Nuts/10 recipes

Honey nut flavored cream cheese spread on grilled peach halves makes a very quick and easy summer dessert. A little drizzle of extra honey tops it all off. A nice change to your typical peaches and vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Make these nutty and chocolaty bars for a change from classic Christmas cookies. They are easy to make and come out addictively delicious. Be sure to make enough, not only kids love them, grown-ups also can't stop reaching more.

Appalachia Mountain Fudge recipe

Banana Nut Oatmeal Muffins recipe

Semifreddo is another popular dessert in Australia besides pavlova that I made a few days ago. Semifreddo is basically made with egg yolks and heavy cream, it's rich, silky and decadent. Fruits, chocolate or nuts all can be added into the base, pour into a loaf pan, then simply freeze it until it's firm. It's usually served with fruits, or fruit sauce, or candied nuts.

Brussel sprouts are sauteed with browned mushrooms, braised in a tasty tomato sauce, and served with toasted pine nuts and homemade croutons.

It's a simple dish but has lots of delicious flavors. Garlic and lemon zests are cooked in butter-olive oil mixture with additional fresh lemon juice really make this dish heavenly tasty and refreshing. You can sprinkle whatever nuts you have on hand or you prefer on top.

Look for sweet potato noodles in Asian or Korean grocery stories, or use soba noodles or even spaghetti works too. The dish is super easy to prepare, and it tastes delicious. If you are a big fan on Asian flavor, such as sesame oil, sesame seeds, and soy sauce, etc, you will not be able to resist this mouth-watering Japchae.

When making smoothies, use the whole fruit or vegetable and blend in a good high powered blender (Vitamix and Blendtec are two of the best ones). Fresh fruits and vegetables contain large amounts of soluble and insoluble fibre which will help keep blood sugars stable and keep you full for longer. The combination of ingredients in this smoothie makes it an ideal breakfast as it contains protein, fibre, omega-3 fatty acids and probiotics for healthy digestion.

Walford Salad recipe

Banana Nut Bread recipe.

Enjoy this scrumptious banana bread that's made with chocolate chips and chopped nuts.

Sugar snap peas are sweet with a lovely crispiness. We think they are probably the best vegetable now commonly available. In this recipe they are combined with wax beans and radishes along with a light lime dressing that highlights the clean crisp and sweet flavors. A perfect side dish to boost the veggie intake in any meal.

Broccoli and hazelnuts make this nutty, tangy and tasty pesto, it can be mixed into pasta or spread onto bread, wraps. And it is so quick and easy to make.

Orzo, spinach and pine nuts, with garlic, tomatoes and a bit of romano cheese makes an elegant side dish.