With nuts - 36 cooking recipes

Nuts are the richest source of plant proteins. Some peoples believe that nuts can easily replace meat, which, in turn, is valued precisely as a source of proteins necessary for the human body.

With nuts

In cooking, nuts are used very actively and in a wide variety of dishes. What are nuts? According to botany, a nut can only be a fruit that grows exactly like a hazelnut, otherwise called a hazelnut. That is, nuts are “fruits with a woody pericarp, inside of which there is one seed lying freely.” All other nuts called nuts (for convenience) are actually drupes. This, again, is from a botanical point of view. From a culinary point of view, nuts are: hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pistachios, cashews, chestnuts, pine nuts, coconuts. That is, for culinary experts, nuts are all edible fruits that have a shell - any, hard or soft. Nuts in cooking can be used in crushed form, in crushed form, in whole pieces, the preparation of nuts is varied. Nuts can be added to various meat dishes, salads, baked goods, all kinds of snacks, and pates. Nuts can be added either raw or lightly toasted. The taste of toasted nuts is often even more desirable in a dish. Walnuts are widely used in Georgian cuisine, and in Siberia they love all kinds of recipes with pine nuts. A salad with nuts can easily replace a salad with meat, for example. For those on a diet, it is preferable to replace meat with nuts. Nuts can also support male potency. By the way, there is a certain nut in the world called macadamia, the cost of which exceeds the cost of any other nuts. One kilogram of macadamia nuts costs more than thirty US dollars.