What are the best nuts to eat?

Jay Pentatonic

Every time I look through a healthy eating guide or whatever, I always see under "snack suggestion" that nuts are a great thing to have.

I never really eat them, apart from cashew nuts in an occasional stir fry.
It looks like Hazel nuts & Almonds are great for the skin.

Love to hear any other ideas.
Thank you!

El_Dangeroso

Macadamia nuts are my personal favourite, they have a better fatty acid profile than most nuts and the oil has more monounsaturated fat than olive oil.

<pedant>Cashews are technically not nuts, nuts have a hard shell</pedant>

Sapsorrow

Like Temple said macadamias are the healthiest but so expensive, walnuts have a bit of omega three in them, but I eat almonds and cashews the most just because I love em! Eat them raw and preferably soaked though, roast and salted nuts aren't particularly good for you and may be harmful if you over do them. Aldi are the best value and have a good selection.

Todd Gack

Walnuts and Almonds are the best but all nuts have benefits in moderation.

<pedant>Cashews are technically not nuts, nuts have a hard shell</pedant>[/QUOTE]

Technically Almonds, Walnuts, Peanuts, Pistachios, Macademias or Brazil nuts aren't either, just in a culinary sense but who gives a sh1t about botany.

Sapsorrow

Woah! Just went looking up cashews after you pointed that out Temple, crazy!





What appears to be the fruit of the cashew tree is an oval or pear-shaped accessory fruit (sometimes called a pseudocarp or false fruit) that develops from the receptacle of the cashew flower. Called the cashew apple, better known in Central America as "marañón", it ripens into a yellow and/or red structure about 5–11 cm long. It is edible, and has a strong "sweet" smell and a sweet taste. The pulp of the cashew apple is very juicy, but the skin is fragile, making it unsuitable for transport.
The true fruit of the cashew tree is a kidney or boxing-glove shaped drupe that grows at the end of the accessory fruit. The drupe develops first on the tree, and then the peduncle expands into the cashew apple. Within the true fruit is a single seed, the cashew nut. Although a nut in the culinary sense, in the botanical sense the nut of the cashew is a seed.

Sapsorrow

Cashews are my favourites even more so now I've realised how damn odd they are!

Wonkagirl

I have pumpkin seeds with salads, cereal, soup and porridge.. everything really! they are full of vitamin E, cheap, and tasty!

i also crush walnuts into salads.

Go easy on them tho, only a small handful a day MAX


crushed flaxseeds and linseeds are great for getting things moving below.. i soak 2 tablespoons of linseeds for an hour in boiling water, then throw the lot back before going to bed..

Dotcomdolly

Wow that's cool about cashews.
Dunnes do bags of macadamia + dried cranberries for €1.69 which I thought was pretty reasonable.
I put them in butter laden cookies

neuro-praxis

I buy €10 worth of mixed nuts, seeds and dried fruit from Aldi once a week and mix them together in a huge canister, and this does me and my husband all week for snacks and yoghurt/porridge toppings. I reckon that's pretty good value!

El_Dangeroso

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Wow that's cool about cashews.
Dunnes do bags of macadamia + dried cranberries for €1.69 which I thought was pretty reasonable.
I put them in butter laden cookies

Do they? I must look out for them, which section are they in.

I usually buy macadamias in Julian Graves for €5.99 for 200g. :eek: It'd be great to find a cheaper source.

eclectichoney

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Do they? I must look out for them, which section are they in.

I usually buy macadamias in Julian Graves for €5.99 for 200g. :eek: It'd be great to find a cheaper source.

Tesco do 100g of Macademia nuts for €1.99 (Don't buy them all, leave some for me please! )

columok

eclectichoney wrote:

Tesco do 100g of Macademia nuts for €1.99 (Don't buy them all, leave some for me please! )

Nice work!!!

Dotcomdolly

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Do they? I must look out for them, which section are they in.

I usually buy macadamias in Julian Graves for €5.99 for 200g. :eek: It'd be great to find a cheaper source.

They are with the organics, gluten free etc in my branch. The range is called "eat natural" asfair.
The tescos ones sound better value though.

Khannie

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

I usually buy macadamias in Julian Graves for €5.99 for 200g. :eek: It'd be great to find a cheaper source.

Wait wait wait! You could eat steak for that money.

Macha

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

I usually buy macadamias in Julian Graves for €5.99 for 200g. :eek: It'd be great to find a cheaper source.

Asian shops normally do pretty big, good value bags of nuts, lentils, beans etc.

rubadub

macadamias can be hard to find, I think I only ate them for the first time this year! and I am a fan of most nuts.

Tescos site says they have them 100g for €2, maybe the high price makes them invisible to me!

I want one of those cashew apples:pac::pac:

and those pineberries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineberry

The Pineberry is a strawberry cultivar owned by breeder Hans de Jongh and commercialized by VitalBerry BV [1] in Made, The Netherlands, and publicized in German in April, 2009, as Ananaserdbeere, or pineapple strawberry[2]. It is a hybrid of Fragaria chiloensis, originating in South America and Fragaria virginiana, originating in North America. The fruit flesh can range from soft white to orange and is very fragrant with a slight pineapple flavor.

Jay Pentatonic

Sapsorrow wrote: »

That's mad!!!:eek:

Snackie

Hazel nuts are my choice