guava candy with Minas Cheese. This kind of cheese is white and fresh)
- Cocada (coconut candy)
- Açaí fruit
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Below youll find some tradicional recipes for some of the dishes in the menu.
If youd like to prepare some of them for lunch, wed like to suggest cooking white Rice to eat with the Maionese (entree) , Virado de Feijão, Farofa and a kind of meat of your choice.
These recipes are all very easy and fast to prepare.
MAIONESE
Maionese is a kind of salad, very common here as na entree or as a side dish to be eaten with lunch or with barbcue.
Ingredients
Potatoes
Carrots
Tomatoes
Green, yellow or red peppers
Green beans
Apples (optional)
Salt /lemon/ olive oil /pepper
Mayonnaise
How to prepare
First you chop up the vegetables and put them to boil. Let them cool down and season with the salt, lemon and olive oil and pepper. Add the chopped tomatoes and apple.
Add mayonnaise and mix it all together.
FAROFA 
This dish is typical from the Northeast of the country, but its eaten everywhere
Ingredients
Bacon
Eggs
Sausage
Corn
Peas
Olives
Breadcrumb
How to prepare
First fry the bacon and the sausage. Add the eggs, corn and peas. Mix everything well and add breadcrumb. Mix a little more and its ready to eat!
FEIJOADA
Black beans at Mineiro Style ( style from Minas Gerais State) or Mulato beans at Baiana Style ( style from Bahia State), it doesnt matter! We have a lot of FEIJOADA in BRazil.
Considered a typical Brazilian dish, a very appreciated in other countries, our FEIJOADA was brought to here by the slaves hunger in the Colonial Period.
The slaves used to be submitted to daily unbearable efforts and they used to feed themselves with the leftovers from the BIG HOUSE, where their owners lived. The pork meat parts that werent used in the BIG HOUSE the tail, ears, feet and the chops were what the slaves had to eat. These ingredients, to which we add different kinds of sausage and dry meat is what we call FEIJOADA.
A VERY RICH MEAL
The slaves used to mix the pork meat with the beans while cooking, getting this way, a very nutritive meal to reassure their strengh.
FEIJOADA is often served with FAROFA (recipe included), couve and orange slices.
Virado de Feijão
This is a typical dish from Minas Gerais State, but as the Farofa, its cooked and eaten everywhere in the country.
Ingredients
Beans/Sausage/Bacon/Onions/Salt/ Breadcrumb
How to prepare
First you have to cook the beans very well until theyre soft. After you fry the onions, sausage and bacon. Add the beans and mix. Add the breadcrumb and mix until consistent.
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