5 Good Ideas for Eating Nuts

Cheese, arugula and walnut toast

Here you have an alternative to the classic sausage or jam toast, much more balanced and with a good dose of nuts, one of the most beneficial nuts in the pantry.

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Tagliatelle with asparagus and pine nut pesto

Our version of the traditional pesto with asparagus and pine nuts is downright delicious. And it gives good ideas for adding nuts to pasta, another way to add this essential food to your diet.

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Pistachio and cheese bonbons

Another idea to incorporate nuts into the diet is to crush them and use them to bread meats and fish. Or, as in this case, to make some cheese and pistachio bonbons that are more than delicious.

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Turkey with vegetables and cashews

Not only in bites and spoon dishes do nuts have a place, you can also incorporate them into sautéed meats and poultry, as a side. Here we have put cashews in a turkey and vegetable roast.

Roasted apples with dried fruit

Something as simple as adding some nuts and dried fruits can turn the typical roasted apple of a lifetime into a delicious and very healthy dish. Fit both to surprise the guests and to throw a party yourself, of course!

Nuts have many benefits and are a great source of essential nutrients, so they are worth consuming frequently. However, the fame that they get fat makes them often relegated to a specific whim.

Is it your case? Do you just snack on a few between meals or add them to yogurt or salad? Discover 5 ways to incorporate them into firsts, seconds and desserts, and 5 recipes that prove it. This way you will take advantage of all the beneficial properties of nuts.

1. At breakfast

If you always have breakfast toast with jam or sausage, check out the cheese, arugula and walnut toast in our gallery, and you'll see how you repeat. The formula is super easy and very versatile. You just have to put a layer of the cheese that you like the most and combine it with your favorite nuts and a plus of vegetable fiber: lettuce, arugula, lamb's lettuce, olives, pickles … But if you are more sweet, in addition to cheese and nuts, add a little jam or honey.

2. In pasta sauces

The old-fashioned pesto is made with pine nuts, basil, Parmesan, and olive oil. But it is not the only way to eat nuts with pasta. In addition to red pesto (a version with dried tomatoes), there are also sauces with walnuts and blue cheese or with almonds and cream, for example. In the case of our recipe, it has asparagus and pine nuts.

3. In the breading

Instead of passing the fish, chicken or loin through flour after egg, do it for a bite of the dried fruit that you like the most. You can even chop them with Parmesan and the result will be even more surprising. This way you will give a new look to this useful recipe every day. In our proposal, we have chosen to even do without meat and fish, and we have made some chocolates of cheese and pistachio. A delicious snack with a spectacular look.

4. In stews and beans

Cooked vegetables and any stew also gain flavor with a handful of nuts. You can add, for example, some almonds when there are 5 minutes to go until the end of cooking a stew. As well as including them in chicken dishes, fish dishes, stir-fries of all kinds, or roasted in the oven, such as ours with turkey and vegetables.

5. In the dessert

Remember that not only can they substitute or mix with flour in cakes, muffins or cookies, with nuts you can also give a twist to the typical baked apple, like the one we propose in the gallery. Frankly, we have been … delicious!

6. Cashew nuts, stars of vegan cuisine

Cashews often go unnoticed among pistachios, walnuts, and almonds. But they are not secondary at all. In vegan cuisine (the one that does not use any food of animal origin, not even eggs, milk or cheese) they are the undisputed protagonists. Vegans use them, for example, to make versions of cheese without milk or to substitute for kitchen cream in many recipes. If you have problems with lactose, you can try it.