Try including nuts and dried fruits in your diet every day during April and let us know how you feel! In this article, we will share with you some important moments of eating nuts and dried fruits, and what health benefits they can bring to your life. If you want to know more about these facts, keep reading!

What is the right time to eat nuts and dry fruits?

Obviously, we are biased and think that any time is a good time to add nuts and dried fruit to your diet, but, these tasty recipes are great to add to your breakfast or as a mid-morning or afternoon snack. This is the time when our bodies need energy, to kick-start the day and then to help us get to our main meals without a lack of energy, which can make us reach for those sweet snacks.

Nuts and dried fruit are little nutrient power-houses and so adding them to your breakfast can give you a boost of nutrients even before you start your day. They are also very versatile and so, can be used for both sweet or savoury dishes and can be used as an integral part of a recipe, such as in a smoothie (here are some delicious nut smoothies), or as a breakfast topper. You can also use nut butter or spreads to give your toast a delicious flavour, just make sure it is natural and doesn’t contain any added sugar (check out our hazelnut chocolate spread).

Mid-morning or even afternoon can be a time when energy levels can start to drop, and you need a boost to get going and get back into the rhythm. Nuts and dried fruit can provide you with just that. Many nuts contain a mix of protein, fat and some carbohydrates to provide energy throughout the day and dried fruit is a good source of fibre making them the perfect snacks to eat in between meals.

Nuts and dried fruit to include in your daily diet.

All nuts and dried fruit are delicious and each contribute as part of a healthy diet. Below are some quick ideas on how to incorporate them into your meal plan and what they can do for you.

Nuts and dried fruits to include in your daily diet.

All nuts and dried fruits are delicious and each contributes as part of a healthy diet. Below are some quick ideas on how to incorporate them into your meal plan and what they can do for you.

• Adding dates to your salad will not only make it taste sweeter, but due to their high fiber content, adding dates to salads can also help prevent constipation and help with your overall digestive health.
• Eating almonds during a work or school break will help boost energy levels to keep your mind sharp throughout the day. They are a very handy snack to take with you when traveling, remember 23 makes a healthy handful.
• Dried figs are notable for their phenolic content, a type of antioxidant. Antioxidants help protect our cells from damage which in turn can help prevent certain diseases. Dried figs are a great ingredient to sweeten up a dish as you will see in our recipe below.
• Raisins can be great as a topping to sweeten up your oatmeal. Raisins are high in potassium, which contributes to maintaining normal blood pressure, helpful if you are going to have a stressful day.
• Walnuts can add a lovely flavour to your breakfast. Walnuts have many health benefits and eating the recommended daily amount of 30 grams (14 pieces of walnuts) a day improves the elasticity of blood vessels which helps blood flow.

Healthy recipes with nuts and dried fruits

Live it up and make this delicious Walnut, Pecan and Dried Fig Banana Bread! It’s easy to make and great for breakfast, giving you a nourishing boost to start your day.

Recipe Walnut, Pecan and Dried Fig Banana Bread:

This recipe is a great way to use up overripe bananas, it bursts with sweet bananas, cinnamon, dried figs and walnuts. It will last for a few days and is even better toasted, and spread with a layer of peanut butter!

Does anyone get a walnut and dried fruit mix? Roasted nuts and dried fruit, mixed with spices.

Recipe Spiced Nut and Dried Fruit Trail Mix

Roasted nuts and dried fruit, infused with spices. The key to this recipe is to roast the nuts well, to really bring out the rich, nutty flavor. You can do this in a dry pan over medium heat or in a preheated oven like ours. All nuts are unroasted and unsalted.

Hopefully, this article has given you some tips and inspiration to incorporate nuts and dried fruit into your life on a daily basis.

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