Nuts are healthy, delicious, and a basic ingredient for an endless variety of recipes, from appetizers to sweets, for all tastes. We present here a rich collection of them along with many curiosities related to the numerous properties enclosed in this precious fruit of nature.
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Walnuts during pregnancy
Dried fruit is an absolutely recommended food in pregnancy: healthy and rich in nutrients, it is a valuable snack for both the health of the future mother and for the foetus.
»How to store walnuts
Have you bought a quantity of walnuts with shells and don’t know how and where to store them?
Here you will find some indications to best preserve the taste and quality of the walnuts, to be able to enjoy them confidently even a year after harvesting!
»White chocolate and walnut brownies
They are exquisite cakes, are very easy to make and are perfect to enjoy with a good steaming coffee. The texture remains softer than the classic ones because white chocolate has a higher percentage of butter.
»Pin cushion with walnut shells
Are your pins scattered all over the sewing box? Can’t find the needles or are you afraid of losing them? With a few simple steps and some walnut shells you can create pin cushions that will be right for you!
»Walnuts for hair health
Hair care also starts from the table: in addition to the right products and healthy hair-care products, nutrition also plays a key role if you want to show off a head of healthy hair.
»Gemmotherapy with walnut buds
Bud-derivatives are flower remedies used for the body’s well-being and to counteract various physical aliments.
»Chocolate and walnut sweet salami
Difficulty: low
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooling time: 3 hours
Servings for: 8/10 people
This no-bake dessert is made from cocoa and biscuits and derives its name from the shape »
Miniature snow houses
Are you decorating your house for Christmas? Do you want a slightly different idea to fill a corner of your nativity scene? Let’s build snow-covered houses with walnuts together!
»Walnut husk: properties, uses and benefits
The walnuts we buy with the shell do not grow attached to the plant as we see them in the store. The shell is in fact protectedby an inedible pulpy layer, the mesh, which has a green colouration.
»Walnuts against study stress
Test anxiety? Thanks to a recent study it has been found that the consumption of walnuts helps to reduce the negative effects of study stress.
»Paccheri with walnuts
Difficulty: low
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 12 minutes
Servings for: 4 people
It takes just a few minutes to prepare, just the time it takes to cook the pasta and you can serve it right away!
»Hot air balloons with walnuts
An activity requiring a fair bit of patience, but which will give you lots of satisfaction and is sure to be loved by children: hot air balloons made with walnuts!
»Eating walnuts to slim down
Our physical well-being is indispensable for our health, but also to feel better about ourselves. Moreover, as the summer season approaches, many are looking to get into shape, starting to diet and exercise.
»Origins and use of walnuts throughout history
The walnut is a plant native to Asia, introduced to Europe in the Archaic period for its edible fruits, and is considered one of the oldest fruit trees known to man.
»Lard, honey and walnut bruschette
Difficulty: low
Cooking time: 10 min
Preparation: 10 min
Servings for: 4 people
These bruschette are perfect as an aperitif, appetiser for a dinner with friends, or delicious snack, and are fast and easy to prepare.
»A Christmas centrepiece
Ready to decorate the Christmas table? Have you already thought of your centrepiece?
If not, you can create one with just a few items, all easy to find!
»Pellegrino Artusi’s Walnut Cake
Pellegrino Artusi is the author of the book Science in the kitchen and the art of eating well, published at the end of the 1800s, which became very famous at the beginning of the last century, so much so that it became one of the most read books by Italians, together with I promessi sposi (The Betrothed) and Pinocchio.
»Why eat nuts all year round
The experts keep telling us: nuts should be eaten all year round.
Nuts can help when we’re feeling particularly exhausted: with the right amount, in fact, these precious foods can provide the right energy to face the day,
»Mushrooms with walnut shells
This is a really easy activity that can also be done with children, either at home or at school… mums, teachers, are you listening?
Here are the instructions to create a jar of mushrooms made with walnut shells.
»Walnuts and Signatura Rerorum
When modern pharmacology did not yet exist, ancient doctors used plants and their extracts to cure or keep the body healthy, using the Doctrine of Signatures, also known as ‘Signatura Rerorum’.
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