The Joy of Almonds Nutrition

Millions of people across the nation love the immensely satisfying sweetness and crunch of ALMOND JOYS especially the dark chocolate variety. Am I right? It's not only satisfying, but it is also loaded with Antioxidants and fibers from the dark chocolate and of course the almonds. Unfortunately its also loaded with excess sugar as well, so you must find other healthier ways to enjoy the almonds nutrition benefits.

Almonds nutrition provide a great source of Vitamins E, and contain substantial amounts of magnesium, manganese and copper all very important to biochemical reactions in our bodies, healing wounds, and keeping our bones strong. Almonds nutrition also provides other amazing health benefits, such as lowering cholesterol, preventing anemia, along with aiding your weight loss by keeping you full between meals due to Almonds high fiber and protein content. Almonds nutrition also protects your prostate and prevents diabetes by slowing the rise in blood sugar, which occurs after eating carbohydrate rich meals.

You can enjoy Almonds nutrition in just about anything, since almonds can be found anywhere. Benefit from Almonds nutrition while eating your oatmeal, on top of yogurt, in your salads for an extra nutritional boost and textural crunch, replace almond butter with peanut butter and enjoy a delicious almond butter honey or jelly sandwich. 

You can even put almonds on entrees such as salmon or trout, magnifying the flavor and adding an extra crunch to any snack or meal. Getting your Almonds nutrition on a daily basis is essential to your daily health. To maximize the amount of Almonds nutrition you get, put them on everything or eat them by themselves.

Below you will find my favorite way to make a healthy antioxidant and fiber packed healthy snack and get your days worth of Almonds nutrition with homemade granola enjoy!!!

Ingredients:

2 cups raw, whole Scottish oats

1 cup almonds, chopped

¼ cup raw seeds sunflower or pumpkin seeds

½ cup unsweetened dried fruit( blueberry, strawberry or cranberry) chopped

2-3 tablespoons raw honey

2 tbsp virgin coconut oil(liquid form)

½ tsp almond extract

1 large pinch fine sea salt

Procedure

Preheat the oven to 300º F. 

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well and toss to coat

Spread the mixture in a thin layer on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, until very lightly toasted.

Cool before serving or storing.

Enjoy!

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