Grind Your Nuts

Lately, I've been doing a lot of thinking about nuts and how they can be utilized in healthy recipes.

Nuts, you see, are an excellent source of good protein, though you have to be careful not to eat too many if you're on a diet because they're also fattening.

And that's a problem.

I mean, seriously, I can't eat three cashews and then close the bag and put them back in the pantry.

Can you?

Many recipes call for various nuts to add flavor and crunch, and though it's kind of fun to chop your nuts with a knife, it can also be a pain if you need them real fine to add a subtle flavoring and texture that a coarser chop just won't provide.

I solve that problem by demolishing my nuts in a coffee grinder...

Ah, let's rephrase that... I grind my nuts by processing them in a...

Hmmm... well, you get the point, I'm sure. (Excuse my adolescent sense of humor -- I just can't grow out of it, even at age 61 as I make perfectly clear on a regular basis on my Aging Boomers Blog.)

Chet "I Grind My Nuts" Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com/blog