Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

We are the same in that respect Megs! I could care less about the sweets! I bet the chex mix spices would be good, does she use a variety of nuts or all one kind?

[not2late]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

She used a variety of nuts and seeds for it.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

Now that sounds yummy! There are so many like pumpkin seeds and pine nuts that would be good in it I bet!

[Heidi3]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

Ok this is an awesome idea!!! I can imagine it would make the house smell yummy for sure!!!

[not2late]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

Right now, I'm cooking the butter spice almonds recipe, using pecans. The house smells so warm and homey, which is great because it's an ugly rainy day.

[Heidi3]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

awwww well it is so sunny here and warming up nicely ..however I was called into work ..nice way to harsh a buzz I say ..at least I can bring home my girls today for a super lunch thanks to a friends great recipe for burgers

[Elizellen]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

Megs - should the almonds for the butter spice recipe be 'peeled' or with the skins on?

[not2late]

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She didn't specify, but I think either would do.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

OK, I found some yummy new flavor of Blue Diamond Almonds, but unforturnatley they use sugar and corn starch among a bunch of other things that I cannot even pronounce in their spice mixture. So, I'd like to try some homemade ones. The flavor is "Bold Wasabi & Soy Sauce"

Question is this, can I put a liquid like Soy in the crockpot and have it flavor the nuts w/o making mushy mess? I think I can probably use Wasabi powder with no problems. But I'm not sure how to achieve the soy taste. Any ideas?

[not2late]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

I've been doing experiments with these nuts and I've found that if you roast the nuts with a light coating of oil, maybe a tablespoon for every pound of nuts, the spices stick to the nuts better. Also if the spices are added towards the last 4 minutes of the roasting, they stick better and don't have a burned/cooked taste to them.

So, maybe you can put the soy into a saucepan and boil it until it reduces by half. Add the warm reduced soy to the almost done nuts, stir well and then toss in the wasabi powder.

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: Weekend Food Experiment (April 15-16)

That sounds like a good plan! Now I need to get to the Oriental store to pick up some wasabi powder!