Walnuts and Honey
Walnuts and Honey Treat- Plenty of Taste In no Time. The appetizer that is guaranteed to power you through the day. Tricky for staying clean, though.
With plentiful Christmas lunches being around the corner, you need something lighter once in a while to keep some good weight on you. Not too light though, considering that the winter is still for joy and merry feelings of enjoying the summer fruits. This slice of heaven is quite literally in slice form, and it is one of those meals that you would eat all the time. If you could just remember how easy it is to make one, and how tasteful and good it is for you. Most good things are usually the simplest ones, and that is the case in this instance as well. We are talking about the honey and walnuts treat that is put on the bread. Nothing mysteriously complicated or impossible to make. Plus, it is a great energy booster that you can indulge on after or before your exercises. Just make sure that you don’t make a mess. Or make one if you are feeling rebellious.
What is on the menu?
This delight is called crostini, in the traditional sense of the word. It is an Italian meal. You toast bread in the original fashion of Italian cuisine. No one will judge you if you do so with our recipe, but this one is without the toasting. Toasting the bread lowers the glycemic index and doesn’t have any health benefits. Only good side of toasting is indulging your taste buds, if you prefer to do so.
Deceptively easy to make and prepare, our version of crostini is convenient for people who are looking to have an appetizer or eating a couple of slices and feeling really satiated. Walnuts are abundant with good kinds of fats- polyunsaturated fats. They are better than the saturated fats, and they have a high amount of omega 3 fatty acids. To avoid becoming fatty from this meal, you should take a lesser amount of walnuts on your first journey to crostini heaven, since walnuts are really calorically dense food.
Another contender on our list of ingredients is honey. Only substance in the world that can’t be replicated by any science or method. And you don’t have to worry about the expiration date, since honey lasts forever. Honey helps with heart problems, and to make sure that you don’t melt like honey, take caution with the dosages of this meal. After all, honey is just sugar composed from two sugars, which sounds really weird. Those sugars are fructose and glucose. It is higher in fructose than in glucose, and you can add it to your drinks as a substitute for sugar. Just make sure that your honey comes from a small business beekeeper, since the process that regular honey goes through to get to your table means that it is not the healthiest option out there.
How it is made
If you are in a hurry, or just a straightforward person, you came to the right place. This recipe is for you. You will need:
- Whole grain or sprouted grain made bread
- The prefered amount of walnuts
- Quality honey
The important note here is that this is an appetizer for a good reason. The size aspect we have here may look deceiving, but this can make you pack on pounds like nothing. You can use the honey that you have at the supermarket if you don’t have any other options. The bad thing with that is that they add a lot of sugar in it.
Process of making this is as follows. Slice the bread and put honey on it with a spoon. You can add whole walnuts in there or grind them on top. Good thing to add here is some cheese. Preferably goat or sheep cheese. You will get mixed emotions from the taste of this delicacy, but you surely won’t regret making it. Just make sure that you incorporate some high intensity exercises after this. That, or you better be in the mood for the Christmas body.
Where to go from this?
Another option for this meal are raisins. You can add them if you want this meal to become a dessert. Dates are good ,too. Even the fruit. Crostini are really easily turned into a salty dish, by adding the melted cheese and toasting bread. Since we are all about health, we won’t go that way. Unless you really want to. In that case, toast the bread and melt butter on top and add tomatoes and roasted veal on top. Meat of your preference, basically. Leftovers are a pretty good option to add on top for the surprise factor. If you are making these in bulk, you can buy meat and make a bunch and put them into the freezer for later use.
Or if you want it even faster, toast the bread, put cheese and prosciutto, and you are good to go.