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Did you Know this about Pistachios?

Pistachio’s: The pistachio is a member of the cashew family and is a small tree originating from central Asia and the Middle East and are a beautiful green nut coated in a purple and pink. Dying the shell red or green covered up the stains. But today about 98 percent of pistachio’s sold in the U.S. are grown in California, where a more mechanized harvesting process means that the nuts are picked, hulled and dried before the shell has a chance to become stained, so there is no need to dye them.

Pine nuts are one of the lesser known nut varieties, but they have been increasing in popularity over recent years. These nuts have a tasty, buttery flavor and they work well as a snack and provide a delicious flavor when used in cooking. This article examines their nutrition profile and the potential health benefits (and drawbacks) they offer. Are pine nuts good for you? WHAT ARE PINE NUTS? Pine nuts are the edible seeds of the pine tree. A hard shell surrounds these nuts, and this shell is enclosed within a pine cone. We can see the actual nuts themselves in the...

Don’t you just love that first harvest of fresh fruit? The bees are busy working away in the orchards spring is in the air. Then we get to go to the market and see a ray of amazing colors from Peaches, Mangos, Apples, etc. You take that first bite out of a peach and the juice runs down your face and onto our hands. Then your mind takes you back to a time when life was so simple. That fresh sweet nectar of that peach just makes you smile. But did you know that DRIED FRUIT was just as GOOD as fresh fruit...

For as long as l can remember l have had an insane love for these majestic nuts. I have gotten quite addicted to them over the years but never really knew what benefits they have in store for my body. I decided to do a deep dive into cashew nuts and was astonished to learn what mother nature brought to the table to protect us for critical ailments. We all go through in our lifetime. So l thought l would share a few key components and shed some light on the healing and health benefits of cashew nut which actually is a...

As they say, knowledge is power and as we grow we are always learning new interesting facts about our selves and where it all began. So stick around and lets leaner things. Almonds A chocolatier will use a least 40% of the world's entire almonds harvest to make our favorite mouth-watering chocolate bars. The almond tree was transported by shippes to California from Spain in the mid-1700s by the Franciscan Padres. It takes an estimated 1000 pounds of almonds to make a 1 pint of almond oil. The outer hulls of Almonds are not consumed by humans and are instead used as cattle feed....