In praise of the cashew nut!

[Chris Thailand]

Cashew nuts are my friends. They are my french fries, my bag of crisps, my dinner and sometimes my food groups. They follow a boiled egg at breakfast time, cover a vinegar-drenched salad at lunch and, served with chili and coriander, accompany my beer at night.
They are my friends.
I don't know what they cost in the UK but here I pay between 6 and 8 pounds a kilo depending on the source and can go through a kilo in a week, easily.
Fried until a toasty golden brown in a little olive oil with a light dusting of roughly grated sea salt they are proper food. Real food. Friendly food.
Cashew nuts are my friends

 

[swarnag]

I like cad cashew nuts too. But don't eat that much as they can increase blood sugar levels.

 

[Brunneria]

We have an interesting thread going on about them at the moment, here:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cashews.96370/
lots of people testing their reactions to the darling nuts.

 

[muzza3]

Hi @Chris Thailand

I had a quick look at that great link that @Brunneria posted and it seems you are not alone. So thank you for introducing your good friends because I am bringing them into my circle for an initial catch up and if we get on...they could well become my great friends

Hope all is well
Thanks

 

[Indy51]

I'm seriously addicted to a combination of salted macadamias and cashews - YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

I had a teaspoon of cashew butter at midnight last night hoping the magic nuts would ward off my dawn phenomenon.

Didn't work

 

[13lizanne]

My pleasure is the salted almond - purchased at Lidls approx £3 for a fortnight's supply - I know what you mean @Chris Thailand

 

[ickihun]

I had a teaspoon of cashew butter at midnight last night hoping the magic nuts would ward off my dawn phenomenon.

Didn't work

Did you fast for 10hrs too? I'm surprised.
It just goes to prove we're all different.
Ive had some lovely positive feed back.
I hope you catch your naughty liver out soon.

 

[ickihun]

I had boiled brocolli and cauliflower with cashews in korma curry other day. It was sooooo yummy! The cashews made all the difference. Made my veg chompy.

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

Did you fast for 10hrs too? I'm surprised.
It just goes to prove we're all different.
Ive had some lovely positive feed back.
I hope you catch your naughty liver out soon.

My liver is a rascal. I haven't had dairy for a few weeks and my BG in general has dropped as I am no longer a cheese monster. My DP has yet to get the memo. I just have to be patient.

When my new food processor arrives later this week, the cashew cheese/butter/cream making will begin in earnest. I am like a kid at Christmas waiting for it

 

[Chris Thailand]

Lovely dinner (with beer)

 

[muzza3]

Wow I am so excited I can't sleep. its 1:55am here and I am thinking of jumping in the car going to a 24hr petrol Station and buying some cashews. (I also think I have found this Carb Flu that everyone talks about)

I haven't been this excited since Cliff Richard had his first hit single!!

A few weeks ago I find an Aussie Beer with .5g of Carb per 100ml. Now Cashews are in my sights!!!!

Beer and Nuts!!!!! WoHoooo...........................

 

[Chris Thailand]

Woo-hoo!

 

[muzza3]

Thanks @Chris Thailand and @Brunneria

I'm like a kid in a lolly shop. I haven't been this excited since I met that bloody Professor Taylor and his Newcastle Diet

 

[kokhongw]

Almond nuts, Macadamia nuts and Walnuts all have good carbs:fats: protein ratios.

They are my go to snacks.

 

[JohnEGreen]

Your all nuts.

 

[Pura Vida]

I just noticed that Cashews are relatively high in carbs. 3x higher than walnuts.

http://www.carb-counter.org/nuts/

 

[Brunneria]

I just noticed that Cashews are relatively high in carbs. 3x higher than walnuts.

http://www.carb-counter.org/nuts/

Thats why I posted the link to the other cashew thread. Worth reading. Apparently not all carbs are created equal - as in resistant starch.

 

[Buxtonstill]

These are my favourite snack! Half a big bag is around 6g carbs.

 

[Priam]

Cashew nuts are my friends. They are my french fries, my bag of crisps, my dinner and sometimes my food groups. They follow a boiled egg at breakfast time, cover a vinegar-drenched salad at lunch and, served with chili and coriander, accompany my beer at night.
They are my friends.
I don't know what they cost in the UK but here I pay between 6 and 8 pounds a kilo depending on the source and can go through a kilo in a week, easily.
Fried until a toasty golden brown in a little olive oil with a light dusting of roughly grated sea salt they are proper food. Real food. Friendly food.
Cashew nuts are my friends

Cashews have a hell of a lot of carbos - more than all other nuts, 26.7gms. net per 100gms.