Nuts and Paleo Eating

Last Updated on April 5, 2021 by Ellen Christian

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Nuts and Paleo eating go hand in hand.  If you’re not familiar with the Paleo diet or  Paleolithic diet, encourages people to eat mainly fish, grass-fed pasture raised meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit, fungi, roots, and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, potatoes, refined salt, refined sugar, and processed oils. Our early ancestors were much healthier than we are today. This is, in part, due to the fact that they didn’t have foods like brownies, soda, potato chips, and cheese puffs available to them. They also didn’t sit in a chair all day behind a computer screen or on the couch watching television.

Nuts and Paleo eating

Nuts and Paleo Eating

While I don’t follow the Paleo diet all of the time, I do try to incorporate Paleo meals into my family’s meals and snacks.   I generally don’t have a problem sticking to the Paleo diet for dinner time.  Low carb is really a very healthy way to eat so leaving out the pasta or rice from my meal is not a huge problem.  Where I do seem to have a problem is with snacks and “treats” during the day.  I love to nibble and most of the things that I am used to nibbling on are salted snacks, candy or cookies. None of those are traditionally considered to fit into the Paleo diet. That’s why understanding how nuts and Paleo eating work together is important.

Here are a few of the snacks that I enjoy that do fit into the Paleo diet.

  • Celery sticks and nut butter.  Be aware that peanuts are not part of the Paleo diet. Peanuts are actually legumes and legumes are not included. However, you can enjoy cashew butter or almond butter.
  • You can use nut flours. Because you can use nuts, you are allowed to use nut flours. Baking with them isn’t the same as baking with traditional flour but it is possible. I’m still working on this one.
  • Almond milk can be substituted for dairy in many recipes. I admit that giving up traditional dairy products is the biggest stumbling block for me with the Paleo diet.  Almond milk lets me make things like cream soups and smoothies that are Paleo. I make a yummy Banana Almond Paleo Smoothie that is really good.
  • Nuts as snacks.  When I really get the urge to nibble, I grab a handful of nuts to snack on.  It gives me the ability to snack without snacking on something I shouldn’t.

Nuts and Paleo eating

Fisher Nuts and Chef Alex Guarnaschelli offer several tips on cooking with nuts.  While they aren’t all suitable for the Paleo diet, some are.  These are a few of my favorites:

  • Upgraded Spice Rub: Next time you’re cooking meat, add some ground nuts to your spice rub. The nuts can mellow some of the heat from the spice and add needed richness to the mix.
  • Spruced up Salads: Healthy greens are a great companion to nuts. Try topping a chopped Arugula salad with walnuts or adding pecans to Dandelion greens. Radicchio is delicious with almonds and apples. Using nuts can easily expand your salad horizon.
  • Healthy Snack: Nuts add wonderful flavor and texture when mixed into recipes, but they can also be a healthy snack—season nuts with a little cayenne and quickly roast them in a little olive or nut oil

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This post on nuts and Paleo eating is brought to you by Fisher.   I am working with Fisher to share Chef Alex Guarnaschelli’s recipes and create my own original recipe using Fisher Nuts and tools they provided. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments.

 

79 thoughts on “Nuts and Paleo Eating”

  1. I learned that you can use nuts instead of breadcrumbs for added flavor and nutrition. cjnedrow at gmail dot com
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  2. Crusty Crunch: Use nuts instead of breadcrumbs for added flavor and nutrition. For example, grind some almonds and use them to make a crust for meat or fish.
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  3. I learned to: Coat slices of French toast with ground nuts just before browning the slices. This will add great flavor and texture
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  4. I learned this: Coat slices of French toast with ground nuts just before browning the slices. This will add great flavor and texture. What a yummy idea! :-) Thank you.
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  5. i leanred aobu this: Quick and Simple Dessert: For a great addition to your holiday dessert table, melt some sugar in a pan until golden brown and stir in some nuts. Transfer the mixture to a baking sheet to cook and then break into pieces for a quick and simple nut brittle.
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  6. I learned that they have some great recipes. These ice cream sandwiches look yummy! http://www.fishernuts.com/recipes/desserts/Ice-Cream-Sandwich-Delights
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  7. I learned that you can use crushed up nuts instead of breadcrumbs to give your food that same delicious crunch!
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  8. I learned that their first product was Salted In-Shell Peanuts, followed by Salted In-Shell Sunflower Seeds.
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  9. they have some great recipies I want to try 3 nut pie and the banana nut bread thanks for the chance to win eaglesforjack@gmail.com
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  10. I learned that almonds are cholesterol-free food, contain 14 grams of fat per 1 oz serving,  are a good source of dietary fiber and that an oz of almonds also gives you 35% of your daily allowance of vitamin E.
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  11. Flavorful French Toast: Coat slices of French toast with ground nuts just before browning the slices. This will add great flavor and texture, YUMMY!
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  12. I learned that 21 vitamins and minerals can be found in the pecan, including a good source of thiamin (vitamin B1), and copper and an excellent source of manganese.
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  13. I make my own almond milk and trail mix. I also use almond flour and eat almond butter. I follow a Paleo diet plus have tons of food allergies, so they are a staple for me. This is a great post about the different options as far as the Paleo diet goes!
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  14. Nuts can also be excellent sources of important vitamins and minerals, such as the antioxidant vitamin E.
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  15. I learned that you can add ground nuts to a spice rub in order to mellow out some of the spice or heat.  I did not know that....I'll have to try it.
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  16. i learned that "Nuts can also be excellent sources of important vitamins and minerals, such as the antioxidant vitamin E."
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  17. Website lists 10 Simple Twists on Cooking with Nuts, including #1: Healthy Snack: Nuts add wonderful flavor and texture when mixed into recipes, but they can also be a healthy snack—season nuts with a little cayenne and quickly roast them in a little olive or nut oil.
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  18. According to them Nuts are delicious in a classic rice pilaf. Never would have put them together but now I might have to try it.
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  19. Learned this great tip: Flavorful French Toast: Coat slices of French toast with ground nuts just before browning the slices. This will add great flavor and texture.
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  20. I learned that you can use nuts instead of breadcrumbs for added flavor and nutrition. For example, grind some almonds and use them to make a crust for meat or fish.
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  21. I found this tip very useful : Upgraded Spice Rub: Next time you're cooking meat, add some ground nuts to your spice rub. The nuts can mellow some of the heat from the spice and add needed richness to the mix.
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  22. My favorite nut is the pecan—I learned that the word "pecan" comes from a Native American term that means a nut with a shell so hard it must be cracked with a stone!
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  23. I learned how to make my French Toast so much better by coating it with chopped nuts before cooking. Thank you for the chance to win.
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