Recipe: Spiced Almonds
March 26th, 2007 at 5:26 am (Physical)
Meanwhile, after wishing for some happy medium between the super salty “dry roasted” almonds available for purchase, and the bland-but-meaty raw alternative, I found this recipe in my Eating Well magazine. Over the weekend, I made a version of delicious spiced almonds which is only very loosely based on that recipe. What can I say? A girl doesn’t always have specialty paprika and imported Spanish Almonds on hand. Still, I think they turned out well.
I added lime juice to the egg whites (a coating liquid) and TrueLime crystals to the spices to give the nuts a more citrusy, lime-and-chile flavor. Then I used chile powder, cumin, and a bit of oregano along with my fancy, crushed sea salt. Then I cut out almost all of the brown sugar to make the recipe boyfriend-friendly. Next time, more chile and less cumin, but they were delicious overall, light, and super easy.
It’s funny how suddenly the store-bought version of flavored almonds tastes, well, sorta stale when you make some from scratch.
Les said,
March 27, 2007 at 8:11 am
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Zanitta said,
March 27, 2007 at 4:57 pm
peopl are always saying how good almonds are for you but I just can’t seem to train myself to like them. I’ve tried, really. I’ve been gone for a couple of weeks so I’m a little late in saying but I heart your bento box post. I heart your posts in generally, but it was very cute looking. I’ve been meaning to go to jlist but already have so many things I’m addicted to spending money on I don’t want to add to it (especially seeing as hopefully I will be working in japan by the end of this year so will probabaly be able to get stuff cheaper).
Jen said,
March 29, 2007 at 4:59 am
I love almonds, and may have to try something like this sometime. But I even like them plain.
the veggie paparazzo said,
March 30, 2007 at 10:41 am
Ohh, those sound divine. I think I might have to experiment. Yum!
I bought some smoked almonds to be savory in salads recently, and they are delicious.
BethK said,
April 2, 2007 at 5:33 am
Okay, my mouth is watering. I just bought a can of the “smoke house” flavor, but once those are gone; I’m all over this.