Eating a lot of cashews at the mo. Looking to mix things up with an alternative. Any recommendations? Must be plain – no salt, dry-roasted or honey glaze etc as this will be a general day-to-day nut – I save the fancy stuff for the weekends. Thanks

roasted walnuts

or brazils and macadamia for treats

Ah, another nut, nut. I can’t get enough cashews at the mo. Keep the alternatives coming (not that I will be giving up my Cashews for a while)

Home toasted almonds is great too. Eat them while they are still steaming and feel your belly heat from the inside!

almonds, definitely almonds

Thought about roasting some sesame seeds at home? Very tasty (and takes about 2 minutes to do a weeks batch)

A little salt if you fancy a treat, but far from necessary.

Pecan.

Hazel, Walnut, Almond, Brazil; my particular favourites.

Surely pistachio deserves a mention if only for its self regulating pace?
#eatnutsresponsibly

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Walnut, pecan, pistachio……

They’re expensive and lardy and more of an ingredient than a snack, but I could eat toasted pine nuts until I no longer fitted through doors.

Almonds…preferably smoked……

Pistachio for sure. Not brazils they are horrible greasy things.

Plain old monkey nuts. Taste nice, no unhealthy coating, cheap and the shell slows you down a bit.

No help to your choice whatsoever, but very few of these are actually nuts.
Linky – this one’s ok for work, but the rest of the site might not be.

Oh, and: Walnuts

Beware pumkin seeds. They are dangerously addictive.

Macadamia.
APF

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Some good recommendations here – thanks folks. But seeds? Really? In a nut thread? Jeez, you guys… And twicewithchips – lets not even go there. Think my head might explode.

Pistachio – Tracker, I’m with you on the self-regulating nature of this fine nut, but for me thats a negative. Think of your fingernails.
Hazelnut – nope, bland and too dry. I consider this a ‘filler’ nut. Given up buying mixed nuts as they tend to be a bag of hazelnuts with few token almonds thrown in.
Brazil – now we’re talking. These are definitely on the list. Best coated in yoghurt flavouring but also works well plain. However, a bad brazil is a real turn off. My other half claims there is no such thing as ‘off’ brazils but I maintain its a common experience.
Pecan – Good, but needs maple syrup in the vicinity to work AFAIC
Almond – Think this might be the one actually. Tasty. Think this will be my next bag.

As an aside, anyone still crack their own nuts these days? Tried it the other day – OK, you get a fresher nut experience, but blimey, what a faff.

I await the follow-up “what niche artisan single-speed double-edged wood-burning nutcracker” thread with anticipation. It really makes your nuts come alive! Er, erm.

You’re right about brazils – seem to be more susceptible to going off than other nuts. Check the best before date.
I know you’re after a day-to-day nut but my top three list would have to include smoked almonds (too fancy?) and macadamias (think of the food miles!). I’d find it really difficult to make a call for the third place.