So What if I'm Nuts??

My husband loves roasted nuts. He's been on the hunt for a well roasted, lightly salted or spiced almond for a pretty long time now. Yesterday was another unsuccesful trip to the store ("The salted were the same as the UNsalted", "The spices were gross", "Those ones were stale", etc.) I just realized that my husband sounds really picky...he's not. I swear.

So I decided to make my own spiced almonds, and here's what I came up with:

Lightly Salted Almonds-

3 Cups almonds

2 Tbs Olive Oil

1 Tsp salt. 

Put almonds in a big bowl. Add the olive oil. Toss to coat the almonds. Sprinkle the salt in and toss again. Roast at 325 degrees for about 25 mins. Stirring them about every 5 mins. You need to watch them carefully because nuts can go from delightfully roasted to NASTY in about a minute.

Spiced Salted Almonds

2Tbs Olive oil1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika 
2 cups whole almonds
1 tsp salt. 

For this one I mixed the olive oil and spices before adding it all to the raw almonds. same rules apply as above: 325 degrees 30 mins, stirring every 5. 

Remarkably tasty!