Tag Archives: almonds

Easy Sweet and Spicy Nuts

Leave a reply

WARNING!!!!!!!!!!! These nuts are addicting. If you are making a batch of these nuts, may I suggest you make them for a group of people. Otherwise you will eat the entire batch to yourself they are that amazing. Weight watcher points? whose counting… these are nuts people.. they are high in points so eat moderately if you can.

Ingredients:
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup blanched whole almonds
  • 1/2 cup whole cashews
  • 1/2 cup unsalted peanuts
  • 1/2 cup whole pecans
  • 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (add more if you’d like more heat)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves, roughly chopped
Directions:
  1. Melt the butter and sugar in a large skillet over medium heat and add half of the salt.
  2. Add all the nuts.
  3. Cook until the sugar is melted and the nuts are fragrant about 5 minutes.
  4. Add the rosemary, remaining salt and toss.
  5. Immediately spread the nut mixture on a baking sheet lined with wax paper.
  6. Cool completely, and then serve. Store in an air tight container.

Eating Out at West Edmonton Mall

1 Reply

Here’s a common scenario around the holiday’s. You are at West Edmonton Mall performing an all day marathon of shopping. It’s around 5 pm and your stomach starts growling. You start heading to the food court and examine the dinner choices around you, KFC, McDonald’s, Subway, Asian or Indian food. All high in fat, sodium and TONS of Calories. When I am at West Edmonton Mall and the hunger bug hits me, I head to the food court by the mini golf. There’s a great healthy fast food place here called FRESHII. It has a great selection of healthy food and the best part is you can select what goes into your food. For simplicity sake I always order the Protein Salad (it’s my favourite). It contains almonds, tuna, spinach, tomatoes, and other goodies. Also, make sure you order your dressing on the side. This way you can control the amount of added calories from your dressing.