Ah nuts...
(Think with me the newest nursery rhyme sure to be recited next to all the other famous Mother Goose poems for generations...)
Nuts are awesome!
Nuts are great!
Nuts give me something
to Celebrate!
Ok, maybe not, but it could catch on!
Nuts are an excellent source of the good fat. They contain trace minerals (because of deep tree roots), calcium, magnesium, phosphorus (which by the way you need all three of these for your body to absorb the calcium) iron, selenium, potassium, manganese and vitamin B complex vitamins. Pecans especially contain all these.
In Sally Fallon's book "Nourishing Traditions" she says:
"Nuts are an extremely nutritious food if properly prepared...Nuts are easier to digest and their nutrients are more readily available, if they are first soaked in salt water overnight, then dried in a warm oven. (You may also use a dehydrator.) ...Salt in soaking water activates enzymes that neutralize enzyme inhibitors. An excellent snack is crispy nuts with raw cheese."
There's that word again...enzyme inhibitors? When I first read that I thought..."That's so much work to just eat nuts." But I tried it anyway. My family loves it! My husband especially loves it! My first try was doing it with walnuts. It takes out the bitterness and you don't get that super heavy feeling if you eat more than 2 or 3.
Here's a recipe:
4 C Walnuts (halves and pieces)
2 t sea salt
filtered water
Mix walnuts with salt and water and leave in a warm place for at least 7 hours or overnight. Drain in a colander. Spread on a cookie sheet and place in a warm oven for 12 to 24 hours turning occasionally until completely dry and crisp. Store in an airtight container.
On my oven, when I'm turning it on it will "click" before the "warm" setting. That is where I let it sit. You don't want the temperature to get above 150 degrees.
And another thing....
Garden plants can be kind of fussy. They have their friends and they have those they don't really like to be by. Sounds like grade school kids if you ask me. Plants already need so much...good soil, the right nutrients, the right amount of time in the sunlight. But when they grow and mature, it all pays off. Also like grade school kids.
Here is a chart that may help you when you're trying to keep the trouble makers separated.
http://peaceofpreparedness.com/Resource%20Library/Gardening/Companion%20Planting%20Chart%20for%20Vegetables.pdf
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