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Old 04-13-2006, 11:20 PM   #1  
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I am trying to become more aware of what types of foods I eat over and over again so that I can discover new foods. Here are some seeds and nuts that my family and I eat fairly regularly.

sesame seeds (in various recipes whole and freshly ground)
flax seeds (on salads)
almonds (in salads, with steel cut oats)
walnuts (in salads, on oatmeal as a snack, in certain recipes)

cashews (not very often but in some recipes and freshly roasted as a snack)
peanuts (not very often.. but sometimes)

This is all I can think of off hand.. of coarse I am not including grains.. saving that for a separate thread. I'll be looking for new ideas to use what we already eat and new seeds that we haven't tried.
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suppose I should add beans to this thread....

soybeans (dried beans, fresh sprouts, tofu, soybean paste)
red beans (small Asian)
pinto beans
peas
black eyed peas
mung beans (dry beans and fresh sprouts)
kidney beans
black beans

That sounds about it ..
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Great idea!

I had a pine nut for the very first time last week
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ah, thanks Suzanne! pine nuts... I missed that one. We use it as a garnish in certain meat dishes, an essential ingredient in pesto sauce, and as a topping to certain teas. How did you use them?

Also forgot

sunflower seeds
pumpkin seeds

I add these to salads. Don't know what else to do with them.
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ah.. add mukamame (shelled edamame) to my list of soybeans
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Pistachios!! Not the red ones...why are they red???

And lately I'm loving white kidney beans...I don't know if they actually taste different or if I just like how they look.

Mmmmm...pumpkin seeds. I often roast whatever seeds we get out of squash when we have them. Sometimes they are great, sometimes mostly shell. Hit or miss really.

And I LOVE garbanzo beans/chick peas seasoned and roasted til they are crunchy. My husband equally HATES them because they are so LOUD...so I eat them mostly when he isn't around.

Pine nuts and tea? How? Am I reading that right? I love tea...have never had pine nuts.

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Pistachios!! Not the red ones...why are they red???
Ah yes pistachios.. the red ones are red from an added dye.. why red? Beats me...

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And lately I'm loving white kidney beans...I don't know if they actually taste different or if I just like how they look.
White kidney beans? I've never heard of them. Do you cook them the same way?

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Pine nuts and tea? How? Am I reading that right? I love tea...have never had pine nuts.
I add pine nuts to specialty teas. Rice tea (made from ground brown rice), date tea actually made from Jujubes, and something called "Royal tea" which tastes very sweet and is almost like medicine. The pine nuts are great in all of the above.
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The kidney beans I've only used in chili...canned. I use black beans and white kidney beans...black and white chili...okay so you can't tell but I know and it makes me happy.

So with the pine nuts in tea do you use them whole (snack at the bottom of the cup?) or ground up as a topping?

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The kidney beans I've only used in chili...canned. I use black beans and white kidney beans...black and white chili...okay so you can't tell but I know and it makes me happy.
Ah, so you can't tell they are white.. I will look for them.

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So with the pine nuts in tea do you use them whole (snack at the bottom of the cup?) or ground up as a topping?
Pine nuts float so they stay on top of the tea; Added whole they are attractive, add a little nutrition, and even a soft nibbling action when you get one in your mouth. I don't ever recall seeing them served in tea leaf tea.. black or green.
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Ah, so you can't tell they are white.. I will look for them.
Well...no...they're white...and look white...its just once they are all mixed in with the other chili stuff its hard to tell! I bet in a bean salad or something they would be pretty. I've found them in the organic section and in the mexican food section.

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oooh, I forgot about chestnuts. I buy them fresh in the fall and dried in other seasons. A friend of mine buys them frozen. I had never thought to look for frozen chestnuts, but after tasting her dish, I certainly will look for them.

I wonder if I buy them in the fall if I could manage to freeze my own. I guess they would just have to be peeled and frozen. It's worth a try.
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Pine nuts are good in cinnamon tea. A friend of mine made a gallon of it for me yesterday. You make it with whole cinnamon. She won't give me the recipe. It's her "secret". It is very sweet so I froze most of it in smaller portions.
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ooooooooooh Why didn't anyone tell me that jalapeno hummus tastes so good on sliced raw mushrooms???!!!

I've found a new lunch! um... but I need to buy some more mushrooms! yum yum
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Okay...so maybe I'm a bit slow or just live in the boonies...but what IS hummus? I've seen it in the grocery...I know its like spread or dip...but I've never paid attention to what it is or tried it. I wouldn't know what to do with it if I did buy it so I'm just in the dark about it! Really, though...if it goes with mushrooms its probably okay by me!
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Yup... maybe you live in the boonies.
Hummus is a chickpea paste. It is served many different ways but I usually use it as a spread on bread, crackers, or as a vegetable dip. I just never tried it on mushrooms before. I have to admit though, it is supposed to be easy to make but I just buy it ready made (careful to look at the ingredients first).

It is really good as an alternative to a peanut butter and bread craving. It has a lot of protein etc.
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