In the discounters we find like every year somehow excessively early Christmas speculaas, marzipan and gingerbread. However, with their mostly substantial sugar content, they are not always very healthy. And little and big fat pads like to accumulate in winter, by the way.
In this respect, I advise to resort to the biological treats, even if it costs more, best the vegan biological. They provide you with complete nutrients and mostly taste better too.
Also nuts from the fresh harvest are available again. The self-cracking has something special as I think. To get to the coveted core, you have to take the matter into your own hands. There are also fewer nice surprises, as in real life, bitter nuts to sort out. The great rest we can taste.
At the latest to Santa Claus Christmas Nibbler is really announced. This is traditional and makes sense.
Nuts were already used as a remedy by different peoples in various cultures, whether in the Persians, in China or in the European Middle Ages. Hildegard von Bingen especially recommended the almond. Also, they often gave rise to a certain veneration and were considered fertility symbol.
For the birth of a child nut trees were planted in some places, they should protect from evil spirits. The myths about them do not come as a surprise, as they arrived in Europe just in time for the cold winter, to be able to survive the cold season better than extraordinary nutrient-rich energy donors.
For centuries, Nicholas has traditionally brought nuts and apples, which he has brought to the door of poor people at the origin of this rite.
Nuts are very healthy
The different nuts not only offer different tastes, but also different nutrient compositions. What they all have in common is that they are high-protein power fruits and, as such, an important food for vegetarians and vegans.
They provide more brain power and protection for the heart. That they are also quite fatty is not a problem, as they mainly contain unsaturated fatty acids. In particular, walnut, followed by almonds and peanuts provide a high proportion of the particularly healthy polyunsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Heart and healthy arteries also have a high content of vitamin E, again with walnut and almond in the first place. |
Magnesium and other minerals and trace elements such as iron, copper, selenium and essential amino acids but ultimately make all nuts to a salutary fruit, which is therefore further researched in its many effects.
The walnut is even supposed to lower the risk of cancer. "As an effective antioxidant, it puts the so-called free radicals out of action, proven cancer-promoting unstable oxygen molecules," says the cancer expert Dr. med. Gary D. Stoner.
So there are many reasons to grab these little fruits, whether cracked or not, and as regularly as possible, and not just in winter. Also, one may vary their use. As a so-called trail mix as a nut mix or in cereal or dessert, in a salad or in a cake and also some warm savory dishes, they always provide a special taste experience. © Karin Jansen |