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What's your favorite nut?

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  • MomReborn
    MomReborn Posts: 145 Member
    edited March 2017
    Soooo, I just finished off a bag of coconut-covered cashews. They were a new item. I already like them plain, so why not? Guess I'll be working out on all the things tonight. :D

    I also love almonds. I'm learning to incorporate almond flour in my baking recipes. Macadamias are pretty decent. I do enjoy walnuts for their savory undertones. Oh, pecans and pistachios are pretty good in homemade ice cream! I suppose I'll give those a whirl sans cream one of these days :)
  • bunnyluv19
    bunnyluv19 Posts: 103 Member
    Roasted,salted cashews are delicious_as a special treat for me! I love raw almonds and English walnuts for everyday eating :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,966 Member
    My favourites are salted almonds, but they're too high in calories to include in my diet on a regular basis so I save them for weekends where I'm doing really long rides.

    As it happens they are full of electrolytes, so that works. :)
  • JaxxieKat
    JaxxieKat Posts: 427 Member
    As a vegan I rely on cashew nuts, because I make mock cheese sauces with them. Although I am also quite partial to pecans and walnuts in my salads and stir fry.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    My favorite nut to eat plain is walnuts.
    I prefer other nuts in something like a trail mix, salad, baked goods, etc.
  • pdxwine
    pdxwine Posts: 389 Member
    I eat 8 unsalted almonds every morning as a snack. I love them. Tasty and easy to take with me anywhere int he world.

    I also love hazelnuts.

    For me, nuts are enjoyed as they are. I do not like them baked in to foods. I do, though, love hazelnuts on a salad.
  • U2R2
    U2R2 Posts: 260 Member
    Love about all nuts but hickory nuts might be my favorite.
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    earlnabby wrote: »
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    I absolutely hate the taste of American Black Walnuts except if they're baked in anything.

    Black walnuts are good for one thing: the wood from the tree makes great furniture.

    English walnuts are great eating!

    I was a lumber inspector back in the early 80s. Loved inspecting Black Walnut lumber. The rules were completely different from anything else.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Marcona almonds. Yesssss. I'll take them any way.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Hmm, tough question. I eat a lot of nuts and seeds. We have pecan trees and hazelnut bushes. Also wild black walnut trees but I don't eat those. But I probably eat more almonds than anything because they are cheap and come in such a variety of flavors. I eat a handful of almonds almost every day. But roasted and salted pecans might be my favorite.
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    roasted low sodium peanuts or hot nuts inside the shells
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    rashadlc1980 wrote: »
    It would have to be walnuts. I can make Vegan alternative meats with it by soaking them in water for about 6-12 hours and mix equal parts of Walnuts and portabella mushrooms in a food processor. Then cook in a skillet with seasoning. Great for spaghetti, tacos, etc...

    I call it brain food. High in calcium and other minerals.

    Oh, I'm not vegan this sounds yummy. Do you use roasted walnuts or raw?
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    earlnabby wrote: »
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    I absolutely hate the taste of American Black Walnuts except if they're baked in anything.

    Black walnuts are good for one thing: the wood from the tree makes great furniture.

    English walnuts are great eating!

    I an remember countless hours spent as a child picking and hulling black walnuts. I could never eat them though because they madke itchy bumps on my tongue.
  • yskaldir
    yskaldir Posts: 202 Member
    I can't decide between left and right.
  • Whit_88
    Whit_88 Posts: 36 Member
    Pecans. 2nd is pistachios



  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    earlnabby wrote: »
    markrgeary1 wrote: »
    I absolutely hate the taste of American Black Walnuts except if they're baked in anything.

    Black walnuts are good for one thing: the wood from the tree makes great furniture.

    English walnuts are great eating!

    I was a lumber inspector back in the early 80s. Loved inspecting Black Walnut lumber. The rules were completely different from anything else.

    My Great Grandmother had a 5 acre stand of black walnuts on the farm that was hers, and hers alone. Worked better for pocket money than selling eggs.

    Hickory nuts are also kind of a pain to shell and not the tastiest.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Brazil, pistachio, walnut, pecan, almond, and macadamia. Love all of those equally.
  • Fittreelol
    Fittreelol Posts: 2,535 Member
    Macadamia, cashews, pistachios, and almonds for eating plain. Except I developed an almond allergy last year along with chia seeds for some ungodly reason. I like walnuts and hazelnuts in food. I have gotten raw thumbs from pistachio sprees before. :flushed:
  • MargaretLunan
    MargaretLunan Posts: 5,299 Member
    cashew
  • fidangul
    fidangul Posts: 673 Member
    -Hazelnuts: raw or lightly roasted.
    -Blanched almonds!!
    -Roasted sunflower seeds still in shell.

    No salt added to any nut. Not because of sodium but just because I prefer not to have that taste.
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,235 Member
    Cashew and pistachio.
  • sarraheclark
    sarraheclark Posts: 125 Member
    A Donut.
  • catmomfat
    catmomfat Posts: 97 Member
    Pecans, cashews, hazelnuts,walnuts. Almonds upset my stomach horribly. I LOVE nuts though. I crave nuts, cheese, beans and seitan.
  • Blubberbuster1
    Blubberbuster1 Posts: 265 Member
    My favourite is pistachios and cashews, but eat them on rare occasions.
    I'm more likely to eat Almonds though.
  • Emily3907
    Emily3907 Posts: 1,445 Member
    Mmmm......I love all the nuts! My favorite though is probably pecans, followed closely by walnuts (especially in brownies!). I can eat them any which way. Simply roasted with salt, sweet, savory, etc.

    One thing I love to do is roast almonds, drizzle with a little bit of melted dark chocolate (I just melt dark chocolate in the microwave or on the stove) and sprinkle on sea salt!

    I buy bags of nuts from Costco and freeze them (I think I have 3 bags of pecans at the moment). Then I just pull out what I want to eat, thaw, roast and season. Easy portion control.
  • dunlol
    dunlol Posts: 57 Member
    I'm surprised there aren't any sexual jokes that I've seen lol. Anyways, almonds by far. If the peanut was actually a nut it'd be a tie.
  • Ayse818181
    Ayse818181 Posts: 11 Member
    Planters fancy jumbo whole sea salted roasted cashews are my current addiction and I have no idea if and when it will end!
    They go great with a bottle of ice cold diet Coke.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,037 Member
    Pistachios. In the shell and salted...
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    I love cashews and bbq or honey roasted peanuts. I like hazelnuts and almonds but only with chocolate around them haha
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    walnuts! I love, love them!!

    I really love all nuts...they are worse than crack.
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