It's Nuts I tell you........DRIED PEACHES

This week from nuts.com website (https://nuts.com/) its DRIED PEACHES. Moist and Delicious California grown Peaches! This is just one of many of the healthy and delicious items that you can purchase at the Nuts site (https://nuts.com/) You can choose from items like; NUTS, DRIED FRUIT, CHOCOLATES and SWEETS, SNACKS, COFFEE and TEA, COOKING and BAKING, and GIFTS. Plus there's FREE shipping on orders over $59, see for details. So below is more info on the DRIED PEACHES. Enjoy and Make 2019 a Healthy One!




DRIED PEACHES
We take pride in our dried peaches—if you ask us, they’re the best-tasting dried peaches our green

Earth has to offer. Domestically grown in California, you’ll fall in love with these peaches after just one bite. Dried peaches are moist, delicious and full of potassium.

Health Benefits of Dried Peaches
1 - Red-pigmented beta-carotene is a powerful member of the antioxidant family. Visible in the vibrant orange color of California peaches, beta-carotene is transformed to vitamin A in the body.

2 - Vitamin A plays a crucial role in maintaining the skin, internally and externally, as well as in protecting the eyes, building strong teeth and bones and healthy hair. Additionally, research indicates that vitamin A has been linked to reduced rates of cancer and heart disease. Just one serving of California peaches contains six percent of the U.S. RDA for vitamins.

3 - Vitamin C boosts the immune system, promotes healing and helps prevent cancer, heart disease and stroke. This aggressive antioxidant is essential to optimum health and California peaches can help. One half-cup serving of canned peaches contains eight percent of the U.S. RDA.

4 - Research indicates that vitamin E is particularly effective in preventing heart disease and breast cancer. While vitamin E is primarily found in vegetable oils, nuts, seeds and wheat germ, California peaches contain a significant amount. In a study conducted by Ohio State University, one half-cup serving of canned peaches contributes up to 24% of the U.S. RDA for vitamin E.

5 - Peaches offer a source of carbohydrates, protein, dietary fiber, vitamin C and vitamin A. This nutritious fruit also contains boron, known to boost estrogen levels in postmenopausal women, stimulate the brain, and aid in prevention of osteoporosis.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size 40g (~1.4 oz.)

Amount per serving
Calories 114
Calories from Fat  2
%DV
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 2mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 26g 9%
Dietary Fiber 3g 11%
Sugars 16g
Protein 2g

* Store open or closed under refrigeration for up to 1 year. This item can be frozen.
Approximately 15 pieces per pound.

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It's Nuts I tell you........ORGANIC DRIED MANGO

This week from the nuts.com website (https://nuts.com/) ORGANIC DRIED MANGO. Besides the Dried Mango you can also choose from other Dried Fruits like; Apples, Bananas, Cranberries, and more. But besides the Dried Fruit you can also find items like NUTS, CHOCOLATES and SWEETS, SNACKS, COFFEE and TEA, COOKING and BAKING, and GIFTS. You can purchase most items in bulk or small amounts. Plus there's FREE shipping on orders over $59, see for details. Now more on the Dried Mango. Enjoy and Eat Healthy in 2018!  https://nuts.com/




ORGANIC DRIED MANGO
Our organic dried mango is naturally sweet, rich and vibrant. It’s simply mango with no additives or

sweeteners. We source the sweetest and choicest mango “cheeks” we could find, so the pieces are large and delicious. Our organic mango is peeled and cut by hand at the peak of ripeness so you can really taste the difference. Oh, it is a bit harder to chew, so be careful, but it’s worth it.

Health Benefits of Dried Mango
Organic dried mango is a healthy option for satisfying your sweet tooth. It delivers a rich source of dietary fiber which makes this delicious tropical fruit a satisfying snack that keeps you feeling full and supports the digestive system. As an abundant source of vitamin C, a serving of organic mango goes a long way to boost your immune system. Vitamin C also acts as a protective antioxidant in the body to defend cells against the damaging effects of free radicals.

Ingredients
Organic Mango Packaged in the same facility as peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and milk products.

Approximately 38 pieces per pound.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size 40g (~1.4 oz.)

Amount per serving

Calories 120
Calories from Fat
%DV
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 4mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 30g 10%
Dietary Fiber 2g 12%
Sugars 26g
Protein 0g
Vitamin A 0.2%
Vitamin C 66%
Calcium 2%
Iron 1.5%
Storage
Store open or closed under refrigeration for up to 1 year. This item can be frozen.
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Christmas Treat - Fruitcake

Fruitcake

Fruitcake (or fruit cake) is a cake made with chopped candied fruit and/or dried fruit, nuts, and

Hand Made "Bourbon Pecan" Fruitcake

spices, and (optionally) soaked in spirits. A cake that simply has fruit in it as an ingredient can also be colloquially called a fruit cake. In the United Kingdom, certain rich versions may be iced and decorated.

Fruit cakes are often served in celebration of weddings and Christmas. Given their rich nature, fruit cake is most often consumed on its own, as opposed to with condiments (such as butter or cream).

The earliest recipe from ancient Rome lists pomegranate seeds, pine nuts, and raisins that were mixed into barley mash. In the Middle Ages, honey, spices, and preserved fruits were added.

Fruit cakes soon proliferated all over Europe. Recipes varied greatly in different countries throughout the ages, depending on the available ingredients as well as (in some instances) church regulations forbidding the use of butter, regarding the observance of fast. Pope Innocent VIII (1432–1492) finally granted the use of butter, in a written permission known as the ‘Butter Letter' or Butterbrief in 1490, giving permission to Saxony to use milk and butter in the North German Stollen fruit cakes.

Starting in the 16th century, sugar from the American Colonies (and the discovery that high concentrations of sugar could preserve fruits) created an excess of candied fruit, thus making fruit cakes more affordable and popular.

Typical American fruit cakes are rich in fruit and nuts.

Mail-order fruit cakes in America began in 1913. Some well-known American bakers of fruit cake

Traditional American fruit cake with fruits and nuts.

include Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas, and The Claxton Bakery in Claxton, Georgia. Both Collin Street and Claxton are Southern companies with access to cheap nuts, for which the expression "nutty as a fruitcake" was derived in 1935. Commercial fruit cakes are often sold from catalogs by charities as a fund raiser.

Most American mass-produced fruit cakes are alcohol-free, but traditional recipes are saturated with liqueurs or brandy and covered in powdered sugar, both of which prevent mold. Brandy (or wine) soaked linens can be used to store the fruit cakes, and some people feel that fruit cakes improve with age.

In the United States, the fruit cake has been a ridiculed dessert. Some attribute the beginning of this trend with The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson. He would joke that there really is only one fruitcake in the world, passed from family to family. After Carson's death, the tradition continued with "The Fruitcake Lady" (Marie Rudisill), who made appearances on the show and offered her "fruitcake" opinions. In fact, the fruitcake had been a butt of jokes on television programs such as Father Knows Best and The Donna Reed Show years before The Tonight Show debuted and appears to have first become a vilified confection in the early 20th century, as evidenced by Warner Brothers cartoons.

Since 1995, Manitou Springs, Colorado, has hosted the Great Fruitcake Toss on the first Saturday of every January. "We encourage the use of recycled fruitcakes," says Leslie Lewis of the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce. The all-time Great Fruitcake Toss record is 1,420 feet, set in January 2007 by a group of eight Boeing engineers who built the "Omega 380," a mock artillery piece fueled by compressed air pumped by an exercise bike.

If a fruit cake contains alcohol, it could remain edible for many years. For example, a fruit cake baked in 1878 is kept as an heirloom by a family (Morgan L. Ford) in Tecumseh, Michigan. In 2003 it was sampled by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. Wrapping the cake in alcohol-soaked linen before storing is one method of lengthening its shelf life.

Kitchen Hint of the Day!

If using dried fruit, keep this one in mind.....

Dates and other sticky dried fruit will cut or chop easily if put in the freezer for 1 to 2 hours.

Kitchen Hint of the Day!

Keep the Brown Sugar soft....


Use two or three pieces of dried fruit, such as peaches or prunes, to keep brown sugar soft. Just place the fruit in the bottom of a plastic container or jar and pour the sugar over the fruit.

Diabetic Dish of the Week - Maple-Glazed Pears and Cereal

Start your day off with this Diabetic Friendly Dish of the Week, Maple-Glazed Pears and Cereal.


Maple-Glazed Pears and Cereal

Ingredients

 4 ripe medium pears
 1/3 cup desired dried fruit, such as dried cranberries, cherries, apricots, or raisins
 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts, toasted
 1 tablespoons sugar-free maple syrup
 1/2 cup pear nectar or apple juice
 3 cups cooked multigrain cereal


Directions

1 - Cut pears into halves, leaving stems intact on 4 of the halves. Remove cores. Arrange pears, cut sides up, in a 3-quart baking dish. Top pears with desired dried fruit and walnuts. Drizzle  with syrup. Add the pear nectar or apple juice to the baking dish.
2 - Bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree F oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until pears are tender, basting occasionally with the cooking liquid. Serve warm pear halves and dried fruit with hot cereal. Drizzle with any remaining cooking liquid. Makes 8 servings.

Nutrition Facts Per Serving:

Servings Per Recipe: 8
PER SERVING: 149 cal., 3 g total fat 9 mg sodium, 30 g carb. 5 g fiber, 3 g pro.