Nuts: 50 Tasty Recipes, from Crunchy to Creamy and Savory to Sweet

by Patrick Evans-Hylton

Nuts are a delicious part of a healthy diet. Whether it's introducing nuts to a fresh salad or making homemade nut butters and nut milks, the 50 recipes in this beautifully photographed cookbook show off the savory and sweet possibilities of nuts in the kitchen. The book focuses on the nine most commonly available nuts: almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, and walnuts and includes nut butters, nut milks (almond milk is easier than you think), snacks (trail mix and more), savory entrées (e.g., Lamb Chops with Pistachio Gremolata), and desserts (Macadamia Chocolate Rum Balls and Dark Chocolate Pine Nut Brittle, anyone?). Eating healthy never tasted so good.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food and Drink

144 pages, Hardcover

First published August 25, 2015

Reviews

[Cidney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a bad little book! It tells you the names of the nuts with a helpful two pages of coloured photographs, their nutritional content, how to store them and prepare them, together with techniques for roasting and toasting also. I liked the recipe for making peanut butter and nutty popcorn munch and there were some main meal recipes such as grilled peanut chicken skewers, pecan encrusted pork chops, and also some good brownie recipes. The one thing I didn't like was the recipes for such things as almond milk not that's a real faff to make and would be a lot quicker going to the corner shop and buying a carton. Worth keeping though and trying out more recipes when have more time, like after christmas.

[Luisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this little book. It's a recipe book, but it's more than that too. It offers information like how to store nuts, techniques for roasting, descriptions of different varieties, etc. It includes tree nuts, peanuts/legumes, and sunflower/sesame/pumpkin seeds.

The assortment of recipes was impressive too, and was not as baked-goods focused as I expected. It includes expected items like homemade almond milk and nut butters, but the majority of recipes are new to me. I can't wait to try many of them, such as Mushroom Walnut Sauce, Chestnut Bread Pudding with Parmesan Cream Sauce, and Banana Cashew Ice Cream. There are sections for meat-based and seafood-based recipes, but I can't comment since I don't eat meat.

Many recipes include a blurb at the end with a fun fact about the nut in that recipe, for example "Arachibutyruophobia is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth." Fun addition.

The book is well laid out in sections by category, with the informative/how-to parts at the beginning, and very easy to navigate. There are some photos of the finished dish, although not for every recipe.

I'm sure I'll be using this book more often than I would have thought.

Thanks to the publisher for providing a free copy through goodreads in exchange for an honest review.

[Penny lurkykitty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great little cookbook. It starts by describing the different types of nuts and how to store and prepare them. Then it has chapters of recipes of how to incorporate nuts into a wide variety of dishes. I can't wait to make the Comatose by Chocolate Brownies. There is even a nut martini. This book is beautiful to look at and the recipes are easy to understand. Very helpful if you are trying to incorporate more nuts into your diet. It would be a fantastic gift for your favorite foodie.
I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway and I'm really grateful for it.

[Mary Cokenour · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the go-to book about nuts - using, storing, history of, and plenty of tasty recipes, each with a photo of the finished item. Nice addition to the library of any cookbook collector; and great if looking for a new idea for what to cook instead of the same old, same old.

This book was won through a Goodreads Giveaway contest.